Best Double Major with CS

Applying to College
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I am strong in math and physics, decent at biology and chemistry, and overall good in most other subjects. Which path do you see as a viable double major with CS? I have heard many other double majors such as neuroscience, stats, economics, engineering, math etc. From anyone’s personal experience, which combination do you feel will be the most valuable in the future?

I am open to all ideas, just want to broaden my horizon.

Thanks

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Course work in areas relating to application areas that you may be developing computers and software for may be helpful in the future. This does not necessarily mean that you need a full second major or official minor.

For example:

  • Financial applications: economics, finance, statistics
  • Games: physics, art, social sciences, creative writing
  • Security and cryptography: math (algebra and number theory), social sciences
  • Data science: statistics, subjects that big data can be used to analyze
  • Patent exam: science prerequisites for the patent exam
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thanks for the examples @ucbalumnus

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This depends entirely on what area of CS you want to go into. @ucbalumnus has given some great examples of applications and relevant majors. In my experience, common double majors include all of the above, plus psychology, cognitive science, business administration (and other business majors), etc.

Personally, I’m a math and CS double major because I want to go into cryptology, specifically cryptanalysis.