<p>My son is interested in both CS and engineering (not computer engineering though). Not sure yet which he wants to major in, though. Do students ever switch b/t those two majors? I see that Comp Sci is not in the engineering school. </p>
<p>And is it possible to major in Comp Sci and minor in one of the engineering disciplines, or the other way around? </p>
<p>Thanks in advance for the info!</p>
<p>I know a few CS/ECE, RBE/CS, and ME/RBE double majors, so it’s very doable to do doubles. I can only imagine it’s even more doable to do major/minors.</p>
<p>There is nothing that institutionally stopping you from switching majors at any time that I know of. Logistically, if you spend too many classes in a major and then switch, you may have to overload(very manageable in my experience) or stay an extra semester/year to make up for “wasted” courses.</p>
<p>Agreed, WPI is very flexible about switching between any of the majors. It isn’t like Carnegie Mellon where CS is in its own college, and ECE is a different college and switching between them is not guaranteed.
You can experiment a little in freshman year to see what you like and there is a special course run by Career Services -
[Career</a> Development Center - Undecided About Your Major](<a href=“http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/CDC/undeci189.html]Career”>http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/CDC/undeci189.html)</p>
<p>mperrone and BeanTownGirl – This is very helpful, thank you both.</p>