<p>I am a college senior majoring in IT. I am on my second to last semester here at school and am starting to come to the conclusion that this major may not be for me. But I do have a couple of questions:</p>
<p>1) It's pretty much the topic question, how flexible is my major? Do I have to work with computers? </p>
<p>2) Is it possible to get a master's degree in something unrelated to my bachelor's? I would probably want to get my master's in civil or mechanical engineering just because I like fixing and building new things.</p>
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<li><p>IT is usually mostly a business-oriented major, so an IT major graduate is likely to be able to seek work in areas where business majors work, or seek work that tends to ask for bachelor’s degree holder but does not ask for a specific major.</p></li>
<li><p>Sometimes. MBA is a typical example of a master’s degree that does not require any specific undergraduate major. But a master’s degree in any engineering major typically requires starting from a bachelor’s degree in the same engineering major or a closely related major, or at least with substantial course work similar to that.</p></li>
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<p>1) Yes your major is very flexible but it depends on what your concentration was in IT? Was your concentration in security/networking/etc? Also, what is it exactly about working with computers that turns you off so much.</p>
<p>2) Yes, you can use your bachelor’s to get a masters in engineering. However, you will have to pay for the prerequisites for the engineering degree out of pocket to get into the program. For instance, for engineering, you probably need college algebra, calc, calc 2, calc 3, linear algebra, and several physics disciplines before you meet the prerequisites to get into the engineering masters program. Talk to your adviser about it.</p>
<p>EDIT: After you finish your IT bachelor’s, look into what is known as a “Graduate certificate program”. These are maybe 1 year or so programs that financial aid will usually pay for, that are meant for people that are trying to change majors. That is probably your best bet.</p>