<p>a degree in Applied Sciences and Engineering with a concentration in Computer Engineering</p>
<p>as opposed to</p>
<p>a degree in Computer Engineering?</p>
<p>More importantly, are the differences substantial enough to affect my grad school applications and future career? And does ABET accreditation matter?</p>
<p>I’m not sure what the difference between the two degrees is, but I do know that ABET accredidation is very very important to companies. A degree that isn’t ABET accredited will be worth almost nothing.</p>
<p>I’ve heard that with computer engineering and BME accredidation isn’t really important. That it’s more important for the civil and mech engineers wo need P.E. licenses. Can anyone verify this?</p>
<p>anyone? this information is gonna be huge for my college decision</p>
<p>A concentration is generally just a series of 3-5 classes. A major means you’re taking at least two courses a semester for four years.</p>
<p>A concentration at Michigan is in the range of about 40 credits (when you include prerequisite classes). Different places have different names.</p>
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<p>If you want to work in the public sector, on a publicly funded jobs, or jobs that impact public safety, you will need a PE license (the exact requirement changes from state to state, but that’s a general idea). I’m not certain of the requirements, but I wouldn’t be surprised if defense contractors or federal agencies required licenses. </p>
<p>As you can guess, civil engineers, environmental engineers, and nuclear engineers are more likely to have projects fall into those categories than industrial engineers or electrical engineers.</p>
<p>That said, I would be very wary of a non-accredited program. Find out why the program isn’t accredited, and if they plan to seek accreditation. I would be less concerned if it’s a well known university or a school that already has a large number of accredited programs. I wouldn’t be concerned at all if an MIT program wasn’t accredited, but I would be concerned with a school like Southern Polytechnic State University that has no EAC accreditation and isn’t a well known school.</p>
<p>The school is UNC - Chapel Hill. An accredited well-known university. But the applied sciences and engineering department isn’t accredited. The reason they give is because accredation is important for PE tests. And they have the same curriculum as an acreddited institution.</p>
<p>I straight up asked the head of the department at UNC on a visit this past weekend whther accreditation in comp engineering matters and he said no. not at all. But of course he would say this to give his program credibility, which is why I want to know if anyone has actual experience with this or can give a non biased opinion.</p>
<p>I think ABET accredits applied science programs as well. You might want to look into that. I know they accredit CS programs (and that is really, really useless).</p>