Lately, I've been going through the Susquehanna course books to familiarize myself with whats offered. With a highlighter in hand, I burned through the book looking at fields of study that interest me. This post will be a nice little pros and cons list of each possible area.
Sociology
Pros: Fell in love with it ever since I took an Intro to Sociology class at Hunter. The one thing I'm sure I'm going to study in college.
Cons: I always asked the question "What does one do with Sociology after college?". Now I have a better understand of what the answer is, but its still not clear. Also, I'll most likely *have* to do a Master's in this field before I can get to the good jobs.
Psychology
Pros: Cognitive Science has always been a thing of beauty to me.
Cons: It can be a bit 'clinical' at times. I don't care for that.
Political Science
Pros: I enjoy politics...
Cons: ...not enough to actually major in it though. Though, those political circles would be great to get into.
Computer Science
Pros: Computers are my life. Its what I have the most experience in and one of the things I enjoy most.
Cons: CALCULUS - I have a thing against math. Plus I have to keep in mind my GPA (Honors program mandates that it can't drop below 3.4). Also, I'm sorry - some of those courses sound nice but must be boring as all hell. Do I have that type of tolerance?
French
Pros: A language would make me an interesting threat on the market. Also, theres no Japanese at the school so French won that fight.
Cons: I was already warned that if I don't test into a certain level of French, it might be an ill-fated idea.
Susquehanna allows for the combination of two majors into one - a nice curtail to double majoring *shudders* - so at my current idea is to combine Sociology and Computer Science while minoring in French. Perhaps I'll mix match things and minor in Comp. Sci., then move French up to the combining major. After all, I do think French and Sociology would mix better and wouldn't sound as odd as Sociology and Comp. Sci. would together.
In the end, the overall element to determine it will come from my experience with the classes and the 3.4 requirement. Whatever I pick for my major/minor, I have to make sure I kick ass at it should I want to remain in the program.
Hi, Ryan.
ReplyDeleteI think you have to take intro courses in these subjects before you can really pick a major.
It's true that CS has a lot of math, but it's hard to say whether you'd find it boring until you've tried it.
True, very true. I suppose I was kinda bugging out from all the possible areas of study so I tried to organize my thoughts by what I saw to be positives and negatives.
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