Forum: scifi.stackexchange.com
Tags: <spider-man><marvel><the-amazing-spider-man>
Title: What was Peter Parker’s college major?
Question: In which area did Peter Parker major in at university?  Did he ever show any computer hacking skills or other computer-related interests (computer science)?

Answers:
sents: text: The Marvel Universe Wiki reads: Peter Parker graduated high school and earned a science scholarship to Empire State University (ESU) for achieving the highest scholastic average in Midtown High's history.
text: So while it doesn't say what the major was, it would have had to at least be science based.
text: ADDON:
text: At some point (in Amazing Spider-Man) adult Peter Parker decides to leave the Bugle and teach high school science.
text: There's a strong hint there.
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/224/MPelletier
score: 11
sents: text: There is at least some very strong indirect evidence.
text: To make his web shooters he needs some deep knowledge of chemistry.
text: Additionally, I think at the earliest in The Amazing Spider-Man 6 his teacher Curt Connors is introduced.
text: And it is stated clearly that he is a Professor of biochemistry .
text: Another piece of indirect evidence that Peter Parker's major is chemistry or biochemistry.
text: Later versions of the character differ from this.
text: But the Peter Parker of the original (Lee / Ditko) run studied chemistry.
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/60920/drmanhattan
score: 5
sents: text: (Click links to see the comic pages this information is sourced from.)
text: In Amazing Spider-Man #28, Peter graduated from Midtown High School with a science scholarship to Empire State University.
text: In various 1960s issues such as Amazing Spider-Man #31 , #45 and #47 , it was stated or otherwise indicated that Peter was a science major at ESU.
text: According to a caption in Marvel Team-Up #27 , Peter was specifically a physics major during his undergraduate studies, and a caption in Marvel Team-Up #28 said he was pursuing a bachelor's degree in physics.
text: In Amazing Spider-Man #243, he received a letter from Empire State University informing him that he'd been approved for second-year studies in the graduate program of the department of bio-physics, although he dropped out due to money troubles.
text: Peter demonstrated computer hacking skills in Civil War: Front Line #9.
text: He also developed Webware , a mobile Internet device with nanotech-based, self-reconfiguring software and hardware , while running Parker Industries in Amazing Spider-Man Vol.
text: 4.
text: And he's dabbled in electronics since his earliest appearances, in issues such as Amazing Spider-Man #2 and #11 .
text: He wasn't shown using computers much during his college days, but computers weren't anything like as ubiquitous when those stories were published as they are now.
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/122024/LogicDictates
score: 5
sents: text: According to the Game Spider-man.
text: Shattered Dimension.
text: He finished BS Physics.
text: In the amazing universe though.
text: Earth 616.
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/15714/Ely
score: 4
sents: text: According to the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe (Vol. 1 #10) Peter's major in college was Biophysics .
text: Latterly, the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe (Vol. 4 #2) indicates that his Doctoral studies are in Biochemistry
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/20774/Valorum
score: 4
sents: text: From everywhere I've seen, It doesn't mention what his major is.
text: I would assume it was photo journalism based on his career with the Bugle, but he also showed an aptitude for biomechanics, engineering and biology.
text: He might have double majored.
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/1109/OghmaOsiris
score: 2
sents: text: SCIENCE!
text: Seriously, though, depending on which iteration of Spidey you pick, I would think something like mechanical engineering or (later) biochemistry.
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/1150/Chris B. Behrens
score: 1
sents: text: I think his major was science because in the amazing Spider-Man, Peter Parker was the 2nd in class in Science, the 1st one was Gwen Stacy.
text: And when he came to oscorp, dr curt Connors was delighted by his science knowledge.
text: But creating the web shooters has something with engineering
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/73785/Daniel
score: 0

Summary of the answers:
Peter Parker was a science student. In Amazing Spider-Man #28, Peter  graduated from Midtown High School  with a science scholarship to Empire State University, where he was the 2nd in his class in Science. In Amazing Spider-Man #243, he received  a letter from Empire State University  informing him that he'd been approved for second-year studies in the graduate program of the department of bio-physics.
His major is science; specifically biophysics.