College Confidential - View Single Post - Computer Science + Physics double major? Complement each other?

faraday · 12-02-2009, 09:55 AM

To Auburnmathtutor:

I am also very interested (and decent at Physics)... but I'm really hesitating to double major because while I would be able to take lots of courses I like (Quantum, Relativity, GR, Lagrangian&Hamiltonian Mech), I would also sacrifice course space and be less "specialized" in my engineering major.

In your opinion, do you think your jobs opportunities would have increased if you chose to take courses in EE/CS instead of taking supplemental courses in physics?

I am able to double major in 4 yrs without too much hassle (I might have a few semesters with 5 classes at a time), but then, I'll only be doing the bare minimum of each majors, and will forego the opportunity of taking grad classes and specialize in different fields of EECS (Photonics, Quantum Optics, circuits&devices... there's literally a gazillion courses to take in EECS at my school).

12-02-2009, 09:55 AM	#3
faraday Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 473	To Auburnmathtutor: I am also very interested (and decent at Physics)... but I'm really hesitating to double major because while I would be able to take lots of courses I like (Quantum, Relativity, GR, Lagrangian&Hamiltonian Mech), I would also sacrifice course space and be less "specialized" in my engineering major. In your opinion, do you think your jobs opportunities would have increased if you chose to take courses in EE/CS instead of taking supplemental courses in physics? I am able to double major in 4 yrs without too much hassle (I might have a few semesters with 5 classes at a time), but then, I'll only be doing the bare minimum of each majors, and will forego the opportunity of taking grad classes and specialize in different fields of EECS (Photonics, Quantum Optics, circuits&devices... there's literally a gazillion courses to take in EECS at my school).
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