<p>i think i have a decent shot of getting into CS at berkeley. I know EECS is harder to get into, so it will be a bit of a reach.</p>
<p>Do you think i should reach for EECS or be happy with CS?</p>
<p>EECS has really heavy science requirements, while CS doesn’t. BUT, you CAN take heavy science requirements for CS if that’s what you wanted and end up with all the same classes as EECS. You just won’t be called EECS.</p>
<p>If you really care for the title of being called EECS and not just CS then it’s up to you.</p>
<p>i dont care about the title of EECS vs CS as much as i care about the difference of BA vs BS. </p>
<p>What are the undergrad requirements for L&S? I know there is the 7 course breadth… but is that the only difference?</p>
<p>dude, just bump your old thread.</p>
<p>L&S CS is required to take EE 42 while EECS has to take EE 20 and EE 40
CS in EECS is idential to LSCS except for Physics 7A and 7B and a few EE courses. Well, technically you don’t have to take math 53 in LSCS but most do anyways. </p>
<p>I wouldn’t worry about getting in. Worry about succeeding once you get here.</p>
<p>CS has to do 7 breadths, which one (physical sciences) will be fulfilled by a CS requirement, so technically 6 breadths. EECS has to do 6 humanities. Not too far apart.</p>
<p>Aside from that, EECS has a very rigid course structure in which you must take certain science and engineering classes.</p>
<p>CS has more room and you can essentially just do minimum workload, mimic the EECS course load, or double major.</p>
<p>For employment, a BA or BS doesn’t matter. The employer will hire you for your programming skills and knowledge, and possibly electrical engineering if you have taken enough courses.</p>
<p>I don’t know what role a BA or BS will play in other settings.</p>
<p>if you actually go to berkeley can you say if you are EECS or CS or whatever major you are and give a little about your experince?</p>
<p>I’m a CS major but this is only my first semester. All EECS people I know take 3 technicals + 1 humanities, usually an R&C their first semester. It tends to be Math (53 or 54) and Physics (7A or 7B) and then CS61A. </p>
<p>For LSCS people, its the same except no physics. So we take 2 non-technicals our first semester (usually). What those 2 non technicals are depends greatly on each person. I’ve checked out the career fairs and no one seemed to care whether a student in CS or EECS. In fact, most of the posters said “CS/EE wanted.” </p>
<p>On a side note, my first impression of career fairs is that almost all the recruiting is for EE(CS), Business/Economics/Finance-related stuff, and a few other engineering majors. I can’t remember a single booth that was looking for other majors (although I’m sure there are). It just makes me wonder … where a large portion of Berkeley ends up doing post-graduation. Probably further credentials I’d assume</p>
<p>Thanks that is very helpful.</p>
<p>How many humanities do you have to take? I dont like english or arts so would i have to take a lot of them or could i mainly avoid them.</p>
<p>[Degree</a> Requirements-L&S Seven-Course Breadth and R&C Search](<a href=“http://ls-breadth.berkeley.edu/search.php]Degree”>http://ls-breadth.berkeley.edu/search.php)</p>
<p>If you go to the link, you’ll see that only one of the breadths is called “Arts and Literature.”
I myself hate humanities, but greatly enjoy the social sciences, so only one (or possibly two, depending on my historical studies breadth) classes I take will be “just to get a requirement out of the way.”</p>
<p>so under 6 of the 7 categories there were computer science or other engineering. So could i just take a lot of computer science classes for the breadth?</p>
<p>mccormickt12, stop making this thread. There is no benefit between having a BA/BS</p>
<p>What demoz means is, that one lower division EE course you need in prerequisite for L&S CS meets the physical sciences breadth, so you have six more to deal with.</p>
<p>Not liking the humanities does not mean subjecting yourself, pointlessly, to Physics 7A/B. You are still going to have to take some of them for CoE EECS.</p>
<p>Just apply for L&S and stop making these damn threads</p>
<p>ok, but since the thread is already here, we might as well take other suggestions/ ideas</p>
<p>@anon5524485- im not exactly sure what you mean by “Not liking the humanities does not mean subjecting yourself, pointlessly, to Physics 7A/B. You are still going to have to take some of them for CoE EECS.” this. </p>
<p>I like physics more than humanities… but if you, or other people could just go over the prerequisites and differences for CS and EECS in detail to a person that isnt in college and doesnt know waht R&C means</p>
<p>He means that even if you’re in CoE, you still have to take some humanities. However, EECS majors have to take Physics 7A/7B, EE20/40, and Math 53 while CS majors do not. These classes “replace” the additional classes you would have to take as breadths.</p>
<p>The distribution of an EECS major’s schedule is usually three technicals and a humanity every semester where as a CS major could opt to take two humanities and two technicals every semester to finish his/her degree.</p>
<p>For CS, they don’t have to be humanities for breadth. PV, SBS, BS, PS, HS, and IS can all easily be fulfilled by non-humanity courses. You may like physics, but physics 7A-B are two extremely difficult courses that most people would prefer to take breadth over them</p>
<p>ok thank you very much</p>