<p>Ok, I am a community college student who is getting ready to apply in January. I don't really know what to major in.</p>
<p>My choices are: Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science.</p>
<p>I know comp. engineering is hardware and software but people are telling me that electrical engineering is better to major into.</p>
<p>Now I am reading statistics that the growth rate of electrical engineering is slowing, but for majors like software engineering is on the rise (almost similar to biomed engineering).</p>
<p>I've done Programming in the past with bad experience: my teachers/instructors quit and my classes were online. I didn't understand the theory in Java (object oriented) well. But i enjoyed coding, I was able to take one simple or advance program into many creative ways (if i understand it first, then yes).</p>
<p>The only experience i have in electrical engineering is that I took intro to engineering and I made an A. I did good in our electrical circuit project. I didn't mind that.</p>
<p>I have done computer engineering classes in high school and that was it.</p>
<p>My grades are over 3.7+ GPA. trying to transfer to NC State. I made an A in english 1 and 2, A in chem, B in calc (I could've made an A), Taking Calc (low B), Physics (low B), but I have A in all my other classes.</p>
<p>PLEASE, what should i major in???? I don't understand!</p>
<p>ANYONE??? Please help, this is serious for my future!</p>
<p>Major in in which ever subset you like the best or can excel in. If some tells you to major X for reasons A, B, and C it does you no good if you hate the major or bad at it.</p>
<p>I want to know which area has the most growth not what I am interested in?</p>
<p>I am interest in all three of these areas? I am having trouble making up my mind.</p>
<p>They’re all related. It’s very hard to predict future growth in anything let alone the difference in future growth between 3 similar things. In the past the job market for CS majors has been a lot more dynamic, with booms and busts. Based on the past, I would say CS is riskier than EE.</p>
<p>So you are suggesting that EE is slightly safer to major in rather than CS, based on your statement. “Booms and busts”</p>
<p>The only reason I thought CS would be safe is because if you look at companies like apple, look how much their profit is increasing, they are also putting pressure on other companies like microsoft (computers), and phone companies (Blackberry). I thought there will be a steady growth.</p>
<p>If any engineer can answer this:</p>
<p>Would you consider majoring in Computer engineering and then minoring in electrical engineering.</p>
<p>-OR-</p>
<p>Would you consider majoring in electrical engineering and then minoring in computer engineering.</p>
<p>Sorry I don’t really know how university graduation works, I am new to this. Sorry if I am talking nonsense. <em>Just learning, thanks for filling my knowledge</em> Although from my dad, he recommends going to EE because its better and more vast than CE, CE is limited.</p>
<p>At my school the department called EECS houses Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, and Computer Science. Majors exist for all 3 and minors exist for EE and CS but not CE. You cannot major in one and minor in another, but you can dual major (typically it would require like 5 or so extra classes).</p>
<p>It’s impossible to predict the future. Not only will it be 3 years until you enter the job market, you’ll be there for 40 years. Maybe this year it looks better to be a CS major than an EE major, but that’s not necessarily going to be the case for the next 43 years. Historically EE has been more stable than CS, though average salaries right now are higher for CS.</p>
<p>NCSU has an ECE department with EE and CE (Computer Engineering) majors, and a CS department with a CS major. EE graduates may work in something like power systems, communications, or electronics. CE graduates are more likely to work in something like electronics, computer hardware architecture, or embedded systems. CS graduates are more likely to work in computer software. However, there is overlap between EE and CE and between CE and CS, so the job categories are not completely divided.</p>
<p>Given the apparently limited course work in EE/CE and CS that you have taken so far, it may be hard to determine what you like best and are best at. The only indication is that you do like programming, but CS, while it includes a lot of programming, includes some theories and concepts as well that will be needed when you go into a software career. Being good at math helps.</p>
<p>Does your community college have additional CS courses or EE (introductory electronics and/or signals and systems) courses that you can take?</p>
<p>The other thing to consider is whether you have taken a physics course with electricity and magnetism. If you like and do well in that course, you are more likely to like and do well in such areas of EE like communications and power systems.</p>
<p>Keep in mind that a lot of Apple’s growth is coming not just from their software, but from their hardware as well. Without good EEs and CEs it’s likely they would never be able to have any of the various iThing products they’ve put out over the last decade or so.</p>
<p>How about Mechanical Engineering ? My son is a Senior and had a really lucrative co-op working on jet engines .</p>
<p>If I was to major in mechanical engineering. I would go into cars because this is one area that I cannot stop talking about. If you talk anything related to cars like cam lobes or inlet manifold…I will immediately jump into the conversation and take interest. My heart really opens up in cars.</p>
<p>Now in technology, I love computers, if you talk about processors dual/quad cores, PMU etc. I would love talking about this as well, I have done hands on activity in building my own computer but its been a long time and I don’t remember much. My interest hasn’t faded away yet.</p>
<p>Now in programming, I have done programming, visual basic and Java but the problem is. My instructors quit. So grasping the concepts was difficult at the end. I came out with As in both classes.</p>
<p>I did do some electrical engineering work, circuit construction (basic), and circuit calculations like resistor values, volts being supplied to any resistors etc. I enjoyed all that. </p>
<p>So you see, thats my problem…I don’t know which is the best field for me to major into. I appreciate everyone who has commented on this post, I am still trying to decide. As again, more comments/advise are welcome.</p>
<p>Why not start off undecided and try to take the intro course for the ones you feel you’re most interested in? Pretty much every engineer starts with the same freshman year, so you shouldn’t have to actually decide until you start scheduling classes for sophomore year.</p>
<p>I can’t do that, I am a transfer student. If I put undecided, universities will not accept me.</p>