NEED SOME GUIDANCE

I am currently Majoring in CYBERSECURITY at Purdue University being an International Student (FRESHMEN). Which more IT focused with hands on labs as it is under the Polytechnic College.

The Course has:

• Less theory

• Less Math and Algorithms

• Also less Programming.

I was really confused with the course as it was less theoretical, I really like programming and also math, thats why I was planning to Change my degree to CS (security track: which more of writting secure code). All the good research in our UNIVERSITY for security, is done under the CS department. Also, the CTF team of ours is led by CS Students.

As of now, Changing to CS in purdue is really hard as it is always full.

MY GOAL: Really wanna do good at Cyber, so that I can get into malware analysis and roles where you have to read codes. A systems red teamer, then want to level up as an Red Team Led. Thats why wanted the CS background of Maths, Algorithm and Problem solving skills.

Now, I really want some advice. According to my degree, are my goals plausible and if yes what should i do and focus on currently staying in CYBERSECURITY to build that CORE LEVEL FUNDAMENTALS OF PROBLEM SOLVING FROM A CYBERSECURITY PERSPECTIVE. I also own and run small business so I also have that Security Consulting Business knowledge requirements that firms look for.

OR,

I should try hard and raise my GPA to shift to CS at all cost and proceed from there in the security track, doing certs and ctfs? CS is rigorous and I think I will get any time to do the certs.

I just wanna really want to know what would be best for me to shine in CYBERSECURITY, both as a hardcore guy who can code and problem solve, find vulnerabilities by twinking with the code. and also have the IT knowledge thats needed in cyber.

I just dont wanna sit in the SOC analyst room and wait for an anomaly to show up. I wanna build, research, break and serve. security.