<p>I'm currently a rising sophomore in college on the path to becoming a chem. engineer. I have a good amount of space in my planned out 4 years thanks to bringing in a lot of credits from high school. So I wanted to choose a few minors to do. My original thoughts were to minor in chemistry and math. Chemistry I'm gonna do no matter what because I literally only have to take one extra class to get it. Math is gonna be a bit more difficult but I could definitely fit it in. But I wanna know if maybe I should try and go for a comp. sci minor. I've always had some interest in computers, and although it wasn't enough for me to decide to major in CS, it's still there. My family has always wanted to be to do something with computers in the future, so they got a little disappointed when I chose ChemE (though they still support me). Do you think I should go and try for the the CS minor? I just don't want to be wasting time in college going for a minor that may end up being useless for me. So if a CS minor would help someone like me in the future job-wise, then I'll definitely be trying to get it into my schedule.</p>
<p>Lots of engineers need to learn programming and use it in their professional lives. However, that is not necessarily the same as computer science. Since you are already doing a mathematics minor, why not see if you can take some applied mathematics courses that are programming intensive.</p>
<p>I’d recommend programming classes for anyone in a STEM field.</p>