<p>What is the main difference between the different computer science majors at MIT?</p>
<p>Computer Science and Engineering
Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Computer Science and Math
Computer Science and Molecular Biology</p>
<p>Easiest? Haderst?</p>
<p>Also, could you double major or minor in econ with one of these?</p>
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<p>It’s pretty intuitive.</p>
<p>Computer Science and Engineering–You take a few courses on the EE side, but mostly just CS classes. Your classes are mostly in the CS/EE department.</p>
<p>Computer Science and Electrical Engineering–You take an even mix of EE and CS classes. Your classes are mostly in the CS/EE department.</p>
<p>Computer Science and Math–You take CS, theoretical CS, and math classes. Your classes will be in the math and CS/EE departments.</p>
<p>Computer Science and Molecular Biology–You take an even mix of biology and CS classes. Your classes will be in the CS/EE and biology departments. You don’t take any EE classes.</p>
<p>None of them are easier or harder. They just focus on different things. If you don’t like biology, 6-7 would probably be pretty hard. If you don’t like EE, 6-1 or 6-2 would probably suck. If you don’t like computer science, they would all be pretty miserable.</p>
<p>I don’t know much about econ. 6-7 is pretty requirement heavy, so it’d be hard to double-major with it and anything else. You could probably pull it off with 5 classes a term. (I’m double-majoring in 6-7 and 18.) Keep in mind, also, that most people end up changing their majors.</p>
<p>More info on 6-1, 6-2, and 6-3: [MIT</a> Course Catalog: Course 6-1, 6-2, 6-3](<a href=“Welcome! < MIT”>Welcome! < MIT)
More info on 18C: [MIT</a> Course Catalog: Course 18-C](<a href=“Welcome! < MIT”>Welcome! < MIT)
More info on 6-7: [MIT</a> EECS - Course 6-7 Computer Science and Molecular Biology Degree homepage](<a href=“http://www.eecs.mit.edu/ug/6-7/checklist.html]MIT”>http://www.eecs.mit.edu/ug/6-7/checklist.html)
More info on 14: <a href=“Welcome! < MIT”>Welcome! < MIT;
<p>Thanks for the help</p>
<p>Does anyone know if it would be hard/weird to major in something cs or electrical engineering related with no previous knowledge of computers, programming, robotics or anything?</p>
<p>No, it would not be weird. You might struggle for the first semester, but the intro classes are designed to get everyone on more or less the same page.</p>
<p>Ok thanks! I haven’t had the opportunity to get into anything cs/ee related but the more I read about it and talk to other people about it, the more I am interested in doing it or at least trying it out :)</p>
<p>Yay! Course 6 is awesome.</p>