<p>HELLO COLLEGE CONFIDENTIAL :D</p>
<p>I am a college freshman who, after realizing that pre-med was much too difficult in this school and that I had a knack for computers and learning about the human mind, I would like to double major in Cognitive Science and Computer Science. The classes overlap fairly well for the two majors so class management isn't a problem here.</p>
<p>I was curious of what my post-graduation offers were, assuming I stayed with a bachelor's degree for now. I figured that I could always do computer programming for firms with this combo. Is the job market decent enough with these two majors?</p>
<p>With two hats one could conceivably be both a software engineer/code monkey and a CogSci/HCI/HMI type. In some cases you can do both, in other cases you get to do one more than the other just because. I am in this situation and simply use my CogSci/HMI experience as part of what I do in software, but in general do not spend all my time at work doing it.</p>
<p>The prospects are good, but usually a grad degree could be better than a double major. That’s what I did actually… Take some CogSci undergrad classes to have the prerequisites done and see if you can go to grad school for CogSci / HCI (easier funding?). </p>
<p>Overall I would think a CompSci degree is easier to find a job than CogSci, but having the CogSci background makes you a better coder / designer to begin with…</p>
<p>Pretty much what Turbo93 said…</p>
<p>No need to double major. Just take the regular CS degree and use some of your technical electives in CogSci. In grad school, the typical graduate CS program is a few required core courses (no more than 4) and the rest is of your choosing. You can really load up on CogSci graduate courses then.</p>