Which department for CS?

College Search & Selection
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<p>Ok, so I have my heart set on majoring in computer science. But at every school, CS is offered both in their engineering school and their arts/pure science/humanities/etc. school. </p>

<p>Now, in general, I get the impression:
-engineering school is harder to get into
-engineering school focuses more on hardware (i.e. EE)
-engineering school requires more math and physics</p>

<p>Am I wrong about any of that?</p>

<p>I really don't want to do any EE. but at the same time, math and physics are definitely my strengths.</p>

<p>Which school should I apply to for CS?</p>

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<p>bump 10char</p>

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<p>It depends. I don't know for sure, but if you do CS through engineering, there are probably more requirements than if you do it through arts & sciences. I know that this is true at Tufts.</p>

<p>Look at the CS degree requirements through engineering and through arts & sciences for some colleges you're interested in.</p>

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<p>S is CS in Engineering senior at Tufts. It has done him well. Very little EE or the amount he has had has been tolerable. Engineering certainly has caused him to build a strong technical background. He has had internships last two summers, already has a post graduation job lined up and continues to turn down other requests for job interviews. With the current job market, that speaks well for the degree and curriculum he chose. He specifically looked for CS in engineering when making his list for college applications 4 years ago.</p>

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<p>Carnegie Mellon 's CS major is offered by the School of Computer Science, which is not a part of the College of Engineering (CIT). CMU's CS major involves virtually no hardware at all and is ranked top 3 in the United States.</p>

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<p>yeah, but most schools I'm looking at have comp sci only in both engineering or arts/pure science departments. they seem similar for the most part (same course reqs), except that the one in engineering tend to have lots of EE content, and the ones in arts/pure sci have more math+humanities.</p>

<p>thanks for the help guys. still difficult to choose though. why do they have to have the same major in two different departments?!! :(</p>

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<p>The engineering centered ones are for designing/building computers, the others are more software oriented. In general.</p>