<p>My little bro chose to do computer studies major in college. But he didn't even really do any research on it. he wants to be in a job where he can fix computers and use and program software so he saw the words computer studies and just went with that major. He's too busy watching stupid animes all day instead of researching his major like I tell him to.
Did he chose the right major? would something like computer science or computer engineering be better for him?</p>
<p>I think computer science is more software oriented and your brother seems to be interested more in the hardware side of computers (as far as your post says). An electrical or computer engineering degree would probably be good for doing that. I think that an electrical engineering degree would be the most broad (and thus have job opportunities outside of computers), but a computer engineering degree would probably be more relevant and enjoyable if he has a keen interest. </p>
<p>I have never heard of a computer studies major on the other hand, so maybe he might be on the right track. You need to check the curriculum and see what he is learning and if that is relevant to what he wants to do… Or you could kick is little a$$ and get him to do this himself (my brother is JUST like that).</p>
<p>kick his little a$$! Lol. Thanks for the information.</p>
<p>by the way these are some of the courses.</p>
<p>Short-term (Certificate Courses)</p>
<pre><code>* Multimedia Applications
- Visual Basic
- Computer Communications and Networking
- C, C++ Programming
- Web Page Authoring
- Data Warehousing
- Database Management Design
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<p>If he is at U-Maryland-Univ College…he would be best advised to specialize in something that a corporation really needs.</p>
<p>Object-Oriented development, Networks, Operating Systems and Databases.</p>
<p>Advise him to find something to do for which some Indian does not charge $1/hr.</p>
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<p>Computer studies… I don’t know the difference between that and computer science, software engineering (CACL POLY has this)… probably more technical like anohter Information Science…</p>
<p>If he doesn’t bother to research on it. My advice: kick his ass, seriously.
Tell him to learn the right way.</p>
<p>These days everyone with some experiences with computer can claim that they know how to fix computer :)</p>
<p>thanks for the help guys. I’ll try to make him use his laptop to research computer majors instead of watching animes.</p>
<p>I also don’t know the difference between computer studies and computer science, but one thing I do know: His job is going to New Delhi!</p>
<p>■■■■■, Homer28.
Please get yourself out of here.</p>
<p>I am reporting you. You little hater ■■■■■. Grow up already.</p>
<p>Hahahahhahaha! you again Homer? We don’t live in the USA man, we live in the Caribbean. Where the big outsourcing of engineering jobs isn’t really occurring.</p>
<p>Jwxie - why did you ignore my wisecrack about India, yet you became irate at Homer? What does he have that I don’t?!</p>
<p>Is he just starting out in college? If he’s only a frosh, don’t worry about it. Students change their major all of the time.</p>
<p>Now if he’s graduating in a couple of months and has not job experience, that’s a different story.</p>
<p>Not that there’s anything wrong with it, but my impression of that “computer studies” is the computer equivalent of HVAC. It doesn’t sound comparable to engineering.</p>
<p>But anime is cool! T.T Haha.</p>
<p>Bear in mind that if he wants to fix computers + program + work on industrial servers that he does not need to study anything relevant to CS. </p>
<p>I worked in IT industry for a number of years doing the above and I’m Mech E. with a double in MSE. Learned everything on the job or reading books. For a college undergrad though, the money was good…but the BME industry pays me better (still an undergrad).</p>
<p>Btw, don’t kick his a$$. I was the same way when I first entered school (lack of direction, didn’t know what I wanted, etc.) If someone had beat the living crap out of me at that time I probably would have been more confused about my life lol.</p>
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<p>I look through it. It’s very similar to Information science, but I think the name might confuse people… Although it is not that big a deal for those who carry the knowledge.</p>
<p>I would go to Information Science (and business-oriented concentration) if CS is not what I want.</p>
<p>ok, thanks.</p>