<p>First, a little background: I have been going to a community college for a while, and unfortunately I took two years off due to a personal/family crisis. On top of taking time off, I had/am having difficulty choosing a major, and didn't plan very well. I recently transferred to a university from my community college (finally!!!) and need to officially declare my major ASAP. Luckily, I landed in a linguistics class and everything just seemed to click for me. I enjoy it, I am good at it, but not so good that it is boring/too easy, it is just difficult enough that it keeps me interested. </p>
<p>Now the hard part:
Although I am definitely majoring in some aspect of linguistics, I can't decide if I want to do generalized or computational. Generalized would be easier as there are fewer requirements, and no math, etc., but it would also prove more difficult to find a job. The computational linguistics is obviously the opposite (more requirements which are more difficult, but more opportunities). So that is the first problem I am having, but right now I am leaning towards computational because I would be taking all the same classes as the gen. (aside from one) but would also get a nice computer science base as well. </p>
<p>The second problem is choosing a minor. If I were to choose gen. linguistics I would want to do either computer science (but because of the prereqs I would be forced to have an extra semester) or cognitive science (but would basically focus on philosphy and psychology due to their lack of prereqs). If I do computational linguistics I already have two years worth of classes, and obviously since I am already two years behind I would like to finish as soon as possible. If I were to have a minor I would want to do cognitive science, but that would add six more classes to my load. So, is a minor worth it? Will the minor actually pay off for me later, or should I just finish on time (without one)? </p>
<p>So, to sum it up: should I choose gen. linguistics, or computational, and if I choose computational should I have a minor? </p>
<p>Sorry this was so long.
I appreciate anyone's input!
THANK YOU!!!!!</p>