What major should i choose to fix computers?

Question

I want to repair computers for a living...so what kind of degree should I go for?

Answer 1

College & university courses are for harware and software engineers (designers), not repair techs. Repair techs go to special vocational schools that deal only in that topic OR they get it in the military training. Also some junior colleges offer electronics courses that apply to all techno applications, including computers.
You only need a major in regular colleges, not tech schools.

Answer 2

most people will automatically say computer science, but that's more programming and computer architect, not actually fixing computers. A+ Certification and Network+ opens a lot of computer repair jobs opportunities. MCSE, Cisco, Novell, or Linux are really good to have if you want to do it for a long time with bigger companies. if you're into degrees, go Electrical Engineering with or without Computer science. As and EE coming out, you aren't an engineer unless you pass the engineer exam. in the mean time, you'll probably land a job as a hardware specialist. you get paid as an engineer and fix computer on a larger scale. an associate degree will get you a job, but it's not as permant or high paying. IT jobs are like roller coaster rides, the demand goes up and down. invest in more education and it'll be less bumpy. It's all about your certifications.

Answer 3

You don't really need a degree to fix computers. Your best bet is to go to a technical or trade school with a computer repair program or a program in building computer systems. Computer science in colleges tends to be more about writing code and developing programs and less on the technical aspects of repairing computers. If you are interesting in building computers and/or designing new computer hardware then electrical engeniering would be the way to go and/or industrial product design.

Answer 4

Theres several, and they vary from college to college.

Find a college catalog, read the course descriptions, and circle every course you would just love to take out of the particular subfield (engineering, liberal arts, etc...) In your case engineering. Then find the field that matches.

I started out trying to decide between ee, cs, and cse.. gave up circled the classes I really wanted, and discovered that what I was looking for was mechanical engineering with an emphasis in scientific computing, and a minor in applied computational mathematics.

Answer 5

Bachelor's of Computer Science

Answer 6

Computers-Maintenance and repair

Electronics

or if you want to maintain and repair networks Computer Networking--Linux or Microsoft

Answer 7

Bsc,computer science?

Answer 8

Either get a masters or go to itt tech there awesome.

Answer 9

computer science.