<p>Is double majoring in these two fields hard?
I really really REALLY like and want to know about computer stuff.</p>
<p>I'm just not sure if I can make it.
Let's assume that the college I go to someday will allow double major.</p>
<p>Do you think it's a good idea to double major in these two fields?
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<p>If I were to double major in these two fields, I'm just going to shoot for a bachelor's degree for both.</p>
<p>If I were to just major in one major, I might shoot for a Master's degree in either one (if this were to be the case, I think I'll go with computer engineering).</p>
<p>In some schools, there is a major in “Electrical Engineering and Computer Science” or “Electrical and Computer Engineering”. Such majors may allow or require the student to take a selection of courses in both computer hardware (the usual “Computer Engineering” emphasis) and computer software (the usual “Computer Science” emphasis) without needing to take out-of-major courses or double majoring.</p>
<p>In other cases, a “Computer Science” major may have computer hardware type courses as required or optional courses in the major curriculum, so you would not have to double major in anything else to include the desired courses.</p>
<p>It depends on the school and the majors in question. (Whether it is worthwhile, versus just using electives for courses in the “other” subject, is a different question.)</p>
<p>webass’ thread is informative already.
The answer is no, a bad idea in general. If you can’t decide on your pure CS or if you want more “EE” classes, then CpE is the way to go. The truth is, like ucbalumnus said, it depends on the school. webass’ thread is a good illustration. The CpE program there is almost identical to the actual CS program, while it is impossible to earn both CpE and CS at my school CpE students take just as many core CS and EE core as the CS and EE students do (so we actually balance out both CS and EE). </p>
<p>Furthermore, I also want you to understand that it is important to find a school where you are motivated to do research. I have to admit that I really don’t like most of the research at my current school. Most of them are in the areas of robotics, vision, and remote sensing. The latter is interesting, however.</p>
<p>If you want to obtain master in CpE, then just choose one of the major, and I think you are still better off with CpE. You won’t even get to declare a double major officially until your junior year in most schools. In general, CpE will cover all the basic, most fundamental CS courses. Special topics such as security, vision, graphics, may or may be covered in CpE, but they are usually offer as electives for CpE students.</p>
<p>I talked to the Computer Engineering & Computer Science department’s head via email. He said it is nothing but a waste of time. You will not be more qualified for any job that requires a CS or CompE degree.</p>
<p>Just saying, choose one. I’m more interested in algorithms and theories. If you are more interested in technical aspects, you should do computer engineering.
But anyways, you still have like 1-2 more years to decide which one you want the most since first two years are almost identical at most schools.</p>
<p>UCLA offers Computer Science & Engineering as one major. Do something like that. I think double majoring would be a bad idea financially and stress wise.</p>