<p>I want to know the differences between the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences and the College of Engineering in regards to Computer Science. I don't see a major difference but I have a feeling there is. Is it in pay, classroom environment, reputation or standing? I can't find it online. I am specifically trying to find the difference at UIC (University of Illinois at Chicago) where they have both programs in each school but only offer undergraduate minors and bachelor degrees in the Liberal Arts School. I want to go into software engineering but UIC only accepted me into the Liberal Arts and Sciences school and not the Engineering College. Please help me! Are there no benefits between the two or should I go to another school? Reply asap! Thank You!!</p>
<p>Print out the course requirements for the various degree programs that you have been accepted to. There will be department requirements as well as “college of” requirements, and possibly further university requirements. Then compare the programs. If your costs would be essentially the same at all places, feel free to choose the program that you think you will be most successful completing. Do pay careful attention to any differences in costs between programs within the same university. Often engineering is more expensive.</p>
<p>If the required and optional CS courses for the major are the same, then the differences are not likely to be significant in practice.</p>
<p>If you intend to go into patent law, ABET accreditation may be relevant; it is more likely to found on engineering-based CS majors (but you want to check to see if that is the case if it matters; with a non-ABET-accredited CS major, you need to take specific courses as described in <a href=“http://www.uspto.gov/ip/boards/oed/grb.pdf[/url]”>http://www.uspto.gov/ip/boards/oed/grb.pdf</a> ).</p>