Hi,
I just had a quick question about the software engineering program at UCI. Is this major considered prestigious at all, or the same level as the CS major at UCI? Would doing software engineering impact my jobs down the road? Or do you think I’ll have the same opportunity as the computer science majors(lets just say same grades, same EC’s, etc.)
Here is the order of majors from highest to lowest level of details, that are related to Computers, and their target job roles:
Information Science/Technology - IT Analyst
Software Engineering - Software Engineer
Computer Science - Applied/Research Scientist
Computer Engineering - Systems Engineer
Electrical Engineering - Electrical Engineer
Physics/Math - Research Scientist
Usually people who work at the lower level of technology stack are paid more, because it’s more complicated. There are certainly exceptions.