<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I'm a Computer Science student. Right now I'm trying to pick my minor.</p>
<p>I can pick from:</p>
<ol>
<li>Mathematics</li>
<li>Statistics</li>
</ol>
<p>Which of these minors would be the best? I'm thinking that the mathematics minor would be the best, and would be more helpful if I go for a Masters.</p>
<p>That question is really impossible to answer. We need more information. No answer would be meaningful unless it was given after taking the following information into account:</p>
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<li>What courses are involved in each?</li>
<li>Which is harder / more prestigious at your school?</li>
<li>What background do you have in each?</li>
<li>What do you see yourself doing on the job?</li>
<li>What kinds of research are you interested in?</li>
</ol>
<p>A long list of questions in addition to these would be helpful to answer as well. Use your imagination.</p>
<p>In general, broad strokes, I would say that you should go with Mathematics, since it is really a superset of Statistics, and in theory, you should be able to get some Statistics in a Mathematics minor (I’d imagine). Generally speaking, I feel like Mathematics is the safer general-purpose bet, but again, it really depends on what you want to end up doing.</p>
<p>Well for the CS degree I have to take these math classes:</p>
<ol>
<li> Calculus I — got an A</li>
<li> Calculus II — got a B+</li>
<li> Introduction to Discrete Mathematics — got an A</li>
<li> Linear Algebra</li>
</ol>
<p>For the math minor I need to take 12 more credit hours:</p>
<ol>
<li>Numerical Methods</li>
<li>Discrete Mathematical Structures </li>
<li>Advanced Linear Algebra</li>
<li>Mathematical Statistics I</li>
</ol>
<p>This would the faster minor. For the Statistics minor I will need about ~20 credit hours.</p>
<p>Job wise. Right now I work as a software developer doing server side programming for web application. But i want to getting into working on things like Microsoft Servers, Office, and so on.</p>
<p>Job-wise, it sounds like Statistics would be better. I think Statistics would be more useful to the server-side software developer than, say, advanced linear algebra. Then again, you’d be surprised.</p>
<p>The math minor you propose is sort of a rag-tag thrown-together 'nother couple of courses in more of the same kind of math you’ve already had. What would you take for a statistics minor? Also, could you take a more focused math minor?</p>