<p>Unfortunately, all of the threads I have found on this topic are highly personal cases that didn't help me much. Basically, I am a high school senior and I know I want to pursue CompSci as a major, I've known this through all of high school. For a while, I've also wanted to double major in math because it is a passion of mine. Recently however, I've been studying econ at my high school and feel that it is an interesting topic I would like to pursue. After researching, I have found that CompSci/Math is great for AI and robotics, a field that is very interesting to me, but at the same time, CompSci/Econ is great for business firms that seems not only interesting but also happen to rain money. Which option would you guys suggest?</p>
<p>How about majoring in computer science with selected electives in math, economics, and other subjects of interest?</p>
<p>I would agree with the above. If you wanted it listed on your degree perhaps consider a double minor.</p>
<p>My daughter was a math-comp sci major and is now a Data Scientist, after grad school. She also had several internships as a software engineer. Math-cs would likely have as many opportunities in finance as cs-econ. If you go to a college that offers both these combined majors you would be taking a lot of overlapping courses so I doubt you have any trouble switching. At Brown that would be no problem, they have math-cs, applied math-cs. cs-econ, and applied math-econ which itself has a mathematical finance track for finance careers or grad study in finance and an advanced econ track for those interested in econ careers or PhD in econ. </p>
<p>@ucbalumnus: I was thinking about this option, but I have been told that it generally looks better to employers to have a double major rather than one major with electives in other areas.
@BrownParent: Knowing this overlap between these majors, is there any particular combination you would suggest starting with?</p>
<p>I would do applied math and cs. It seems applicable to the most areas, to me. </p>
<p>If you really want an official second major, then you could do applied math as the second major, while adding about four or five upper division economics courses (intermediate micro, intermediate macro, econometrics, financial economics) that, in addition to math and statistics courses, should be helpful preparation for economics PhD study or quantitative finance jobs.</p>
<p>If your school has official minors, consider those as well.</p>