Should I Complete an Associate Degree or Pursue a Minor in Computer Science?

[preceptor1919]

Hello!So here's the scenario:

I'm currently in 1st year Computer Science in a college and I plan to get all the first year subjects required to transfer into engineering in a university next year. But as I am taking this programming course, I got really hooked and suddenly got interested in computer science as well. So here is my question: Is it more advisable to finish my associate degree here in college and then transfer in uni, or should I transfer to uni next year and get engineering with a minor in computer science. You can say that I am really determined to get an electrical engineering and computer science knowledge, I just don't know if an associate degree or minor is better to go with the engineering degree. What's the difference between the two? Thanks!

 

[jtbell]

Which courses/classes would you take for a associate's degree in CS, and which ones would take for a minor at the university? You should be able to look those up on the college and university web sites.

In general, what matters is the courses that you take and their content, rather than the label on your degree.

 

[preceptor1919]

Here are the computer science courses i am required for the associate degree in Langara College and also some courses that I will take for the electives

Introduction to Computer Science
Program Design
Algorithms and Data Structures I
Object-oriented Computing
Algorithms and Data Structures II
[URL='http://langara.bc.ca/programs-and-courses/courses/CPSC/1280.html']Unix Tools and Scripting[/URL]
Computing Architecture

Digital Systems Design
Computer and Information Security
and here are the courses that I will take for a minor in UBC(i'm not sure if it's a minor though, they call it mini stream now, there was a minor about 2 months ago when I checked but I can't find it anymore).This is a software development stream

computation,programs and programming
software construction
software engineering
programming languages
software project
advanced software engineeringany thoughts?