<p>I have a question about the impact of HSS classes in engineering. I made a wrong decision and took an HSS class I learned I had no interest in, and I got a C for the semester in that class. If I am getting As and Bs in my engineering, science and math classes, will employers overlook the hss grades, specifically this semester's? Are grades in college similar to grades in high school? </p>
<p>Also, for my next hss credit, what is the easiest one that involves least reading and most fun and is worth 3 credits?</p>
<p>i'm EE. look at the timestamp for my last post. explains our life. <3 we love our major, but my god we hate it terribly sometimes. it's the only major where you cannot see what is going on, everything is abstract, and technology is improving faster than we can learn. but hey, i guarantee you that we know a ridiculous amount of knowledge! and you'll find a group of people that you'll work together with so much that you'll start socializing extensively just because you're on the same work schedule.
Can I suggest you look into CpE? It merges the best of both worlds of EE and CS, and I know a few people who are double-majoring in CpE and EE (you don't take the brunt crap of CS if you do this instead of CS/EE, but you can take any other CS classes you want and use them as tech electives for EE), and maybe 1 or 2 CpE/CS.</p>
<p>Thanks for the reply. Your time stamp on the last post is amazing. You must really love your major. I'm leaning towards electrical because I am more interested in building things and being hands-on, and I am worried being a computer scientist will be a strain on my eyes in the future, especially if it involves a lot of sitting in front of a computer (I don't know if my judgment is right, is it?).</p>
<p>Just make friends. Quick. Our EE year has cliques, it's like high school all over again. Just...harder. And extends into wee hours of the night. But I like what I do, for the most part, you feel accomplished in the end, and what you can do with an EE degree is fantastic. My job at TI over this past summer has given me light at the end of the tunnel =P. I suggest taking ECE 200 next semester, but don't think too much of it if you do not like it. I took it last spring and had I taken it first year, I might not have done EE lol. It's just bland and boring sometimes. A better suggestion is to take it second year while you're taking Digital Logic...makes it sooo much easier.
EE is a good pick if you want a more hands-on, physical type product in the end. Microelectronics will probably be a good specialty, or control/digital systems.<br>
CpE is going to be a mix of hardware and software and how they work together, so you have room to specialize. I just suggest it since you seem to like both worlds.
PM me if you want the DL on EE or if you have specific questions that may not be suitable to be answered in an open thread. </p>
<p>PS- much of EE work is done in front of a computer =P It's just you're not looking at code all day. But I see what you're point is, and I agree. I can't do the cubicle thing churning out 1000lines of code each and every day. I want to see my finished product in my hand, not something that exists abstractly and can be easily modified by anyone
Ugh, three of my classes end between 7pm tonight and 4pm tomorrow. Yay crappy finals schedule, AGAIN.</p>
<p>I am taking ECE 200 next semester. What exactly is it? You said it was boring and bland, which is the same thought I had for the hss class in the op. Was it a lot of reading and memorization?</p>
<p>ECON 201. It wasn't fun but it didn't involve a lot of reading. A lot of the courses satisfy the HSS requirement. So you should be able find courses that somewhat interest you.</p>
<p>No reading. The homeworks were long and seemed a bit too intense, but go to office hours, the TAs are great and help you a ton. I found some topics boring because I already had studied them in more advanced classes (ece203 and 204 and 230), but stuff was interesting. My teacher mainly sucked hardcore. Our lab professor was awesome. Good B if you do the homework/study for the tests.</p>