Computer Science vs. Software Engineering vs. Accounting vs. Economics

College Majors
1

so i am about to become a senior in high school in a month and these are the four majors i have narrowed down in my list. Now i have some questions like which major can produce the most jobs after i get my masters i plan on getting a job. Money is not an issue, i just need to make something i can live off,but like i dont know which of these majors are for me. Are all of these majors producing well jobs (like i dont want the job market to be dry). And for CS and Software Engineering i am highly interested in those two majors but my question is that i have never took a computer programming class nor does my school offer one, so id be going in very dry, but i am an outstanding student i am a well rounded student striving in math and chemistry. I think i may be going towards CS or software engineering if it doesnt matter if i go in dry or not, i do not want to be at a disadvantage compared to my fellow classmates. One of my co-workers is a cs major and says all universities freshmen year classes act as if students have no knowledge of their respective majors, idk if thats true or if its an over exaggeration, When it comes to accounting its my safety option, i would not mind an office job and i am good with money. Economics i am interested in because i always liked the concept of it. Now the big problem is deciding to double major with it or not. i posted a thread that asked if its a major intended to be doubled with but people replied with its not required but i should take applied math courses, now can i just add those courses to my schedule and class list or are they implying i double major economics and applied math, and if so how hard would that thank you to everyone who answers i really appreciate it.

merged two very similar threads in different places. -juillet

2

This is part of the description for the “Introduction to Computer Science” course at a highly selective college: “No previous programming experience necessary.”

Double majoring would typically require you to take slightly more than half your college courses from among your two majors. You can decide whether this is an appropriate path for you after you arrive at college and have access to an academic advisor.

As an indicator of some of the country’s top economics programs, these analyses can be helpful: “Economics Departments at Liberal Arts Colleges” and “US Economics Departments” (IDEAS).

3

You can try going through http://cs10.org/ to see how interesting CS is for you.

4

-All of those majors have good career prospects.

-You don’t have to have any experience or coursework in computer science or software engineering to major in it. It does help if you do know a little bit of the basics - you can try the class UCB posted above or something like Codeacademy or Khan Academy to teach yourself some basic programming.

-You can major in economics and take some classes in math without double majoring.