<p>Hey guys, what's the difference between the College of Letters and Science Comp Sci major vs. the College of Engineering EECS major? Are they virtually the same major except the College of Engineering has an added EE portion?</p>
<p>You can compare degree requirements here:
[Degree</a> Programs | EECS at UC Berkeley](<a href=“http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/education/degrees.shtml]Degree”>Academics | EECS at UC Berkeley)</p>
<p>For a student emphasizing CS, the upper division CS courses are selected from the same set of courses. There are some constraints that probably do not make too much difference (e.g. L&S CS specifically requires CS 170 and 162, but someone emphasizing CS would want to take those courses anyway).</p>
<p>A student who wants to emphasize EE and does not want to take at least 6 upper division CS courses can do so in EECS, but not L&S CS.</p>
<p>EECS requires Math 53 in addition to Math 1A, 1B, and 54 that both require.</p>
<p>EECS requires Physics 7A and 7B and two other (non-joke) science courses (e.g. Physics 7C, Chemistry 1A or 4A, Biology 1A or 1B, etc.). L&S CS only requires science to the extent of L&S 7 course breadth requirement – effectively one biological science course (which can be one of the joke ones), since CS 61C fulfills physical science.</p>
<p>EECS requires EE 20N and 40. L&S CS requires EE 42 (but EE 40 can be taken in its place).</p>
<p>Breadth requirements are different. CoE requires six humanities and social studies courses, of which two must be upper division, and one of those must be a series with a lower or upper division course, and does not allow using AP credit against the R&C B course, but does allow AP credit against up to two lower division courses. L&S allows a 5 on AP English Literature to fulfill R&C B, but does not allow AP to fulfill any of the 7 course breadth requirement (of which 5 are various areas of mostly humanities and social studies).</p>
<p>If I’m in eecs and I my ap scores from the last 2 years are calc bc-5 euro-3 us history-3 ap english - 5 comp sci a-4 is it necessary for me to take any ap tests this year or have I already maxed out my credit in this department?</p>
<p>IMO, EECS is the most rigorous major at Cal. It is also a difficult admit. But graduates with that double are recruited hard.</p>
<p>^Do you know what you’re talking about? EECS is not a “double” in any sense and imo, it’s not the most rigorous major. EECS has very few requirements believe it or not (only 20 units of upper div requirements and no specific upper div requirements). Pure CS students have 27 units of EE(CS) upper div requirements and have to take 162 and 170. This does not mean CS is more difficult than EECS because in the end, EECS students usually take more classes than the required amount.</p>
<p>However, my point is that you need to be clear about what makes a major “rigorous.” Difficulty of the course material? Amount of courses requirement? Difficulty of admission? Lowest average GPA?</p>
<p>It’s my opinion, based on many years of hiring college grads, and working in the high tech field. Feel free to disagree and offer your own opinion.</p>
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<p>5 on Calculus BC = Math 1A and 1B (go to Math 53 and 54)
5 on English (either) = R&C A (note: in L&S, 5 on English Literature also counts for R&C B)
3 on History (either) = lower division humanities or social studies course (maximum of 2 such courses can be fulfilled by AP credit)
4 on Computer Science A = no subject credit, just generic credit units</p>
<p>The [College</a> of Engineering Undergraduate Handbook](<a href=“http://coe.berkeley.edu/students/Advising%20handbk%2010-11%20correct%20format%20copy.pdf/view]College”>http://coe.berkeley.edu/students/Advising%20handbk%2010-11%20correct%20format%20copy.pdf/view) has an AP chart of page 7 (9 of the PDF). AP tests that could possibly give you worthwhile subject credit are:</p>
<p>4 on Biology = Biology 1A and 1B
3 on Chemistry = Chemistry 1A
5 on Physics C mechanics = Physics 7A
4 on Economics (both micro and macro) = Economics department says that it counts for Economics 1, so you can take upper division Economics courses like 101A and 101B</p>
<p>Note: AP credit can be linked with an upper division course for the [humanities</a> and social studies series requirement](<a href=“http://coe.berkeley.edu/hssreq]humanities”>Humanities and Social Sciences - Berkeley Engineering). So additional AP scores in Government, Psychology, Spanish/French/German Literature, and Economics may give you more choices here, even though they by themselves do not count beyond the 2 fulfilled by the English and History you already have.</p>