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You don't need a minor to graduate from Computer Science. It's completely optional. Finance and Information Systems are not generally useful for computer scientists, or in the typical career paths taken after graduating from computer science. If you want to take a minor, just pick a subject...

You will definitely be able to get by fine with Windows for Computer Science/Media Arts. Although it's true that since the lab computers run Linux, having a similar setup for your own computer will be slightly more convenient, it's not hard to setup a good configuration on a Windows machine...

It's definitely possible. I don't mean to make it out to be a difficult thing, only to state that people often don't have a clear idea of the actual requirements for external transfers, which you will want to be clear on. You also have to consider other sources of inertia that you'll have when...

A student enrolled in the Computer Science program will be able to take any courses a student in the Software Engineering program will take, except for SENG courses. It's up to you to decide whether or not those will be worthwhile, but it's not a choice you need to make off the back of the words...

Just be sure to take into account the fact that transfers within a university are usually much easier than transfers between universities. You may want to being by enrolling into a program with similar first year requirements to the computing degree you want and take the computing courses as...

As far as I know, neither will adequately equip you with the requisite ability to become a "software architect". Honestly though, even "industry experience" isn't guaranteed to do that for you either. You'll have to rely on directed self-study and reflection to accrue the right skillset. The...

This is terrible advice. While some maths is assumed knowledge for these degrees, most students entering these programs don't have any significant grasp of the important concepts anyway. Jikky, you don't seem like you want to do IT at all. I doubt you have any real experience with programming...

To enrol into a minor, it's usually just a matter of notifying your program authority that you intend to enrol in a minor. You can do this at any time during your degree. The courses you take as part of your minor come out of what would be your normal elective courses. The concept of doing a...