Is it possible to double major in EE and CS?

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<p>I'm thinking about doing this at UT Austin. I got into both the Engineering and CS honors programs there, plus I got a $2000/year scholarship from Engineering, and I don't want to give any of those things up. </p>

<p>I know it would be very difficult, but I have lots and lots of AP credits, so I pretty much have at least the non-major related classes covered. </p>

<p>If nothing else I might just START as a double major, and if I end up hating it way too much I'll ditch one of them after a semester or two. Is this a bad idea?</p>

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<p>yes it's possible. EE & CS in some schools are combined. If they have separate degrees, it would probably take you 5 years to complete depending on ap credits and how many classes you take.</p>

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<p>Yeah, it's separate programs. I don't really know how UT's program works, though I think I may be able to use my CS classes as my "technical area courses" for my EE degree.</p>

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<p>At my school the EE department has its own programming/comp eng classes, so CS-type classes taken towards your EE degree don't count for CS.</p>

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<p>Yes -- many schools combine EE and CS into one curriculum (see MIT's EECS program, for example).</p>

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<p>You can use CS courses towards your EE degree at a lot of schools.</p>

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<p>i had a very similar question to the op's and i was just thinking: isn't getting the two degrees kinda a little redundant and excessive? Would the time and effort spent on getting the dual degrees be better used for a valuable internship?</p>

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<p>Personal view: yes, to both. As to the original OP, you should check with UT Austin to determine if it even allows such a double major; engineering colleges often prohibit double majors in what they consider to be overlapping programs such as EE and CS.</p>

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<p>Are those programs good enough to get you into BOTH an EE and a CS PhD program simultaneously, so you could choose after all acceptances have come in?</p>

<p>It is not too hard to see how one could structure such a program to get you into ONE of an EE or a CS PhD program: you would concentrate in one field and do some work in the other. There is enough overlap to make it work.</p>

<p>To meet the requirements of both PhD programs (i.e. in terms of topics covered in the qualifiers), however, seems like a bit of a challenge. That's what a true double major, rather than a combined major, would do.</p>