Majors and Minors in college... I could definitely use advice please?

Question

I want to go to a state univeristy after I graduate. Is the following programs too much, impossible, or not able to work?

Majors:
Master of Computer Science
Bachelor of Information Technology

Minors:
Sociology/Psychology
Management of Information Technology

Do I need to make any changes?

Thanks,
Chris

Answer 1

You have to get your bachelor before you can get a master's degree.

Also the Bachelor in Information Tech and the minor in Information Tech management would seem to overlap so much that that minor would seem a bit of an over do. Pick one major and one minor. At most 4 year schools one does not need to declare one's major until just before the junior year. Go have a good time explore what interest you.

Answer 2

I'm a little confused as to what you meant by listing "Master of Computer Science" as a major. If you want a masters degree, that's separate from your undergrad curriculum and it's generally recommended that you do it in a different (and hopefully more prestigious) school than your bachelors.



If you mean you want to double major in Computer Science and IT, then I think it's a little redundant. In a lot of schools IT is just CS lite with a couple basic business classes, a CS degree will usually teach you more and qualify you for anything IT.



As far as your minors, there's no point (and typically you're not allowed) to minor in something you're going to major in. Sociology/Psychology may be fun and interesting to take as an undergrad, but when you're interviewing for CS/IT jobs it has absolutely zero value. Just take a couple gen. ed. psych classes and be done with it.



Minors are optional. If you're going to do it, it should be different yet complimentary to your major. For IT/CS, I would think the best minors would be:

- math, if you're into algorithm design

- business, if you like the management stuff

- linguistics, internationalization & speech/language recognition is an absolutely huge computing problem

- graphic design, it does help you design good interfaces for your programs

Answer 3

If you are passionate about your choices, then go for it. Just make sure you have decided on a career path so that you don't waste money and credits on courses that do not apply to your career choices. Also, be sure to meet with an an academic advisor and/or counselor to go over what courses you will be selecting, otherwise you could end up with more credits than you need or taking too many classes. You may find that after a few classes, you may be able to narrow your interests and get a better or more specific idea of what will benefit you most. Good luck in your endeavors.

Answer 4

Psychology and Sociology are considered social sciences. a mixture of those and your different GE classes could provide you a diploma in Liberal Arts. Of-path Physics and Chem are the two sciences. With any technological information considerable you may take a mixture of countless needed technological information training. technological information majors are countless. I surely have an AA diploma in Liberal Arts with concentration on Psychology and am presently engaged on my BS in Biology. It makes for an fairly exciting blend of strictly shown data on the scientific end to theories and literature on the Liberal Arts end.