<p>Title says it. Any comments on the differences? Student is interested in theory and graduate work, and is very strong in math.</p>
<p>The two majors are similar in that the same CS courses are available to both. The difference is that the enginnering student is required to take chemistry and physics courses that the math/CS LAS student is not and the math/CS student is required to take more higher level math courses than the engineering student.</p>
<p>As to impact on the student’s post-graduation career, the issue is currently an unknown. The CS engineering degree is highly regarded both for purposes of employment and graduate school. The MS/CS degree has no track record yet because the major is only a year old. It was created with the hope that it will be as highly regarded as the engineering degree but whether that will be the result is not something that will be known for several years.</p>
<p>I’d say go for the CS major in engineering. One, an engineering degree tends to look better; and secondly, if you don’t think CS is your thing, the fact that you like math means you might like other engineering majors. And since you’re already in the college of engineering, it’s fairly easy to switch majors, rather than go from the college of LAS to college of eng.</p>