<p>I guess we need a thread about ECE right? :p </p>
<p>Where are you going and what do you plan to do with the major? Does anyone happen to know WHAT exactly EE or CE is all about and the work load/difficulty of the degree is?</p>
<p>ANYTHING EE OR CE! Just post.</p>
<p>(I'm going to University of Urbana-Champaign, this will be my first year in computer engineering. The only thing I know is a little coding with Java and that we design computers. I also hear that EE or CE may be the hardest major out of engineering. Yay.)</p>
<p>I know that at UCB, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (yes thats one major, nicknames EECS) is the toughest one because the best are the ones who compete in these classes.</p>
<p>one question, Electricla and computer engineering , which program do you primarily use ? I kno a lil c++ and was wondering if i should just ditch it and do java</p>
<p>From UIUC's web site, Computer Engineering areas include:
Coding, Cryptography, and Information Protection
Communications and Wireless Networks
Compilers and Operating Systems
Computational Science and Engineering
Computer Networks, Mobile Computing, and Distributed Systems
Computer Systems: Architecture, Parallel Processing, and Dependability
Computer Vision and Robotics
Integrated Circuits, VLSI Design, Testing, and CAD
Signal, Image, and Speech Processing </p>
<p>Electrical Engineering areas include:
Bioengineering, Biomedical Imaging, and Acoustics
Communications and Wireless Networks
Computer Vision and Robotics
Decision and Control
Electromagnetics, Optics, Wireless, and Simulation Technology
Integrated Circuits, VLSI Design, Testing, and CAD
Lasers, Electro-Optics, and Plasmas
Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS and bioMEMS)
Nanotechnology and Quantum Devices
Power and Energy Systems
Remote Sensing and Wave Propagation
Semiconductor Materials and Devices
Semiconductor Physics and Computational Electronics
Signal, Image, and Speech Processing</p>
<p>Don't ditch c++ and try to learn java. You might have maybe one or two classes in computer programming so it's not THAT important but there will be some. C++ in my opinion is better than java anyday but AP now is java so I'd recommend learning it anyway. They're somewhat similar.</p>
<p>I'm applying to Caltech & MIT and I will major in Electrical Engineering, hopefully. :-)</p>
<p>I plan to major in Communication (Wireless Networking and Antenna Propagation), and I am aware of the workload I'm going to encounter in college.</p>
<p>EEngineering is not easy at all, and it is the hardest of the Engineering majors. </p>
<p>And of course, some CS courses wouldn't hurt. I am looking forward to a course in the implementation of Visual Systems, and another in Garbage Collection. :)</p>
<p>I hear that Chemical Engineering is actually harder than EE...but I imagine this depends on which college you're attending.</p>
<p>I am planning on studying EE at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (if I get enough scholarship dinero <em>crosses fingers</em>). I really want to work with embedded biomedical systems, so I'll probably do biomed stuff in grad school. Really interesting stuff.</p>
<p>I would like to know why people chose this major since I'm very unsure of myself going in this direction. Why would I like CE .. or EE for that matter..</p>
<p>Well, do you like knowing how things work electronically? Really, the only reason I'm pretty set on EE is because I took 5 or so electronics classes while in high school at a local university. I thoroughly enjoyed all of the classes, and wanted to learn more. I like building things, and actually enjoy looking at circuit boards with a schematic and figuring out what is wrong. Its like a puzzle, and I enjoy puzzles. :) Sorry, I'm afraid I'm not helping much. Take an intro course or maybe even investigate some electronics material on your own and see how you like it. Good luck!</p>
<p>wow i completelyforgot to see the other replies. Thanks roger, IM blue and other for the information. I think i am goign to broaden my knowledge in c++ for now.</p>
<p>I'm going into Comp Engineering because I want to do hardware design (since the competition in Computer Science is so high), but I really like programming too, so I hope to get a little bit of that in. I like physics, but I'm not willing to go into the depth that Electrical Engineering requires.</p>
<p>Is electrical engineering harder or is computer engineering harder?</p>
<p>I'm really bad at programming and I going into electrical engineering because I think it might be easier. Would I be able to work on computer hardware with an EE degree instead of a CE degree?</p>
<p>Also I heard that the salary for CE majors is higher than EE majors? IS this true?</p>
<p>Neither one is really harder than the other, in fact Computer Engineering is just a specialization of Electrical Engineering. It all depends on how your college sets up the requirements and which classes you take. You can work on computer hardware with an EE degree if you take the right senior electives. Also, CompE starting salaries are slightly higher than EE starting salaries, but that reflects the nature of the jobs that CompE majors go into (digital design, embedded systems, etc). EE majors going into those fields make the same amount. So overall, it matters less which degree you choose, but more about the courses and projects you did.</p>
<p>How much actual programming (java, C++, C) would CE require? I really like computer hardware but I dislike programming. Would a CE degree be possible without taking programming classes?</p>