<p>In the Berkeley college of engineering there is this major: Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences</p>
<p>In the Letters and science is a major called "Computer Science" </p>
<p>what is the difference between the two? ( excluding the 'electrical' part )</p>
<p>The electrical part is the difference. One is electrical engineering and computer science the other one is computer science</p>
<p>^^ Is right</p>
<p>EECS have slightly more reqs relating to EE, but the CS courses are all the same for both</p>
<p>So If I am only interested in Computer Engineering/Science, I can take the Letters and Science one? Because its much easier to get in the Letters, than it is to Engineering</p>
<p>If you want to do computer engineering thats EECS, CS is just computer science. Computer engineering is not the same as computer science</p>
<p>These EECS vs. CS threads should be stickied</p>
<p>Other than the EE part, the real difference is that the EECS major has more technical lower-div requirements and the CS major has the L&S breadth requirements.</p>
<p>If you’re only interested in CS, think about which you would like to emphasize more and go with that.</p>
<p>To be completely honest, though, I notice that the coolest / most passionate / most competent CS people are usually L&S CS. They may not necessarily have the same amount of skills on the lower-level stuff, but CS is in their blood, and the humanities make them more well-rounded. Meanwhile, EECS majors (like me) tend to be these really geeky uber-technical engineers.</p>