Most schools say you need to choose a major and some say you can not change. Right now I am in between computer science and Business Undecided. I need help choosing one.
I am a Senior.
I am a girl.
I am in Ap Computer Science now.
I have not the best Math Sat Scores, but really good english sat scores.
I am only in Pre-Calculus Honors right now.
Would it be realistic to major in Computer science for me.
Is there a way to major in computer science and not have a large emphasis in math???
I want to major in computer science and focus on programming not math related stuff.
Please let me know!! I need to decide my major by next week.
colleges I’m applying to maybe ::
University of Portland
Gonzaga
Santa Clara University
Chico State
UC Santa Barbara
Cal Poly-SLO
San Diego State University
UC Santa Cruz
Loyola Marymount University
New York University
Syracuse University
Boston University
You could consider CIS (Computer Information Systems)/IT/IS which has CS and Business type courses so the best of both worlds.
Information Systems
Information systems specialists focus on integrating information technology solutions and business processes to meet the information needs of businesses and other enterprises, enabling them to achieve their objectives in an effective, efficient way. This discipline’s perspective on “Information Technology” emphasizes information, and sees technology as an instrument to enable the generation, processing and distribution of needed information. Professionals in this discipline are primarily concerned with the information that computer systems can provide to aid an enterprise in defining and achieving its goals, and the processes that an enterprise can implement and improve using information technology. They must understand both technical and organizational factors, and must be able to help an organization determine how information and technology-enabled business processes can provide a competitive advantage.
You still need to take several Math courses for this major but not as Math-intensive as a CS degree.
Here is a link for SDSU’s Business admin-Information Systems major 4 year course to give you an idea:
https://sunspot.sdsu.edu/pubred/!mymap.disp/!mymap.disp
Link for SLO’s IS program: http://www.cob.calpoly.edu/undergrad/management/information-systems/
UCSC has an Information Technology/Managment :
program:https://admissions.sa.ucsc.edu/majors/techinfomanage
UCSB does not offer these type of programs. I suggest you look at the course curriculum’s of all schools of interest to see if you can handle the math involved.
Good Luck.
If you want to major in computer science, major in computer science. Pick a school where you can change majors if you find you don’t like it. Spend some time working on your math skills. You can use Aleks.com and Khan Academy to brush up. You may also want to start with college algebra or precalc and work your way through the math at a pace that works for you.
I highly recommend going for CS - don’t let not being absolutely perfect at math hold you back. Yes, there are other tech majors that don’t have as much math, but the type of work they do is not the same as CS. Additionally, entering college at a Calc 1 level is just fine and very common.
More to the root of the problem, look for schools which allow you to switch if needed.