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Can you study Computer Science without being super passionate about it?

Atm I study philosophy at uni and due to some logic courses I took I remembered how I used to enjoy programming a few years ago in school and I wasn't too bad at it. Since then I've been thinking about switching to studying computer science. Like I said, I used to quite like programming and in general am interested in the topic as a whole but I am not someone who for example creates websites in their free time or does projects on their own and stuff like that. I feel like a lot of people who study cs are super passionate about it and know so much about computers (which I don't) and spend their free time programming. I'm not like that but still interested in cs, do you think it's a good idea if I still try? I'm also a bit insecure about switching to cs since I'm a girl and the subject is still widely male dominated at my uni (50 women and 250 men) and I don't want to fill out the stereotype of women not being able to do math or code.

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TL;DR: I loved the logic courses I did in philosophy and want to switch to cs but I'm not too tech-savvy or do coding  projects for fun - is it a good idea if I still try? At school I was quite good at math and coding.
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Software engineering != computer science. It really depends on how CS at your uni is taught. If it’s more theoretical and mathematically rigorous (this is the real CS you do in grad school) then it sounds like you are more likely to enjoy it than those who study it just to become software/web developers. If it’s more practical/industry-oriented then it doesn’t sound like an amazing fit for you.

But to answer your question in the title: yes. CS is quite useful that even if you don’t feel super passionate about it at first you might grow to like it for practicality alone. But if you don’t care about projects and code development, why don’t you consider studying math instead?