<p>I'm trying to decide whether i should change my major at san jose state, and i came across this concentration of "Industrial technology," it is called "Computer Electronics and Network Technology." Now, my major was software engineering, until i realized it wasn't even ABET accredited. </p>
<p>What is this major? What would I do for a living? What kind of jobs are there available? can i still get a job in the bay area, even in some it companies? I'm really curious. I don't really know whether it would be worth over software engineering or even if I will get a job with this major. Kinda tired of the indian stereotype of a computer engineer, you know?. </p>
<p>ABET accreditation is not generally a big deal in the computer industry, although having it signifies meeting a decent minimum standard (SJSU has it for computer science and computer engineering).</p>
<p>ABET is a deal breaker for ME, EE, chem, civ, etc… Not so much for Comp Science, Comp. Engr., Software Engr. etc.
This is what my observation is. Please do correct me if I am mistaken though!</p>
<p>ABET means close to nothing for a graduate computer science program as CS is one of the few academic areas who will admit folks from many academic backgrounds who have taken the coursework…or have experience. All you really need to qualify for admission to a graduate CS program are 4 “core” courses. The courses have been listed many times in these threads.</p>
<p>Civil engineering students should consider ABET accreditation mandatory for their US engineering degree programs, since Professional Engineer licensing is commonly needed or useful, and an ABET accredited degree program is helpful for such licensing. In most other fields like chemical, electrical, industrial, materials, mechanical, and nuclear, ABET accreditation is traditional, so a non-ABET-accredited degree program should be look at with suspicion (although some small programs get ABET accreditation as an engineering science degree program with options in the various branches).</p>
<p>But some good schools in computer science, computer engineering, software engineering, biomedical engineering, and engineering physics forego ABET accreditation, choosing to market on the school name alone. However, not all non-ABET-accredited degree programs in these subjects are good. Many less well known schools do get ABET accreditation in these fields to reassure students of their degree programs’ quality.</p>
<p>The same logic holds for Berkeley unaccredited pure-CS program, as well as MIT’s “mathematics with computer science” program, which is often times deemed MIT’s “pure” (albeit unaccredited) CS program. Perhaps somebody ought to tell the top CS graduate schools to stop admitting students from these unaccredited programs.</p>