Hello!
First wanted to let you know that I really love your site – amazing at answering questions, and you tend to make me laugh alot 🙂 Hope you liked the title I came up with.
So I’m curious as to what you think about minors. Let me elaborate. I’m a first year student with intent on declaring computer science as my POSt next summer. Now, along with that, I’m deciding on what else to declare, because I ofcourse can’t just have one major. I know the minors that would nicely complement my major: math, statistics, linguistics, etc. etc….but I’m not really into that stuff. As in, I’m more interested in the software engineering thing, and I really don’t want to have to deal with more math courses than required :p I was thinking of declaring a double minor with French Language Learning and Sociology…however those are very different than computer science. However I’m really interested in them, am taking courses in them this semester already,? and I think atleast French could serve me well in the future.
How important do you think it is to have minors that complement your major? Is it necessary? Is a minor that doesn’t complement your major useless, because you can’t do much with a minor (or so I assume)? I’ve heard people say that people take minors of things that they’re interested in, but would it be a waste for me, or is there any way a different minor could help me in the future? Thanks for the help, I’m looking forward to an interesting post 🙂
Sincerely,
mixed up desires
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Mixed up desires,
I love that you gave a name. No one ever gives names anymore. Names are awesome! And I’m glad you like askastudent. Apparently not too many non-students are particularly fond of it, but that’s neither here nor there. 🙂
I think having a second POSt (whether it be another major or two minors) is important, not necessarily to compliment your major, but also to show that there’s more to your skillset than Computer Science — granted, I think being capable of anything involving “computers” and “science” is fantastic on its own. It’s always great if your minor compliments your major in a way, but it’s also fine to come out of UofT with a daringly eclectic degree. So after these absoltely pointless and contradictory sentences, my point is have no fear and do what your gut tells you will guide your CGPA upwards. And, of course, what you’ll enjoy!
Personally, I have a specialist and a minor in programs that I won’t disclose, but frankly I think they’re a pretty redundant mix. Hint: they both have to do with writing.
If you’re going to major in Computer Science, definitely do the French and Soc thing! If they interest you, they’ll give you a little extra. Nothing you take in university is useless. While the content may not seem relevant to whatever’s going on today, you always get that little extra bit of learning how to think critically and so on.
Also, everyone loves hearing people speak French.
Best of luck!
aska