Should I switch major from CS to ISE?

[screw3d]

I am kinda getting sick of programming and thinking of changing my major from Computer Science to Industrial Systems Engineering..

What do you guys think?

 

[agnitrate]

What year are you?

CS is only programming at the beginning. Then you get to the theory.

-silver

 

[TechnoKid]

Do you plan to major as an engineer and get an engineering license afterwards? It's either that or you could be an engineering technologist. Not too many schools offer technologist programs; technologists still have to go for four years (or more), but it is a little less intensive than a full engineering program. Technologists do get paid more than technichians, but less than engineers.

I am working towards a mechanical engineer, and am trying to also get an AS at the same time so I can be a two year technichian while working my way towards a full engineering degree.

 

[screw3d]

I am sophomore now. I'm kinda in a fix now because I hate Physics, Chemistry and Math and I'm wondering WTH am I doing in engineering. Unfortunately my sponsor won't allow me to switch to an entirely different major

 

[opticalmace]

sponsor?

 

[screw3d]

Originally posted by: opticalmace
sponsor?

As in scholarship. I am bound by a contract.

 

[DXM]

To begin with, what do ISEs do?

 

[duragezic]

And another bites the dust...

 

[gopunk]

Originally posted by: DXM
To begin with, what do ISEs do?

i might be wrong, but i think they deal with manufacturing lines and stuff... like designing them to be efficient

 

[Ness]

Welllll....

Read over the terms of your contract with your "sponsor". You might be able to take a few classes towards a new major, see if you like it... all while they are paying for it. Then at the last possible moment change majors knowing you will lose your scholarship and just pay for the rest with loans. Okay, so it's not the best idea, but it is an idea.

Besides, do you REALLY want to be stuck doing something you either hate or can't do for the REST OF YOUR LIFE just so you can get a scholarship without having loans (I'm assuming that's what you want to accomplish here.)

 

[screw3d]

Originally posted by: eagle
And another bites the dust...

I don't really suck in CS. In fact I'm doing quite well in it. It's just that I don't like what I'm doing.

I could definitely change my major, but not something beyond the engineering field or other science field. It's a complicated situation to explain!

 

[screw3d]

Originally posted by: ness1469
Welllll....

Read over the terms of your contract with your "sponsor". You might be able to take a few classes towards a new major, see if you like it... all while they are paying for it. Then at the last possible moment change majors knowing you will lose your scholarship and just pay for the rest with loans. Okay, so it's not the best idea, but it is an idea.

Besides, do you REALLY want to be stuck doing something you either hate or can't do for the REST OF YOUR LIFE just so you can get a scholarship without having loans (I'm assuming that's what you want to accomplish here.)

I can take all the class I want It doesn't really matter. I am definitely going to try out one of the courses in ISE. It's just that I'll want to settle this quickly. Losing the scholarship is NOT an option. It's a full scholarship (tuition, board, living expenses etc). I'm an international student btw.

 

[gtg528r]

If you don't like what you're doing, change your major. I'm having the same issues with my major.

 

[TechnoKid]

Hating math, physics, chem is not good if you are in an engineering program. Engineering is really theory; it's not like you are going to get a job doing integral math or differentials. I am somewhat disliking calc right now, but if i want to be an engineer, I will learn to love it as my engr teacher says. Engineering isn't the "easy" way in college.

I do like the idea of the hands on experience that technicians get (I like building things and designing them), but the design and theory work of an engineer can't be beat.