generally a degree, any degree will be looked upon favourable whilst applying for a job...
as for courses...
general computer sciences will be very helpfull,
it'll teach you a language, and no doubt also teach you SQL...
the most favourably looked upon are really vendor courses... so if you are a Java programmer wannabe then do comuter sciences, follwed by a sun certification...
if you want to get database experiances, follow any course up with either Oracle or Microsoft SQL courses...
wanna program windows stuff, get a dot net certification.