BS in EECS vs. BA in L&S CS?

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<p>Hi, I'm currently admitted to the college of L&S and I'm thinking about a computer science major. I'm taking AP Computer Science in school right now and I think the L&S CS would be more fitting for me because it's more software-oriented, but I was also a much stronger math & science student in high school than humanities student, so I find getting a BA and having to take humanities class requirements for L&S CS kind of less fitting than the BS in EECS, where I'd take more technical, math/science related classes. However, I am not admitted to the school of engineering and I heard it was very tough to get into...should I just stick with the L&S CS? Also, how do job opportunities differ between having a BS vs a BA in computer science?</p>

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<p>Career-wise:
<a href=“https://career.berkeley.edu/Major/EECS.stm[/url]”>https://career.berkeley.edu/Major/EECS.stm&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“https://career.berkeley.edu/Major/CompSci.stm[/url]”>https://career.berkeley.edu/Major/CompSci.stm&lt;/a&gt;
If you are interested in patent law, the ABET-accredited EECS major can help; if you major in L&S CS, you want to read up on the patent exam requirements and take course work that fulfills them (e.g. additional physics or chemistry, among other things).</p>

<p>Requirements-wise, the humanities and social studies requirements are not necessarily easier in CoE than in L&S.</p>

<p>L&S requires R&C A and B plus a 7-course breadth (5 of which are in humanities and social studies, although such courses as mathematical economics, mathematical logic, history of math, etc. count in some of them). CoE requires 6 courses including R&C A and B; 2 of the courses must be upper division, and 2 (including at least 1 upper division) have to be in the same department. AP credit rules differ as well.</p>

<p>[Office</a> of Undergraduate Advising: 7 Course Breadth](<a href=“http://ls-advise.berkeley.edu/requirement/7breadth.html]Office”>http://ls-advise.berkeley.edu/requirement/7breadth.html)
<a href=“http://coe.berkeley.edu/students/current-undergraduates/requirements/hss-humanities-current-list/HSS%20NEW%20REQ.pdf[/url]”>http://coe.berkeley.edu/students/current-undergraduates/requirements/hss-humanities-current-list/HSS%20NEW%20REQ.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>You can always follow the EECS curriculum, taking the additional lower division courses (Physics 7A-7B, one more science course, Math 53, EE 20N, EE 40 instead of 42) and apply; if you don’t get in, you can also apply to L&S CS. But if you don’t want to take the additional courses, you can just stick with L&S CS.</p>

<p>Read about the degree programs in more detail here:
[Degree</a> Programs | EECS at UC Berkeley](<a href=“http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/education/degrees.shtml]Degree”>Academics | EECS at UC Berkeley)</p>