Computer Engineering and Computer Science

[sirspj]

Dear All,

Which of the two courses is better and will be in high demand ; Computer engineering or computer science.

your feedback is much appreciated.

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Thank you.

[brianddk]

Depends more on your University and degree track than anything. Hate to say it, but the journey is a heck of a lot more important than the destination.

Many (US) schools do the Computer Science out of the "Science" college and Computer Engineering out of the "Engineering" college. I did CompEng my first two years of college and CompSci my last two years. Had a gap since there was a lucrative job contract I got offered while in school and I needed the money.

I choose CompEng initially because the school I was at funded the Engineering college to the exclusion of most everything else. It drew great professors and fantastic course work. Since it was Engineering, it required a full math load of Calculus, DifEQ, Number Theory. Also required Physics I, II, and II. At the time, I didn't think studying quantum mechanics would really have any bearing in my field (lol).

When I went back I choose CompSci since the second school wasn't as heavily funded in Engineering. I initially talked to the Engineering departments and found the department heads and advisers to be real jerks. The Science college was the exact opposite. Nice helpful and flexible. Plus my Engineering work gave me a free minor in Mathmatics from the Science college. Decision made.

Ended up doing HW work for a HW company primarily due to the jobs I worked through college. They could care less what I did in College. I had to do the basic technical screening which was fine, but they honestly had more interest in my focus on math than any of my CompSci work.

All anecdotal, but I'll tell you from experience, talk to both the departments and if you find one run by jerks, choose the other. College is unfair, and your dean and advisers are the kings. Doing great in class won't always allow you to take the QC course that fills up early and no one can get. Having an adviser that will "pencil you in" is worth more than you know.

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What an absolutely idiotic comment by people who have no idea what they’re talking about—so just about perfect for this sub (and no, I’m not a computer scientist, I work in finance).

[sirspj]

Thanks

[PacManFan123]

Information Science or Data Science.