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<p>Can you guys please help me choosing a major in the field of technology. I chose computer science but I just hate to do programming, now I'm looking for a career that will require little programming. Any idea? Please help.</p>

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<p>Alright, you hate programming. What do you like?</p>

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<p>I’m good at math and ok in science (physics, chem, bio), not pretty sure what I like though…This is my 2nd year in college and haven’t really decide a major yet. I would want to be somewhere in engineering/technology maybe health care…But I think an engineer requires creativity, and I’m not that kind of a person. :(</p>

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<p>This website has a lot of information, career profiles, etc. that might be useful:
[Sloan</a> Career Cornerstone Center: Careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math and Medicine](<a href=“http://www.careercornerstone.org/]Sloan”>http://www.careercornerstone.org/)</p>

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<p>You hate programming, are good at math, and are OK at science? Maybe something like actuarial science or industrial engineering? Realistically, any profession that uses non-trivial mathematics of any kind will involve some programming, or at least I’d think that it might. Still, that doesn’t have to be the focus of the job.</p>

<p>Maybe more to the point: what do you hate about programming?</p>

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<p>The information you provided is a start, but we really need more to be able to help. Which part of math/phys/chem/bio appeals to you? What do you like about healthcare/tech/engineering? What do you dislike about programming? What kind of job do you want to have?</p>

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<p>Personally, I feel that if you hate programming you’d probably be a worthless industrial engineer (unless you meant Ergonomics - and then I simply don’t know). Hell, I’m double majoring in CS just because I think the CS background is valuable. </p>

<p>The only thing you told us that you like (well, that you are good at atleast) is Math. So… How about majoring in Math? If you can be good at Math you’ll probably do very well.</p>

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<p>Common math major jobs are in the finance and actuarial areas (likely need to take applied courses in those areas like statistics, economics, finance, etc.), computer software (which you do not like), and teaching math (find out about teaching credentials if you want to teach in K-12).</p>

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<p>I am good at math but biology and chemistry are more interesting to me (I am ok at bio and chem). I do not know the reason why I hate programming, maybe the word “hate” is too much, I just don’t find it interesting and I cannot imagine myself doing it for years. At first, I wanted to become a pharmacist, dentist or PT (Some where in the health care field). But because my grades in science courses are usually 2.9 - 3.3 I think that I am not smart enough for those health care professionals and need to lower my expectation to a 4 year degree goal. I am not really interested in computer science/engineering, I chose CS because I thought it would provide me a job security and it is certainly easier to obtain a CS degree than a pharmacist or dentist. I still really want to major in the health care field and I really want stay in school, but I think that I’m just not smart enough to. My goal is also to obtain a job security and majoring is biology/chemistry is not too good for that. So is there 4 years major that can help me get a job in health care (other than nursing) or any field in technology (2nd option)?</p>

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<p>How about applied math? Then you get a concentration in another subject like physics, economics, or another subject. If your school offers applied math, you can see what subjects are recommended to pair with it. Then perhaps you could take classes in public health.</p>

<p>This might give you some ideas.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.siam.org/careers/thinking/fields.php[/url]”>http://www.siam.org/careers/thinking/fields.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;