Should i choose Computer Science? need to decide fast

Bruutal · 10 Sep 2011 at 19:02

Hi! I just started my studies in Denmark college,multimedia design and communication.But now i started thinking maybe i should choose computer science.There is some time to change my mind,but not much,maybe a week.
My multimedia course contains flash,dreamweaver,php,html and so on.we are going to build websites and surveys.But i dont really care about websites i guess.I like 3D that we have limited amount,i heard that teacher just give you a link to tutorial -.- cant really use 3d programs yet,i also like trying to make music,overclocking,building my own computer,gaming,how games are made.So i dont have any real experience to help me to choose.
What do you think? I heard that many people dont like programming.But if i would choose CS then i could have much better oppurtunities in my home country i think.Please give me advice !

Moothead2 · 10 Sep 2011 at 19:05

If Multimedia doesn't interest you then go for it. No point doing something where the course doesn't interest you.

Number_25 · 10 Sep 2011 at 19:05

Are you good at Maths?

bhavv · 10 Sep 2011 at 19:08

You need to be very good at maths to do computer science.

tntcoder · 10 Sep 2011 at 19:10

bhavv said:
You need to be very good at maths to do computer science.

That completely depends on where you do it, but yes a more respectable CS course requires decent maths skills. Do it if you are capable, it will open significantly more doors.

Lightnix · 10 Sep 2011 at 19:14

I'm going to be doing computer science very soon. We can be subject buddies. SUBJECT BUDDIES.

It's hard really to advise you as to whether or not you personally will like the subject. I'd say have a look at some of the units and stuff your college offers to see if they appeal to you.

Bruutal · 10 Sep 2011 at 19:18

I was average in math in high school.Didnt pay much attention to it.
I like multimedia,but i dont care about some of the stuff in my course.How could i find out that programming if for me or not?

UK-AL05 · 10 Sep 2011 at 19:20

Bruutal said:
I was average in math in high school.Didnt pay much attention to it.
I like multimedia,but i dont care about some of the stuff in my course.How could i find out that programming if for me or not?

Errm Try it? Its not all programming, its also maths. Buts its also different type of maths(discrete maths) to what most people are used to. I know some people who become interested in maths via computer science despite them not being that good at it at school. It's stuff like hidden Markov models, Predicate logic and support vector machines etc etc.

Take a look at stuff like that. See if you like it. Don't let the notation scare you.

A lot of people tend to be quite snobby, saying my course is "real" computer science or whatever, when the matter of fact most courses will include this type of stuff. If you want pure software engineering, there are courses for pure software engineering. These tend to be more relevant to industry type work tbh. These often include teaching good practise for software development.