<p>Did I misunderstand or is there no computer science course in the engineering curriculum at A&M? </p>
<p>There is, it just isn’t in the ECE department. It is in the CSCE department.</p>
<p>[Department</a> of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University - Home](<a href=“Computer Science and Engineering | Texas A&M University Engineering”>http://cs.tamu.edu/)</p>
<p>Looks like the ECE department there offers an ELEN (electrical engineering) major and a CEEN (computer engineering) major, where the ELEN major has few specifically computer related courses as required parts of the curriculum (two hardware courses).</p>
<p>The CEEN major is shown here:
<a href=“Electrical and Computer Engineering | Texas A&M University Engineering”>Electrical and Computer Engineering | Texas A&M University Engineering;
It has more CSCE (computer science) courses listed.</p>
<p>Does this mean one does not have to take a course in computer programming to become a EE? I was under the impression that all EEs had to learn C++ also Java or Python etc. </p>
<p>I am asking because son will be a EE Honors freshman in the Fall at A&M and was wondering which courses to take? He will have credit for English, History and Calc 151 (by taking AP English Lang, AP English Lit, AP US History, AP Calc BC & AP Chemistry). So he was wondering what should he take in addition to Foundation of Eng’g, Calc II and Physics 218 in the first semester? He was hoping a course in computer science or statistics- something that would benefit him in engineering but not have MV Calc / Physics as prerequisites. He was hoping to take about 13 or 14 credits in the first semester. thanks</p>
<p>That’s really a better question for his counselor.</p>
<p>Thanks bh, hopefully he gets to meet the counselor at NSC. However, looking at the curriculum, it does seem like one may not have to take Computer programming to major in EE.</p>
<p>It must be covered somewhere I would think. That said, electrical engineering is not nearly as programming-heavy as computer engineering by nature. It just comes back to having him ask his academic advisor at NSC.</p>
<p>Note that if he as a 4 or higher on AP calculus BC, he can skip Math 152 as well as Math 151, according to <a href=“http://engineering.tamu.edu/media/174459/ap.pdf[/url]”>http://engineering.tamu.edu/media/174459/ap.pdf</a> .</p>
<p>However, it would be a good idea for him to find the Math 151 and 152 final exams and use them to check his knowledge before deciding what to skip:
[MATH</a> 151 Common Exam Archive, Department of Mathematics, Texas A&M University](<a href=“http://www.math.tamu.edu/courses/math151/common-exams/]MATH”>MATH 151 Common Exam Archive, Department of Mathematics, Texas A&M University)
[MATH</a> 152 Common Exam Archive, Department of Mathematics, Texas A&M University](<a href=“http://www.math.tamu.edu/courses/math152/common-exams/]MATH”>MATH 152 Common Exam Archive, Department of Mathematics, Texas A&M University)</p>
<p>In terms of what courses to take first semester, if his schedule is a math course, PHYS 218, ENGR 111, and KINE 198, then he can take other required courses like CHEM 107/117 or out-of-major University Core Curriculum courses (that he does not have AP credit for) if he is not sure whether he should take a computer science course.</p>
<p>ucb, Good question, I have heard some people say 151 & 152 are weed outs so best off going straight to 251 MV Calc if has 5s on BC/AB. </p>
<p>The only freshman curriculum courses he does not have credit for are PE, Physics 218, 208 and ENGR 111, 112. However, he cannot take any engineering / tech electives until he takes these prerequisite courses. So, he has a lot of free time. but nothing to fill it with. We were hoping he could take some C++ or Java programming or some course in statistics that did not need the prerequisite physics and ENGR courses. However, it looks like there aren’t such courses. So perhaps he can try to double major in the spare time. </p>
<p>(This year he will be National AP Scholar and has 45 college credits i.e. for Chem 107/117 via AP Chemistry, ENGL 104 via AP English Lang., 2 American History courses via AP US History, POL 216 via AP Govt & Politics, UCC via AP Economics, ENGL 241 via AP English Lit. and Calc 151, 152 via AP Calc BC)</p>
<p>Hmmm, does he have any UCC categories not yet fulfilled?
<a href=“http://catalog.tamu.edu/pdfs/13-14UniversityCoreCurriculum.pdf[/url]”>http://catalog.tamu.edu/pdfs/13-14UniversityCoreCurriculum.pdf</a>
If so, perhaps select courses from those categories.</p>
<p>Otherwise, it looks like he can take CS courses or any other courses as free electives since everything else needs to wait until he takes physics.</p>
<p>It looks like the CS courses for majors are CSCE 121 and 181, though 121 lists programming experience as a prerequisite.</p>
<p>But digging around the web site reveals that ENGR 111/112 (Foundations of Engineering I/II) include computing for engineering (using MATLAB in 111 and C++ in 112):
<a href=“https://ceprofs.civil.tamu.edu/ssocolofsky/engr111a/Syllabus/Syllabus.htm[/url]”>https://ceprofs.civil.tamu.edu/ssocolofsky/engr111a/Syllabus/Syllabus.htm</a>
[ENGR</a> 112](<a href=“http://courses.cse.tamu.edu/ward/112.spr10/]ENGR”>http://courses.cse.tamu.edu/ward/112.spr10/)
[ENGR</a> 112 (Foundations of Engineering II)](<a href=“http://courses.cse.tamu.edu/teresa/engr112/engr112-index.html]ENGR”>http://courses.cse.tamu.edu/teresa/engr112/engr112-index.html)</p>
<p>UCB, He has three UCCs left. They are POL 207 and two Diversity electives. So, it seems he may have to take some free electives to maintain full time status. Perhaps he should double major?</p>
<p>Regarding double major, is there a subject that he is interested in enough to take an entire major’s worth of courses (and be able to fit that into the schedule)?</p>
<p>Otherwise, he can just enjoy the extra schedule space to take whatever courses he finds interesting as free electives (whether they are additional courses in his major department beyond the minimum required ones, or courses in other departments).</p>
<p>If he wants to use the space for additional courses in his major department, then he may want to take the remaining UCC courses now to leave the space free later (when he will have taken the prerequisites for those additional courses in his major department). But if he wants to take courses that require different prerequisites, he may want to take those prerequisites now.</p>
<p>@ucb, He needs 3 UCC courses, Political Science 207 and 2 courses in Theatre. </p>
<p>If he takes one UCC in each of the next three semesters, he would be taking 14 credits or less each semester and also be done with calc 3, diff eq, linear algebra & all the required physics courses.</p>
<p>So, he will still be running a year ahead of the curriculum after 3 semesters, inspite of the light load. Therefore, I think he could squeeze in another major, but you are right, it might be a good idea to just take more engineering electives and interesting free electives.</p>
<p>With such light loads, I wonder if he should use the rest of his time trying to develop research, internship or leadership skills? I guess he will get to know more when he meets his counselors.</p>