<p>Many colleges like CMU, UTA, UCLA, UCB etc. there's always
1) BS in Computer Science
2) or a option called electrical & computer engineering</p>
<p>like for CMU there's - SCS & CIT - ECE
for berkeley there's - computational engineering science & Electrical and Computer engineering. </p>
<p>especially UTA - There's no CS department in their school of engineering ( cockrell ) but one in college of natural sciences .. </p>
<p>similarily for others ..
So which one u guys opting for ??</p>
<p>I know abt CMU schools
SCS - Only software based i.e. nothing except coding making progs etc. etc. ( Damn difficult to get in ). CMU is famous for this not the CIT course.</p>
<p>CIT - ECE - As the name suggests it’s electrical + computer science . ( electronic circuitry and coding sorta hardware oriented .)</p>
<p>SCS and CIT - ECE have, upto an extent, similar coursework in CS … but SCS is bit more advanced and demanding.</p>
<p>compscifan, Both ECE and CS are good at UT. </p>
<p>Dijkstra taught in the CS department @ UT. His book on programming is a classic.</p>
<p>I’m gonna opt for Computer Science. If I get bored easily, I’m going to switch to ECE. Let’s see.</p>
<p>I <3 the flexibility offered in the USA.</p>
<p>Aniruddh, My feeling is that, in general, it is easier to switch from ECE to CS and not the other way around. This really depends on the university. You should take a closer look at the prerequisites before making the assumption. </p>
<p>At UT both CS and ECE are quite competitive. This is true in most well known flagship state universities like UMich, UVa, UIUC, GaTech, UC, UW, …</p>
<p>Hmm, that’s obvious… Let’s see, I’m kinda confused between ECE and CS. I’ll spend the vacation after my boards actually deciding what to opt for.
ECE will give me more career flexibility!</p>
<p>Like for CMU … when u fill the essay they ask you why have u chosen the the selected major and u r asked write abt ur interest etc. </p>
<p>If your application ECs and all are suited for the CS major then ECE might be difficult to get in…</p>
<p>In some colleges u have 2 give ur first and second priority and your essays, ECs have to show as to why CS or ECE is ur first selected major.</p>
<p>ECE will definitely will give you more options. Part of me likes CS+Math more than CS+EE/ECE combo.</p>
<p>CS/ECE are two different programs. CS is more math and programming oriented, while ECE is hardware (and physics) oriented. You should know what you want to do.</p>
<p>Secondly, at my university switching to ECE is tougher than switching to CS. This is because ECE has sooo many requirements (a whole load of physics and chemistry), while CS has just math and computers requirements.</p>
<p>Third, about the career opportunities, from what I can see CS has more opportunities than ECE. Looking at career databases, there are jobs that require either CS or ECE degrees, then there are jobs that accept both, and there are jobs that aren’t computer-related, but will accept degrees from CS or ECE. The first two are roughly equal, so it doesn’t matter, but among the third kind there are far more jobs that accept CS than jobs that accept ECE (I think its because of the math/programming emphasis, as opposed to designing and building computers).</p>
<p>Wow, sounds good!</p>
<p>Thanks for clearing my doubts.</p>
<p>I know this is a stupid question to ask, but what is a simpler degree to pursue, taking into account that I currently love Math and Chem and don’t like Physics much?</p>
<p>That totally depends on what you want your career to be.</p>
<p>If my aim is to get an amazing job at Google?</p>
<p>Google hires both. I meant what sort of a career field, not what company you want to work for.</p>
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<p>I chose computer science because I want to study computer security, which is a CS field.</p>