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Which Major Should I Take?

I’m stuck in a dilemma and I don’t have much time left to think through it.

I have a choice between taking Information Systems or E-Commerce as my major. To sum it up, IS can provide me with more useful knowledge/skills for a job in the IT Industry while EC is a seemingly easy way out for me through NUS.

Pros of EC as a major

• No need to take any more math modules
• More subjects in my areas of interest (Business, Marketing, etc)
• No need to do an 8-MC project (compared to IS)
• Probably less programming involved

Cons of EC

• Interest may not = apitude
• May lose out to Business students when I take their faculty’s modules
• Less useful knowledge/skills in the IT Industry compared to IS
• Have to do group work with Business students (if not assigned groups, then problem of finding a good group)

Pros of IS as a major

• More useful and specialised knowledge/skills for a career as a professional in the IT Industry
• May be easier to compete with home faculty students

Cons of IS

• Need to take 1 x Discrete Math module, 1 x Probability & Stats module, 1 x Calculus module
• Need to do an 8-MC project that seems quite tough
• Probably more programming involved

Need to think fast and rationally… sigh.

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