College students, what's your major?

[Alice?]

even though I like astrophysics a lot ( otherwise ignoring the mathematics side of it which is practically all of it).

ASTROPHYSICS FTW.

 

[tac_sregnidorhcS]

BE Computer Engineering, it seems somewhat mundane in comparison to astrophysics though, i loved doing astro at school. spectroscopy FTW.

 

[oldspice]

Actuarial Science/ Horticulture/ Minor in Economics. I try to major in many other things on my own time though. haha.

 

[PapyrusAirplanes]

Music Education with a focus in Piano.

 

[Starfruit M.E.]

I'm in accounting, but my plan is to work at more than one thing at once, so I'll be writing as well, and perhaps composing music. I may go back and get an English major or maybe I'll double major now. We shall see...

 

[zxc]

Bsc in Psychology, not sure why

 

[Alexk]

Major : BS Electrical Engineering
Major : BS Computer Systems Engineering
Major Minor : BS Computer Science
Major : BS Psychology
Second Minor : Philosophy (Possible Double Major)

My life is pretty much a joke.

 

[s0nystyle]

ASTROPHYSICS FTW.

ROFL WAT A JOKE! *dodges before fists come flying *

 

[Moocow]

It was communication arts, now it's biopsychology.

 

[AmitaF]

Bsc Electronics Engineering

 

[Michelle]

I'm a PoliSci major, and I am thinking of minoring in Internet Programing. It is the CS minor at my school that requires the least amount of math.

 

[Architectonic]

I'm a PoliSci major, and I am thinking of minoring in Internet Programing. It is the CS minor at my school that requires the least amount of math.

What is wrong with math? I like math courses as there is less 'stuff' you have to remember for the exam.

I'd study the CS minor which has the most math or theoretical stuff and least actual programming. LOL

 

[Hypocritical truth teller]

Linguistics and Ucranian langauge ! But I am student in Croatia - university of Zagreb. It's a double major.
why? I simply love learning any language. It sounds trite but it was always more fun for me doing it then actual work. You learn every basically in the same way with a little difference of course. I love languages as a system.

 

[del]

Anthropology/Public Health, minor in math.

Was a math major, loved it until the proof-heavy upper division classes wore me out (basically I just really loved the less rigorous applied/general stuff). Dropped out to go to paramedic school, now I'm back trying to finish my degrees while working full time.

I want to eventually go to graduate school in epidemiology and/or medical school.

 

[Jackooboy]

BA Political Science -- 2007
Minor Geography and urban studies -- 2007
BSN Nursing -- 2013
MSN or DNP Nursing Family (Emergency Care) -- 2015

Am I crazy?

 

[CountDancula]

Currently a double major in Film and Philosophy, the two most useless degrees. haha I'm considering a minor in religious studies if that won't end up being too close to philosophy.

 

[Banned]

Double major.

Accounting & Economics.

Economics =
Accounting = :suicide:

 

[Jelly Rev]

Major : BS Electrical Engineering
Major : BS Computer Systems Engineering
Major Minor : BS Computer Science
Major : BS Psychology
Second Minor : Philosophy (Possible Double Major)

My life is pretty much a joke.

lolz. my turn

Major: Mechanical Engineering
Major: Psychology Grad preperation
Minor: Communications
Minor: Economics

lol my advisor is gonna kill me when he sees I switched to econ.
Communications classes were a joke, classes designed for ESF's. not like standard academia. Learned the same stuff as psych but taught in a horrible manner. eh and comm major ppl, the most talkative Sensor bunch so annoying

 

[ObliviousGenius]

lolz. my turn

Major: Mechanical Engineering
Major: Psychology Grad preperation
Minor: Communications
Minor: Economics

lol my advisor is gonna kill me when he sees I switched to econ.
Communications classes were a joke, classes designed for ESF's. not like standard academia. Learned the same stuff as psych but taught in a horrible manner. eh and comm major ppl, the most talkative Sensor bunch so annoying

Just started a comm class today. I can't wait to start debating the teacher on how all the hand movements, enthusiasm, and other ESF bs shouldn't be the universal way to communicate.

BTW, my major is accounting because I want to be an FBI agent investigating financial crimes (ponzi schemes etc)

 

[legwork]

Just finished my BA in Psychology. Going back for BA in Biophysics.

 

[kubikub]

Illustration. I want to get into concept art or at least work as a freelance illustrator. I like the idea of being able to manage my own schedule and work from home doing what I love. If I can draw monsters all day I don't think I'd need much else in life

 

[Philosophyking87]

I wonder why people even bother studying philosophy. It's a dead field. Are you speculating to become a real philosopher? Because that's not going to happen. Studying philosophy is to philosophy what art history is to art. You'll make a wonderful museum tour guide but you'll never touch the paint and canvas.

One can become a philosophy professor, unless of course you think the field is so dead that no one any longer wishes to learn about it?

 

[sunflower]

i am taking accounting~hopefully when i start working i might learn more about designing.

 

[Nawyrus]

Chemical Engineering. Why? Destiny and opportunism. If I were to choose, and If I didn't regard formal education as a scam, maybe philosophy. But then again, I'm not very interested in reality, wish I could just read my fantasy books forever and get paid for that.

 

[Dcsimm]

Chemical Engineering.

That's kind of ironic. I'll be majoring in ChemEng this next fall. Not sure where I'll go with it, but I'm leaning towards pharmaceuticals.

 

[Akuma]

I'm currently in the middle of of a BA in Computer Science, unfortunately in my current uni I am limited to what I can take.
If I could I'd like to delve into Biology, Chemistry, Psychology and Art, but I'll probably have to keep these as mere hobbies for the sake of money.

 

[Lydia]

Bawl. I am currently in the position to do my retakes, of this years summer exams. Hopefully , next year I am accessible to college. - To take Psychology, philosophy, sociology and computing.

 

[Cogwulf]

Materials engineering. Currently in the bachelors year, but all going well I'll be going straight into a masters next year.

 

[ribeditaa]

How is geology related to forestry? I'm applying for a local town bursary to help pay for the costs of my post-secondary education. The bursary says, "Preferably for a student pursuing a study related to forestry." I know that no other students are going into any sort of forestry-related career and I feel that geology is probably the closest. I have a few ideas, but does any one have any suggestions or input on what i could say as to why/ how geology is related to forestry ? Help would be appreciated.

 

[snafupants]

What's my major? Watching panties hit the floor. I'm minoring in drinking and restraining orders.

 

[Affinity]

CS or CIS. My previous majors over the past 6 years have been psychology, photography, graphic design, web design, business, and mechanical engineering... To name a few lol. I do however think CS or CIS will be the one.

 

[psion]

Major in Computer Science, Minor in Creative Writing, and a Minor in Philosophy. I was planning on doing a co-op in Computer Engineering at some point, but we'll see what happens.

Illustration. I want to get into concept art or at least work as a freelance illustrator. I like the idea of being able to manage my own schedule and work from home doing what I love. If I can draw monsters all day I don't think I'd need much else in life

Gah! I'm jealous! I always wanted to do that but something in me just always insisted it wasn't a reliable option... Or was that my father...

 

[Artsu Tharaz]

How is geology related to forestry? I'm applying for a local town bursary to help pay for the costs of my post-secondary education. The bursary says, "Preferably for a student pursuing a study related to forestry." I know that no other students are going into any sort of forestry-related career and I feel that geology is probably the closest. I have a few ideas, but does any one have any suggestions or input on what i could say as to why/ how geology is related to forestry ? Help would be appreciated.

forests have rocks in them

 

[Ex-User (5841)]

does any one have any suggestions or input on what i could say as to why/ how geology is related to forestry ? Help would be appreciated.

There are a few things.

1. Geology and geomorphology dictate the habitat via moisture and soil structure.

2. Forest composition has a direct impact on soil nutrient composition and erosion.

 

[Ex-User (5841)]

And to go along with the OP:

B.S. Fisheries and Wildlife Biology, minor in Applied Sociology

M.S. Evolution, Ecology, & Organismal Biology

 

[speiss]

Oh my, this is such an old thread. I won't be in college for another four months or so, but I've declared (or have I? Perhaps not, who knows how things work in that faraway uni world..) my major to be Mandarin Chinese Language and Literature. I would really really like to double major in Japanese, but I read over and over it's not the brightest idea to learn two languages at once, b-but.. I want to learn it so badly!
As for the reason, I've always enjoyed learning languages immensely -- any language, really -- and I figured that due to the current state of the world and my severely limited knowledge of global affairs, Mandarin seems to be the best choice. Although others are saying I should pair it with a skill.
Like business.
But I can't be a drone.
This has been the reason behind several mental crises, mind you.
I think I'll just learn the seven languages I want to learn and be some greeter at a museum hopefully somewhere far far away...

 

[Mello]

Oh my, this is such an old thread. I won't be in college for another four months or so, but I've declared (or have I? Perhaps not, who knows how things work in that faraway uni world..) my major to be Mandarin Chinese Language and Literature. I would really really like to double major in Japanese, but I read over and over it's not the brightest idea to learn two languages at once, b-but.. I want to learn it so badly!
As for the reason, I've always enjoyed learning languages immensely -- any language, really -- and I figured that due to the current state of the world and my severely limited knowledge of global affairs, Mandarin seems to be the best choice. Although others are saying I should pair it with a skill.
Like business.
But I can't be a drone.
This has been the reason behind several mental crises, mind you.
I think I'll just learn the seven languages I want to learn and be some greeter at a museum hopefully somewhere far far away...

You can work at retail or something.

China's economy is booming and more and more companies need people who can translate.

Spoiler

Or you can talk to my parents.

Spoiler

Just kidding.

I'm going to major in computer science (game design) and film.

 

[DetachedRetina]

Materials engineering. Currently in the bachelors year, but all going well I'll be going straight into a masters next year.

Woohoo me too. You have a specialty? i.e. metals, polymers, etc.

 

[Halszka]

It was math. Now it is architecture and human-computer interaction (the agony of choice).

 

[Philosophyking87]

Philosophy with a psychology minor.

 

[Dr. Freeman]

I'm going to college in a few months with a major in Physics.

 

[DetachedRetina]

I'm going to college in a few months with a major in Physics.

I wish I had just done this. Materials Science basically comes down to Solid State Physics, but the way it's taught is much more stupid. And there's always applications and engineering in mind. Stupid. Liberal sciences are the way to go.

Though if I could do it again completely I might major in math. In physics you are forced to swallow things that are uncomfortable and counterintuitive (not right at first but eventually) but in math everything is logical and not just some model that "happens to work."

 

[Architect]

I was physics to graduate level, if I could do over would do CS. Luckily I was able to work in the field (my true love)

 

[DetachedRetina]

What a great combo getting to do physics in school and CS in life. CS major at my school is largely bullshit. I always thought it should be project oriented. Paper tests are kind of silly for CS no? It just seems the traditional lecture/cram/exam set up is ill suited for CS

 

[Architect]

What a great combo getting to do physics in school and CS in life. CS major at my school is largely bullshit. I always thought it should be project oriented. Paper tests are kind of silly for CS no? It just seems the traditional lecture/cram/exam set up is ill suited for CS

I guess so. Physics was a tough major, and grad school was impossible squared. The good thing was it taught me to be able to solve any problem (the engineers I work with throw up their hands and say 'Impossible' and I'll dive right in), but there was a lot of stress. Mainly I came away feeling the universe was less magical then it had seemed. I was at one of the top three or five CS depts and started taking classes for a year before I left for a job, if I had finished it would have been a good education.

My take away from physics (I was interested in general relativity but ended up in particle physics) was that, well, that's just the way the universe is. Whereas with computer science - for me - there is a continual sense of wonder. We are trying to teach these things how to think, even if in a crude way just by scripting. I did a neural net last year for character recognition, that is amazing. A machine that can see patterns and decide what they are.

I have been very fortunate work-wise.

 

[DetachedRetina]

^Yes that is what draws me to math and CS as opposed to physics. Especially CS. You are creating rather than learning or studying or modeling so much.

I think physics is perhaps much more difficult, because of the blunt dead ends that are reached. "Well, that's the way it is." You are kind of forced to just accept them.

At least at the school I attend, CS majors get to do very little scripting. They are meant to learn "the fundamentals" and don't really get to dive into projects. This could well be different at different universities.

I think much more could be learnt from, over the course of a year, tackling an interesting problem like neural networks for character recognition. I recently did some work on applying dynamic time warping to geological (sediment core) time series. Very very cool stuff.

 

[Architect]

^Yes that is what draws me to math and CS as opposed to physics. Especially CS. You are creating rather than learning or studying or modeling so much.

Yes precisely. There are a awful lot of Sensors in hard science, not to sound denigrating but most of it is just gathering facts. My PhD was to be adding a few sig figs to numbers that were already well known (boring - who cares?) Obviously there is lots of work (theoretical) well suited for the intuitive, but those positions are extremely difficult to get.

I think physics is perhaps much more difficult, because of the blunt dead ends that are reached. "Well, that's the way it is." You are kind of forced to just accept them.

I meant difficult in the 'hard to do sense', but yes I agree.

At least at the school I attend, CS majors get to do very little scripting. They are meant to learn "the fundamentals" and don't really get to dive into projects. This could well be different at different universities.

I think that is common, but where I went at least (back in the day) we had 'Machine Problems' (programming assignments) for all the classes except for the top theory ones. It was a good program, I created several complete programs before I left which was invaluable.

My biggest take-away from doing Physics was "Well, that was interesting, don't need to worry about that stuff anymore"

 

[Dr. Freeman]

I guess so. Physics was a tough major, and grad school was impossible squared. The good thing was it taught me to be able to solve any problem (the engineers I work with throw up their hands and say 'Impossible' and I'll dive right in), but there was a lot of stress. Mainly I came away feeling the universe was less magical then it had seemed. I was at one of the top three or five CS depts and started taking classes for a year before I left for a job, if I had finished it would have been a good education.

My take away from physics (I was interested in general relativity but ended up in particle physics) was that, well, that's just the way the universe is. Whereas with computer science - for me - there is a continual sense of wonder. We are trying to teach these things how to think, even if in a crude way just by scripting. I did a neural net last year for character recognition, that is amazing. A machine that can see patterns and decide what they are.

I have been very fortunate work-wise.

I never expected anything less, and am looking forward to a long career (and schooling, as I plan on attaining a Doctorate).

I do need to study more effectively, though. (or at all)

 

[Architect]

I never expected anything less, and am looking forward to a long career (and schooling, as I plan on attaining a Doctorate).

I do need to study more effectively, though. (or at all)

In physics? Specialty?

 

[Dr. Freeman]

Yes, but I have not chosen yet. I am going to wait until I learn significantly more before I commit.