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[hypnotique]

Ive been trashing my head over what I should go to school for since culinary and nursing didn't work out too well for me and I'm considering doing something in computers since ive had a fascination with learning how computer viruses work and how they are created and basically computer security in general.

so uh...
what courses should I take and any tips on schools and other general things i should know about before becoming a computer major?

[mipadi]

Well, first of all, what do you mean by "computer major"? Do you mean:

1. computer science - studies the theoretical aspects of computation, close cousin to applied mathematics (this is what I studied)
2. computer engineering - mostly studies hardware, a close cousin of electrical engineering
3. software engineering - a mostly bullshit course of study "studies" how to "build" software
4. computer programming - learn to write software, i.e. be a "code monkey", generally a 2-year course
5. information technology - act as a network or computer administrator
6. management information systems - learn how businesses can make use of computers, abbreviated MIS which also stands for Math Is Scary

Answering that question will likely lead to others.

[hypnotique]

Well, first of all, what do you mean by "computer major"? Do you mean:

1. computer science - studies the theoretical aspects of computation, close cousin to applied mathematics (this is what I studied)
2. computer engineering - mostly studies hardware, a close cousin of electrical engineering
3. software engineering - a mostly bullshit course of study "studies" how to "build" software
4. computer programming - learn to write software, i.e. be a "code monkey", generally a 2-year course
5. information technology - act as a network or computer administrator
6. management information systems - learn how businesses can make use of computers, abbreviated MIS which also stands for Math Is Scary

Answering that question will likely lead to others.

Computer Engineering mainly but I would like to also dabble in Computer Science , Information Technology and possibly computer programming.

Basically i like to learn a bit of everything possible in a subject.