Will I be able to get programming interviews at good software companies with a non-CS degree?

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Published on 2012-08-28T06:17:51Z Indexed on 2012/08/28 9:50 UTC
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I'll be graduating in a year, but I'll have a degree in Economics. I'm pretty much done with my Economics coursework, and by the time next year comes around I will have devoted 1.5 years to learning CS. I will have almost finished the requirements to graduate with a degree in CS, but unfortunately my school requires a science series that would add another 6-9 months of study if I were to try and get the degree (not to mention a max unit cap).

I have or will have taken:

  • Objected Oriented Programming
  • Discrete Math
  • Data structures
  • Calculus through multivariable (doubt this matters at all)
  • Linear Algebra (same)
  • Computer Organization
  • Operating Systems
  • Computational Statistics (many data mining projects in R)
  • Parallel Programming
  • Programming Languages
  • Databases
  • Algorithms
  • Compilers
  • Artificial Intelligence

I've done well in the ones I've taken, and I hope to do well in the rest, but will that matter if I can't say to the HR people that I have a CS degree? I'd be happy to get an internship at first too, so should I just apply as if I'm an intern and not looking for fulltime, and then try and parlay that into something?

Sidenote if you have time -- Is a computer networks or theory of computation class important? Would it be worth taking either of those in lieu of a class on my list?

edit -- I know this isn't AskReddit or College Confidential; I know there will be some outrage at posting a question like this. I'm merely looking for insight into a situation that I've been struggling with, and I think this is the absolute best place to find an answer to this question. Thanks.

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