Consider letting it go. If he's at the university, you would think he's old enough to make those decisions on his own

Support him taking courses that he's interested in.

He should study what he enjoys. Having a minor in statistics would be a great addition, if he is interested in studying anything STEM.

Let him decide what he wants to study. Its never good to force your kids into schools. But general talk, discussion should be in place ofc. Give ideas and your point of view on the matter, but dont force him or deny things.

But if I should suggest what type of university one should go, there are many, but from my experience good Data analysis, networking, programming,... generally IT schools should be always good as the market for those fields is starving for workers and they have pretty high salaries.

But also, its not for everyone and its really hard field of expertise.

Ask your son to take classes that help him progress toward graduation. Beyond that let him make his own choices—don't pick a class for him just to pick a class

Bowling class was great. I never bowl anymore and didn't really bowl often before. Still a great way to use data and technology to knock down pins.

Give him a year or two to explore adulthood without having classes. This may help him find what he's interested in. I wanted to be a scientist my entire life, but I got to college and I just couldn't get the grades. I spent the next year just taking every 101 class in every subject until I found something I could get good grades in. Turns out it was writing. So I was an English major. I ended up working in the software Industry, anyway.

As many people are saying, let him study what he wants to study, which may change over the course of his time in college. Even if he lands in the humanities or arts, as long as he applies himself (and does well in his science General Ed courses), he'll be fine, and will most likely get enough tangential tech training wherever he goes. Everything touches stem, from music production to archeological research to medicine and data science.

Data *now* is important. Don't listen to the people saying to let your son go free roaming. College is expensive, it's no longer a life experience, it's a requirement. Give him guidance, data can get him into any industry and the salary will give him the chance to expand on himself.

Data management specifically is a huge asset, and comes with big bucks.

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Data science is fine if he likes it, hell if he does not and he will go nowhere.

I would start with what is his major? If his major isn't a business, stem, or a computer science related major, then taking a class involving coding or data science won't really be that beneficial. If he's not passionate about a specific subject, then it won't make a difference either.

He needs to be the one to determine his best path, and not you.

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Your son should take what he wants to or he will resent you forever.

Is there a course on Microsoft Excel?

What about html?

Software coding... There are so many languages!

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Consider me a voice in the desert, but I think you should make sure that your son takes a comparative religion course. It goes a long way to ensuring a well-rounded education.

For most science majors, statistics is a necessary course. So therefore he will get that education.