<p>I know a similar question has been asked before but I have a few questions that are more specific to my career goals.I am debating whether to take CS or CE at UMD and ultimately want to end up with a network security-related job</p>
<p>Here is a little about myself to help give you an idea of who I am and what I want to do.
- I've been accepted to the Honors College and will most likely be in the Gemstone living-learning program, so I already have additional workload on my hands.
- I have a couple certifications (A+ and CCENT) and am planning on testing for my full CCNA and Security+ certs this summer.
-I've taken Cisco's advanced networking courses at my high school (which prepared me for those networking certs.) and am also interested in this aspect of computers
-I am not so interested in the programming aspect, although I know it would be an imperative no matter which major I choose (I'm taking a 200 level C++ course at my community college right now)
-I'm not good at physics but I would do my best to learn if I end up choosing CE
-I am HIGHLY interested in the network security field (i.e. pen testing, security auditing, etc)</p>
<p>I am afraid that if I go into CE, I will stray too far away from the network security aspects that I like so much and be geared too much to the hardware aspects of computers. Is my assumption correct? Which major do you think would be right for me? Any other suggestions/comments?</p>
<p>Thanks for your help!</p>