<p>I hope students nowadays are taking resume building courses, otherwise they would be missing the boat. Of course, if someone has no interest in going into finance then he/she would never take business courses. But if someone wants to work for an oil company, few geology courses would be helpful. Obviously, if someone is forced into certain profession he/she has no interest in, then he/she will only be taking courses for resume building with very little interest. So I personally don’t see why it is an issue in taking courses which would help one get a job or into a graduate school someday - assuming there is a correlation between career/interest.</p>
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<p>Yes. It’s kind of like - college is the time to try new things and explore them - but heaven forfend you come up with two areas that you like enough to explore in depth, that’s somehow bad. I don’t get the moral posturing going on here.</p>
<p>To the original poster --</p>
<p>Can you complete the degree (BA or BS) in computer science (with the prerequisite chains) in 3 years when you haven’t taken a programming course yet?</p>
<p>Are you signed up for computer courses this next year at your local school?</p>
<p>I know you say you’re more interested in video game design than in programming, but the way you typically demonstrate your knowledge of high level concepts in computer science is by implementing them (i.e., by programming). You really need the grounding in the early courses to be able to do what is necessary in the later courses.</p>
<p>I’m a little worried that the whole question of single vs double major (with or without a minor) is premature because I’m not sure that you know yet whether a computer science major is right for you.</p>