CS involvement in EE

<p>How much computer science, programming, is used in EE??</p>

<p>Quite a bit. I'm only a freshman and so far I've already had two classes that dealt with programming. In one, we're expected to know how to create a program that can determine the voltage, current, or resistance of a circuit depending on what we're given in a question. It also depends on what type of concentration within EE you plan on going into.</p>

<p>Programming chips to do anything useful ;).</p>

<p>um...you have to know programming. You will probably encounter a lot of programming in your EE career...such as C, C++, Java, VHDL etc. etc</p>

<p>oh alright, thanks for all the feed back.. Im sure Electronic Electrical Engineers use programming a lot more than an EE based more on power?</p>

<p>EE majors have to take a minimum of one or two CS classes.</p>

<p>well it matters what you mean. EE will do alot of low level programming (if they focus on something such as computer hardware) since low-level deals with the hardware level. It also matters which concentration you take (at some schools you can get an EE degree with a focus in computer software.)</p>

<p>You should at least be very familiar with C/C++, it helps with learning other languages more quickly. For my digital logic design class, we had to learn VHDL to design 8-1 multiplexers and such.</p>