Is a Physics Minor Beneficial for a Computer Science Major?

[SnowMan20]

I am a computer science major and took Physics 1 & 2 and now that I am done with those I am actually kind of missing physics. Physics is really interesting to me, which I know is reason enough, but I was just wondering what kind of benefits I could possibly get out of pursuing a physics minor. Thanks for your feedback ahead of time.

 

[member2357]

In terms of CS employment, I think there are no benefits of having a physics minor. I.e. employers will not prefer you over someone with a straight CS major.

If you are interested in physics, then there is nothing wrong with doing a minor in physics.

Do you do discrete maths, probability, graph theory and linear algebra as part of your CS degree? If not, then I would say a maths minor in these subjects complements CS better than physics.

 

[SnowMan20]

In terms of CS employment, I think there are no benefits of having a physics minor. I.e. employers will not prefer you over someone with a straight CS major.

If you are interested in physics, then there is nothing wrong with doing a minor in physics.

Do you do discrete maths, probability, graph theory and linear algebra as part of your CS degree? If not, then I would say a maths minor in these subjects complements CS better than physics.

Yea I have to take all those. I'm already doing a math minor because I only have to take two extra courses along with all the courses I'm already going to take.