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<div class="IPBDescription">Majors... etc.</div>So, I've just started my college life, declared my major as Computer Science, etc. Only problem is, I'm going to a 2 year Community College and I plan to transfer after this year or so to a four-year.
Anyhow... My counselor suggested that I join the Associate in Science degree courses to ensure that I'm able to transfer out.
But, I don' t know. There's nothing in it involving any sort of computer or anything, just a 'Natural' science class of our choosing, a 'Humanities' (Have to pick communications since they dropped all foreign languages from the curriculum.) and a math class (Stuff I did last year in High School.)
So, should I switch over to the Computer Systems Technology and get a Degree in Associate in Applied Science or should I stick with what I have and just try to see if i can get basic courses out of the way first, then focus on Comp Sci classes at a larger school?
Anyhow... My counselor suggested that I join the Associate in Science degree courses to ensure that I'm able to transfer out.
But, I don' t know. There's nothing in it involving any sort of computer or anything, just a 'Natural' science class of our choosing, a 'Humanities' (Have to pick communications since they dropped all foreign languages from the curriculum.) and a math class (Stuff I did last year in High School.)
So, should I switch over to the Computer Systems Technology and get a Degree in Associate in Applied Science or should I stick with what I have and just try to see if i can get basic courses out of the way first, then focus on Comp Sci classes at a larger school?
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The problem with this is twofold, though. First, if you don't get in to the 4 year, then, well, you've just got a bunch of disparate classes and not much to do with them. Second, it's good to branch out; if you're just starting college it's quite possible there's something you'd enjoy doing that you haven't even discovered yet. Taking a few science classes won't hurt, and if your counselor thinks that will ensure you're able to transfer it's probably a good idea.
The problem with this is twofold, though. First, if you don't get in to the 4 year, then, well, you've just got a bunch of disparate classes and not much to do with them. Second, it's good to branch out; if you're just starting college it's quite possible there's something you'd enjoy doing that you haven't even discovered yet. Taking a few science classes won't hurt, and if your counselor thinks that will ensure you're able to transfer it's probably a good idea.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Bleh, I should just switch to general studies and then switch my major or something.
If you're at a Community College, I say take a few classes outside of your major and see if anything appeals to you.
Hey Computer Science buddy.
I just started college myself, but my advisor said CSCI major is pretty good because it can branch into lots of other sciences, like geology or physics. Then again, CSCI at my school is probably a little different than at yours.
Translation: He'd prefer telling others to "do cool stuff" and then slap his name on the finished product. ;D
Eh? Eh? :>
Or he pulls a Soule and writes a few variations of the same tune and gets hired out by every RPG developer known to god. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />
Yeah, just got back from a class of Astronomy and I'm really liking it. Of course, it helps that the professor was quoting Han Solo when talking about parsecs, but, whatever.
See what they require in terms of credits, compare it to the major your school wants you in. If they don't mesh, don't bother.
See what they require in terms of credits, compare it to the major your school wants you in. If they don't mesh, don't bother.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
EXACTLY!
talk to the CS departments at the schools you are interested in, see what (if anything) they will accept from your current school.
I'm thinking about changing my major over to English, in order to grab a job as a teacher in the future. I take it I'd have to switch my Associates from science to art, correct?
The circle continues....
Seriously, that seems to be all you can do with an English degree, is teach it to others.
She got a masters in something related there can't remember the title
In any case, she's now getting a PhD in Philosophical Theology (and she's excellent at it, btw)
There aren't many positions for that background but she uses her ability to study culture that grew from that to help in her writing.
She's working on a novel. She doesn't let people read too much of it, understandably, but what little I have read keeps my eyes glued to the page better than Ursula K. Le Guin and about as well as Terry Pratchett, maybe better.
Seriously, that seems to be all you can do with an English degree, is teach it to others.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Not true! You can write English textbooks which other English majors use to teach English.