<p>Hello, I will be starting college in the Fall at the University of Florida as a Computer engineering Major.</p>
<p>Here are my two scenarios that I am looking at:</p>
<p>1- Double major in Computer (Software specialization) and Electrical engineering, and MAYBE a math and/or physics minor.</p>
<p>2- Major in Computer (soft ware or hardware specialization) or Electrical engineering with a math and/or physics minor.</p>
<p>Here is the thing, double majoring will take about 159 credits (about 4.5-5 years) and scenario 2 will take (hopefully) 4 years. The reason they are not taking longer is that I can use 15 credits coming in from high school (9 credits of Humanities and 6 of Social/behavioral science, which are part of the gen ed req at UF).</p>
<p>Which do you think is a "stronger" education? Assume that I would be looking for a job right after OR I will be applying for grad school.</p>
<p>Are you 100% positive you can double major in 159 credits? Policies with regards to one class counting towards two majors can vary greatly from school to school. It may be a bit more difficult than you think - unless you talked to a guidance counselor about it.</p>
<p>That being said, spending 5 years to get 2 BS degrees is pointless, especially when they are almost the same thing. You could be halfway to a MS degree. It might be slightly impressive to some employers, but I bet almost all will care substantially more about your work, internship, and research experience.</p>
<h1>2 makes the most sense, probably with a math minor. I don’t see physics being very useful for a CompE (not that the math minor will get you far either). Or, you could potentially minor in some liberal arts field to try to convey the image of being well rounded rather than some walking, talking engineering machine.</h1>
<p>Also, “Assume that I would be looking for a job right after OR I will be applying for grad school” is kind of obvious. What else would you do? Become a porn star?</p>
<p>I wouldn’t double major. Choose 1 minor at most. It’s not that it’s too much work, it’s just a waste of your time.</p>
<p>By the way, if you’re the average UF student you’ll take 5 years to get your BS if you’re only coming in with 15 credits. I came in with 37 and I barely graduated in 3.5 years with a minor while taking ~15 credits a semester. Most people think they will get out in 4 years, but it just doesn’t happen very often.</p>
<p>I say try one major first, see if you can handle it, and then maybe add a minor to the mix. You know, you can take a few courses in a subject without officially majoring or minoring in it . . .</p>
<p>Double majoring in CompE and EE is a waste of time as they typically involve the same core courses. If I were you I’d go with CompE. You’ll know as much about circuits as any other undergrad in ECE and a good deal of programming which I think is what you want. The EE guys won’t get a huge leg up on circuits so don’t worry about that.</p>
<p>hahahah What are the EE’s studying while you are taking your courses in data structures, systems programming, and computer architecture? Probably stuff that compE’s aren’t studying, like circuits, signal processing, e&m and device physics, etc. . .</p>
<p>At purdue, the only thing CompE’s don’t have to study that EE does is E&M. Meanwhile, CompE’s are bolstering their programming skills which has more immediate use post graduation. I’m saying this from a EE standpoint.</p>
<p>I guess it depends on the school. At my school, the emphasis for compE is on computer systems and architecture (I thought it was this way everywhere?), which operate at a level of abstraction higher than circuits/devices. You can received a degree in CompE without knowing a lot of details about how the computer systems are physically implemented.</p>
<p>would you guys say the additional E&M in EE is harder than the “cs” courses a CE would take?</p>
<p>right now I am pretty impartial between the two majors, I have yet to make up my mind, but CE is kind of scaring me since I have had to drop a assembly/comp. architecture course before when I was taking it as an elective.</p>
<p>It depends on the courses and how they are taught. Ask around at your school. I wouldn’t say an introductory course in E & M is inherently harder than a course in systems programming or vice versa.</p>
<p>EE and CPE students study the same thing until an EE chooses which emphasis they want to do. Most schools offer those specified program such as Mircoelectronics,Digital System Communication and Signal Process, Illumination, Biomedical, Power System, Control System, Robotics, Frequency Radio and some others. </p>
<p>At my school, a CPE student will take not take the course to go in to Illumination, Power System, Control system . They have to study everything about Digital System and Mircoelectronics-----> No electives . After that, if they want or have time, they can go in to another field.
an EE student will study a bit of everything and then they can have a bunch of eletives so that they can choose a field they want to go in to (about 21 quarter units to get a certificate for an emphasis).</p>