<p>I've heard many things - good and bad. Does anyone have first hand experience or any input of any sort? I also got into SJSU which is definitely good for engineering, but UCSC has the 'UC' title soooo I don't know what do do! Comments about either school would be appreciated (: Thanks!</p>
<p>I’m in CS and not CE…but I can tell you one thing.</p>
<p>A lot of companies recruit here. A lot. Google, Blizzard, EA, Sony, for a few. The quarterly career fares are usually some %50-75 companies looking for CS/CE majors. So yeah. Job opportunities everywhere.</p>
<p>Hi, I am also accepted to UCSC for CE and I was wondering about the same thing so I appreciate your advice.</p>
<p>Hey guys, I am a first year here at UCSC right now, and am a CE major. This school is definitely good for CE. Classes are interesting and challenging, and it is very easy to get involved in projects and such. Job fairs are once a quarter, and they certainly look for CE majors, especially those who are interested in Software and Hardware. I understand that UCSC might not be your first choice, it certainly wasn’t mine, but the opportunities here and the room to grow is great. Hope this helped.</p>
<p>Can anyone provide some more insight into CS at UCSC?
I hear a lot about the video game aspect of their CS program and i’m worried that I would get a lesser quality CS education regarding other aspects of CS.</p>
<p>My insight is that the program has some slightly outdated components (the two algorithms classes), but otherwise succeeds. Lots of research opportunities. You can read a little bit more about it here: [Accepted!..but</a>… : UCSC](<a href=“http://www.reddit.com/r/UCSC/comments/r06t0/acceptedbut/]Accepted!...but”>Reddit - Dive into anything)</p>
<p>Believe me, the game design major suffers from being structured around CS, and not vice versa. If anything, game design has encouraged a wider variety of classes to be offered, such as: Web development, mobile application development, advanced computer animation/graphics, and 3D modeling. The core classes of the CS degree are as strong as ever and have not been watered down due to the game design major.</p>
<p>Thanks Liesel.
Just read through the reddit thread; it was very informative!</p>
<p>Thank you guys for your help!</p>