mamehapumpkin
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I'm currently doing a science degree at USYD majoring in comp sci and biology.
I've found that my main interest is in biology, and if I find that I enjoy this enough I am also considering an honours year.
I did comp science initially because I had some interest in related things beforehand, e.g. web design and development. But a lot of units don't relate to web design/development. I don't really think I'll have an interest in a career relating to comp sci, again it's more of a hobby but it's not really my strength.
So for a major in comp sci I need 4 senior units. There are 2 that I think I will enjoy, especially since they're more related to web design / e-business stuff. But there's 2 that I'm doing for the sake of a major. One seem easy enough, but the other looks very difficult. It is a continuation of another unit I'm currently doing. This unit I did not enjoy, at least the latter parts I found difficult but most of all, boring. The continuation unit is going to be all that difficult and boring stuff and basically I have zero interest and there's a chance I will fail the unit.
So the problem is, I'm not really keen or interested in a few senior units that I need for my comp science major and I'm not sure if I should drop it and fill it with some other bio units that I am actually interested in. I feel like I should just do the comp sci units to get the major, because I've already done a bunch of junior and intermediate units, and a comp science major will look good for my degree. Then again, what's it worth if my skills in the area are average at best?
So I guess these are my options:
- just do the senior units and have both bio and comp sci major
- change to just biology major, pick only a few interesting comp sci units for fun, and get an IT minor
I am pretty sure I can alternatively have a minor in IT. Obviously I don't think this looks as good as a comp sci major. But then again, a lot of units that I did related to comp sci were not programming heavy, so they are actually more related to IT.
What do you think I should do?
I've found that my main interest is in biology, and if I find that I enjoy this enough I am also considering an honours year.
I did comp science initially because I had some interest in related things beforehand, e.g. web design and development. But a lot of units don't relate to web design/development. I don't really think I'll have an interest in a career relating to comp sci, again it's more of a hobby but it's not really my strength.
So for a major in comp sci I need 4 senior units. There are 2 that I think I will enjoy, especially since they're more related to web design / e-business stuff. But there's 2 that I'm doing for the sake of a major. One seem easy enough, but the other looks very difficult. It is a continuation of another unit I'm currently doing. This unit I did not enjoy, at least the latter parts I found difficult but most of all, boring. The continuation unit is going to be all that difficult and boring stuff and basically I have zero interest and there's a chance I will fail the unit.
So the problem is, I'm not really keen or interested in a few senior units that I need for my comp science major and I'm not sure if I should drop it and fill it with some other bio units that I am actually interested in. I feel like I should just do the comp sci units to get the major, because I've already done a bunch of junior and intermediate units, and a comp science major will look good for my degree. Then again, what's it worth if my skills in the area are average at best?
So I guess these are my options:
- just do the senior units and have both bio and comp sci major
- change to just biology major, pick only a few interesting comp sci units for fun, and get an IT minor
I am pretty sure I can alternatively have a minor in IT. Obviously I don't think this looks as good as a comp sci major. But then again, a lot of units that I did related to comp sci were not programming heavy, so they are actually more related to IT.
What do you think I should do?
