Tired of my major. What to suggest?

[dryerlint88]

Im currently in Computer Science. I hate it and it is boring. I want something more hands-on, more exciting, more!

im also good at math, hell calculus is better than CS. but i want something more hands on.

any suggestions?

[e60.deluxe]

Originally Posted by dryerlint88

Im currently in Computer Science. I hate it and it is boring. I want something more hands-on, more exciting, more!

im also good at math, hell calculus is better than CS. but i want something more hands on.

any suggestions?

i dont know what you mean by 'hands on' really. but if you like calculus and want something thats secure and will make you money, try business. and i dont mean like become a CPA, i mean like financial analyst/advisor etc.

[TommyD]

Originally Posted by dryerlint88

Im currently in Computer Science. I hate it and it is boring. I want something more hands-on, more exciting, more!

im also good at math, hell calculus is better than CS. but i want something more hands on.

any suggestions?

Finance, especially if you are good with math. You can make a lot of money in the field. I graduated with a BS in MIS and wish I would have done the Finance degree instead of computers.

[j'sFG2]

"Hands on" - –adjective
1. characterized by or involved in active personal participation in an activity; individual and direct: ex) a workshop to give children hands-on experience with computers.
2. requiring manual operation, control, adjustment, or the like; not automatic or computerized: ex) The hands-on telephone switchboard is almost obsolete.
(dictionary.com)

Mechanical Engineering, i am in my first undergrad year, kinda sucks for now, but i have heard it gets a lot better and more "hands on".
and i am going to pursue Automotive Engineering for my masters.
We are also just getting into drafting and Computer Aided Design, pretty fun stuff

[Jester FPS]

Just find your passion and turn it into a career.

What were you trying to major in CS? Cuz that's my field and I love it.

[CaliGuy]

Originally Posted by Jester FPS

Just find your passion and turn it into a career.

Great in theory...not so great in practive (usually).

Great if you're retired or not worried about $$$$

I'd love to test exotic cars for a living...sadly, it ai'nt gonna happen

[Skylinegtr06]

Plasma Physics is a good major

[Jester FPS]

Originally Posted by CaliGuy

Great in theory...not so great in practive (usually).

Great if you're retired or not worried about $$$$

I'd love to test exotic cars for a living...sadly, it ai'nt gonna happen

Go watch "accepted" just released on DVD.

But true that, about the thing about money and being retired.

[CaliGuy]

Originally Posted by Jester FPS

Go watch "accepted" just released on DVD.

But true that, about the thing about money and being retired.

I'll check out that flick...

On topic: Do something you are interested in as far as major. I was not inferring that you need to make a fat stack...A college degree (in whatever major is a +). I have a history degree (some would say useless). I make a good wage and have a good job (totally unrelated to my degree, but needed a degree to get said job)...I enjoyed history, so I majored i it...

[Mitch]

Chemical Engineering. It's a curriculum I can get passionate about. I actually look forward to large projects and such. It's not for everyone, but I'd suggest looking into it.

[CaliGuy]

Theoretical Phycisist...Half Life style

[stevesivic]

I switched from Computer Science to Electrical Engineering in my 2nd year, since taking an electronics class and loving it. I currently work in the EE field, and boy is the pay nice. And it is so fun, too. Lots of hands on with electronics.

Don't do computer engineering.. You will have a lot more opportunities with Electrical Engineering (including computer engineering jobs).

There are many fields under electrical engineering, and here are some:

* Radio Frequency
* Communications (like wireless, wired)
* Digital Signal Processing
* Control Systems
* Power
* Integrated Circuit Design
* General electronics

[dust0ut]

Do you like biology? My major is bio and in the two years I've been in college so far, I've learned that biology is an all-encompassing subject in a sense. For example, my ecology and evolution prof. was a computer engineer and he did some model analysis stuff that dealt with population genetics. there's bio-mechanics (like that crazy stuff you can see on discovery channel) and I have heard of many mathematicians in the field (though haven't had any as professors yet).

I don't know what type of "hands on" you're looking for but I think bio can be pretty hands on, albeit not in the mechanical sense, but who knows, you can make it mechanical if you want lol.

[dryerlint88]

chem eng. or EE sounds kinda like what im leaning towards.

i could get passionate about hybrid cars, future technologies in the automotive field, etc what would be a good field for that, while also makin some cash?

[stevesivic]

Originally Posted by dryerlint88

chem eng. or EE sounds kinda like what im leaning towards.

i could get passionate about hybrid cars, future technologies in the automotive field, etc what would be a good field for that, while also makin some cash?

Mechanical Engineering, you learn the physics & math about engines, and fluids, and much other stuff.

[webby]

since this isn't really car chat - I moved it to the watercooler. I hope you find what will make you happen in the long run. Choosing a career is no easy task.

[CaliGuy]

Originally Posted by webby

since this isn't really car chat - I moved it to the watercooler. I hope you find what will make you happen in the long run. Choosing a career is no easy task.

This man speaks the truth.

[jpik2003]

leisure arts.

[Nepenthe]

Neuropsychopharmacology

The ins and outs of neurotransmission within the brain and how various psychoactive substances, drugs, and pharmaceuticals as well as endogenous chemicals act on it.

You could be a researcher in private or in a university, you could work for a pharm company, you could work for various government agencies (maybe even the DEA, yikes!!), you could work in hospital, you could write, you could teach, and then you could specialize in the brain's basic function, or abnormal function, or functional impairment such as aging or Alzheimer's or retardation or stroke or depression or psychosis, or you could look at the effects of existing legal or illegal drugs, you could be a "wildcatter" and find experimental/new herbs and plants and study their effects on the brain, you could focus on psychedelic drug therapy, etc.

[Cybergypsy]

Car sales person....so i can get a discount