<p>I'm a senior, and there is a very high chance of me going to Berkeley next year. I will have finished Math 53, 55, and hopefully 54 (if diffeq doesn't fill up too quickly) by the time I enter college.</p>
<p>Is it a better idea to double major in math with EECS or L&S CS? (My EECS option would be CS; from learning physics, I discovered that I don't really like circuits.) I realize that doing it with EECS would probably be more work, but does the reputation of EECS make up for it? Would I have to take a ridiculous number of units if I were doing EECS relative to doing L&S CS? I don't really want to be insanely stressed like some of the people here seem to be, but I was wondering whether EECS people have any advantages over L&S CS people if they focus on CS.</p>
<p>Bump. I have decided to reserve judgment on EE for until after I take an EE class.</p>
<p>go with math + CS, imo.</p>
<p>As an EECS major myself, I can tell you that if you plan on doing CS, then the two are exactly equal. Period. There is no difference. Obviously, this is different if you want to do EE, but it sounds like you don’t. Choosing EECS with no interest in EE would be a huge mistake. And I’m not the only person who will tell you that. I’m pretty sure that this is an almost unanimous consensus. Good luck.</p>
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<p>If you didn’t like it in physics, you probably won’t like it in a circuits class, either.</p>
<p>I was in a similar situation to you three years ago.</p>
<p>I thought I wanted to double in math, considering that I was already doing the (less rigorous) equivalents of 110 and 115 at my local college while still in high school.</p>
<p>What I found out, though, was that even though I did OK in upper-division math courses, I found them to be dull and difficult compared to my CS courses. It became clear that math was not where my passion was at, so I decided to focus on what I truly loved and make it out with only a math minor.</p>
<p>There’s a lot of discovery to do in college, so I suggest that you don’t plan to do too much to begin with. Chances are, you’ll gravitate to a specific area of a specific field as you get a feel for your interests.</p>
<p>But, to answer your question: definitely L&S CS; you’ll have the six breadth requirements instead of a bunch of EE lower-divs and relaxed H/SS classes required of EECS.</p>
<p>These combinations work well:
- Math and L&S CS (double major, L&S)
- Engineering Mathematics and EECS (double major, CoE)</p>
<p>This combination is doable but requires a lot of units:
- Math and EECS (simultaneous degree)</p>
<p>The computer science curriculum for the EECS major is exactly the same as the computer science curriculum for the CS major. They both pick from the same pool of computer science courses. So if you don’t want to do EE, go with CS + Math.</p>