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FIscher Black, Bill Gates, An Wang, Steven Ballmer chose to attend Harvard Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences (DEAS). Applied Math, Applied Physics, Computer Sciences are programs at Harvard Division of Engineering.</p>
<p>Many other schools offer Applied Physics, Applied Math or Computer Sci degrees by schools of engineering. Applied Physics is called "Engineering Physics" at Cornell and Applied Math is called Computational Mathematics at Stanford. </p>
<p>You can not say certain program is not engineering program because the name does not contain 'engineering'.
Aeronautics and Astronautic degree at MIT is an engineering degree. Material Science is also an engineering degree. </p>
<p>Applied Math & Applied Physics at Harvard Division of Engineering are the engineering programs
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<p>First off, there is no such thing as the "Harvard Division of Engineering". There is only the "Division of Engineering and Applied Science". There are ** TWO ** topics in that division. That's why it's called DEAS, not just DE. Why is it called DEAS if everything in there is engineering? Why not just call it DE then? </p>
<p>Hence, all of those people you named were did not get study in the Harvard Department of Engineering, because there is no such thing. There is only the Department of Engineering and Applied Science. All of those guys resided in the Applied Science part of DEAS. </p>
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Many other schools offer Applied Physics, Applied Math or Computer Sci degrees by schools of engineering.
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<p>But many others do not. For example, applied math at Berkeley is NOT taught in the College of Engineering. Rather, it is taught in the College of Letters and Science. </p>
<p><a href="http://ls.berkeley.edu/dept/%5B/url%5D">http://ls.berkeley.edu/dept/</a></p>
<p>Applied Math at MIT is taught within the MIT Math Department, which is housed in the School of Science, not in the School of Engineering.</p>
<p><a href="http://www-math.mit.edu/applied/%5B/url%5D">http://www-math.mit.edu/applied/</a></p>
<p>Besides, let me put it to you this way. You say that applied math, applied physics, and CS are all engineering degrees at Harvard. Yet, the fact is, according to ABET, the only accredited engineering degree you can earn at Harvard is the SB degree. You can see this for yourself here.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.abet.org%5B/url%5D">http://www.abet.org</a></p>
<p>So to get an accredited engineering degree at Harvard, you must earn the SB. Oh, but what's this here? According to DEAS, you cannot earn an SB in applied mathematics, computer science, or engineering physics. You can only earn an (unaccredited) AB degree. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.deas.harvard.edu/undergradstudy/%5B/url%5D">http://www.deas.harvard.edu/undergradstudy/</a></p>
<p>So, let's say you're right. Let's say that applied math, applied physics (engineering physics), and computer science at Harvard are engineering degrees. Then why doesn't Harvard allow people to get the ABET-accredited SB degree in those fields? Is Harvard or ABET being stupid?</p>