<p>I will be attending CALS in the fall next year and I'm going to be looking to double major. In looking at the list of majors in CALS (since I can only double major within the college), some of the majors seem rather obscure to me. </p>
<p>I may potentially be interested in info sciences but I'm not sure I understand what it is about. From what I have read about, it seems similar to computer science but focused on data mining. Would this assumption be valid? Also, what are the typical fields that individuals coming out of this major work in? Do a lot get jobs at companies like Microsoft, Google, etc. The reason I ask about jobs is simply to get a better understanding of what these individuals do.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>think of information science as a social science grounded in computer science. you learn the fundamentals of computer science and programming, but rather than going on to learn about the intricate details of computer hardware, software development, and theory(which is what CS majors do), your studies focus on how computers affect people and draws elements from psychology, law, and math.</p>
<p>professional careers include product manager at Google, software engineers/developers , data analysts, and patent lawyers.</p>
<p>thanks rw9700, that reply helps a lot</p>
<p>I like to think of it as the human side of computer programming, or how you should program things so that humans will use it. </p>
<p>try reading more on the major in cornell’s website.</p>
<p>[Cornell</a> Information Science](<a href=“http://www.infosci.cornell.edu/ugrad/ISCareers.htm]Cornell”>http://www.infosci.cornell.edu/ugrad/ISCareers.htm)</p>
<p>More informally, info sci sometimes has the stigma that it’s the major for computer science rejects. In Cornell, it also seems to harbor most of the web programming classes.</p>