<p>thanks, drusba. does this mean that a compE student needs to <em>choose</em> (via his or her own discretion) the CS courses to get more software exposure - vs just following the compE core?</p>
<p>I notice that the ‘dismal science’, econ, is not amongst the discretionary tech courses a compE major can take for credit towards satisfaction of a compE degree. Linguistics is, however - maybe it is the language thing, as in computer language. Would there be enough bandwidth to take econ as a minor and still get out in 4 yrs?</p>
<p>A question I have now is: </p>
<p>for UIUC compE majors, what kind of jobs/employers would they be most well suited for and what kind of jobs do they mostly end up doing?</p>
<p>I thought I read somewhere in the ENGineering majors thread that many -most? - compE majors (generally throughout all colleges) end up doing business computer /design-programming (software) and not chip/computer design (hardware). Possibly I recall that this is because this is where the lion’s share of jobs are (vs in the hardware capacity). If this is true, I wonder if compE is overkill and possibly a student might do just as well in compsci (wd this be in the college of LAS? )
<a href=“http://www.ece.illinois.edu/students/ugrad/curriculum/tech-electives-06.html[/url]”>http://www.ece.illinois.edu/students/ugrad/curriculum/tech-electives-06.html</a></p>
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<p>So another question might be–
what is the profile of the typical computer-related recruiter to UIUC ?
–looking for students who can do software or hardware design?</p>
<p>Are they looking <em>more</em> for compE majors or compsci majors, or are both of these majors about equal in demand (amongst recruiters looking for students versed in computers)?</p>