Computer Science Majors are usually very general and as a result are very safe, and can be applied towards most programming fields. Talk to an advisor about it, they will be happy to tell you more about requirments and such.

I did, sadly, they didn't know much as the colleges have it weirdly set up. I'm guessing Computer Science will be my major if I want to be a programmer?

Like I said, Computer Science (or Computer Engineering, though I don't exactly know what that would entail exactly as we do not have a Computer Engineering Degree at my College) is probably your safest bet. More focused and specialized majors like Game Programming or Computer Security and such are nice if you want to go into that particular field and the college you're getting it from has a good and reputable program, but those sorts of majors lack fallback options if you're having trouble getting into your intended industry. If you're not in college yet, try some programming on your own, you should be able to tell quickly whether or not you're into it. People have shared a ton of resources in this thread so far that can get you started, and make sure to email the computer science department or equivilant of every college you're seeking to apply to and ask them about their programs and majors.

Good advice, I like this already, better than the counselor I talked to..

Computer Engineering grad student here to detail the differences - The programs I've seen in computer engineering have more of a mixed focus on hardware and software. A lot of architecture classes covering processing units, memory and all that low level stuff with a fair bit of assembly to make sure you know how to talk to all the parts down there. The hardware portions also go over some electrical engineering circuits and transistors just for good measure. But you usually get a good bit of operating systems and general programming language knowledge thrown on top to round out the degree. You also do a lot of applied embedded programming on micro processors. But most programs give you some electives that you get to pick and most of mine end up in CS. Computer science will focus primarily on math, set theory, algorithms, programming languages, compilers, Artificial Intelligence, networking, Operating systems, applications, parallel computation, and I'm sure a fair bit more that I'm leaving out. So to reiterate the initial point. CS is great if you know for sure programming is your thing. Dive right in and don't look back. But if you think you're also interested in hardware or robotics consider Computer Engineering as well. I only accidentally signed up for Computer Engineering (I wasn't aware of the differences between it and CS) but it was probably one of the better mistakes of my life. I've learned a fair bit and will hopefully have a leg up when it comes time for full time job searches knowing the basics of the full spectrum that the computer works on.

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