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thoughts on ucl’s philosophy and computer science course?

i am an early applicant and have applied to pure computer science courses for all 5 of my options, but i recently found out about this ucl course and i am super interested in what it covers (honestly sounds like my dream course!) so i’ve been debating whether i should change my course (already been told by ucl admissions it is possible to change it)

only thing that’s holding me back is job prospects and whether it will affect me applying to masters programmes as i will probably aim for pure compsci ones at that point (have not done tons of research but they seem to look for people who have done pure compsci/heavy maths subjects). it is a relatively new course so there isn’t much information on that from ucl, and it is a BA not a BSc so i am unsure how much of a big difference that makes when looking for a job in the tech industry. i am aware it is still a degree from ucl so it shouldn’t be too bad?

if i don’t change i will continue with applying to ucl’s compsci and will have to take the tara, which the other course doesn’t require.

any advice or thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated! :smile:
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by iueiwur
i am an early applicant and have applied to pure computer science courses for all 5 of my options, but i recently found out about this ucl course and i am super interested in what it covers (honestly sounds like my dream course!) so i’ve been debating whether i should change my course (already been told by ucl admissions it is possible to change it)

only thing that’s holding me back is job prospects and whether it will affect me applying to masters programmes as i will probably aim for pure compsci ones at that point (have not done tons of research but they seem to look for people who have done pure compsci/heavy maths subjects). it is a relatively new course so there isn’t much information on that from ucl, and it is a BA not a BSc so i am unsure how much of a big difference that makes when looking for a job in the tech industry. i am aware it is still a degree from ucl so it shouldn’t be too bad?

if i don’t change i will continue with applying to ucl’s compsci and will have to take the tara, which the other course doesn’t require.

any advice or thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated! :smile:


If you're interested, then I would definitely swap it. There's still plenty of time to decide which of the five you'll select as a firm and insurance choice.

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