Computer Science Vs Computer Engineering: How to Pick the Right Major 

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Master Culinary in engineering

So you can be mentally abused by Gordon Ramsey?

That's CSE

@Simon yup

Ah, I see am man of culture as well

Jeffrey Xing So CS = CE - EE, & EE = CE - CS but (CE-)^2 != ((CS + CE)^2)-

ECE with a minor in CS?

Paulo Henrique can a computer engineer, still get a job at google or microsoft for software engineering? Or is this something that only computer scientists do? (Sorry about my english if i done some mistakes, but i am from greece)

Angelos Kar your english is good, I’m from Brazil, so this isn’t my mother language too. Now speaking about working as a Software Engineer the answer is yes, you can. Computer Engineers can totally work as Software Engineers too.

is that profitable being computer engineer i mean is it well paid

rihan shahini it depends. But you need to understand that usually nobody is hired as computer engineer. Often they are software developers, software engineers, firmware engineers, embedded software engineers, software architect, hardware engineers, etc. So it depends of your job, the company that is hiring you and if you are going to be trainee, jr, Senior, master ir even project leader, manager, etc.

Thanks Paulo, really appreciated your thoughts and answers.

Lol...me too😢😭😭

I am like you but if your bad at math practice if you wanna learn cool technology you need to learn math and physics. It's tough but it's worth it.

@@samirrewari6104 yeah, I know but the problem is that I can't understand anything about geometry 😭😭😭😭😭😂😂

Apparently my basic maths skills suck, but uhh somehow once I start using a calculator my grades go up significantly, yeah wtf?

Ok

Agree... but wtf? Thats why u r here

Civil engineering

Lol wtf

Human sexuality

Go waiter.

Linear algebra is to do with matrices, vectors/eigenvectors, set theory, etc. not whatever you're thinking it is. You sound like you took some kiddo math class, learnt what a quadratic was and got frisky

If you work alot with graphics (Open Gl or DirectX) you'll use it. If i'm not mistaken AES uses linear algebra when encrypting blocks.

There is bitwise manipulation, which I guess could be thought of as solved in a linear algebra fashion at the register level

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I wish more schools had CSE bc it's a middle option between CS and CE. I want to major in CSE

@@Eric-lq6yk Same

UCI?

@@perlamuniz1081 Ohio State, but this is the case at a lot of schools

Can anyone do hardware related jobs in various hardware companies like Intel, amd, Nvidia etc with having a CSE major? If not, why?

hey do you have discord or email so that I can reach out to you I'm in a dilemma about my major (applying fall 25)

I feel exactly the same as you, even down to the AI. I heard from my parents (who work in IT) that they view the CPE degree to be much more rigorous and challenging than just CS, and that engineers would make better workers for that reason. I'm not sure if I agree with that, but it appears to me that Computer Engineers have a broader perspective of the "computing" aspect, since they focus on hardware as well as software, rather than getting a very in-depth perspective on only the programming aspect. I am pretty much in your position - I'm not too fond of the EE side of my degree, but I do like the exposure in terms of classes that the CPE degree gives over CS (like you mentioned - Vector Calculus, Differential Equations, Signals and Systems, Control Systems...). I feel like that exposure could keep my options open in terms of available work - I can go to either software design or something closer to hardware, rather than being restricted to only software.

same oh god i hate circuits , logic design and anything about that

Mate CS students take Vector Calculus and DEq as well. And idk about CE, but I went CS also thinking CS was easier. Boy was I wrong, this major is exceptionally difficult and rigorous. Good thing I learned to love it xD

Bro I am in 11th std and I want to choose c.s in future but I hate maths is it right decision to take

No way CE better prepares you for AI, do you take anything related to probability, Discrete, or Big Data/Machine Learning?

This video isn't really about complexity notation at all...

Yes. But you make mention of it as a required course for Computer Science (Algorithm Analysis) at 3:43 which is correct. Some general programming degrees will not even explain why using an Arraylist is bad.

Interesting, I didn't know that. A bit confused though - if the pros and cons of various algorithms and data structures aren't taught, you'd be coding like how you learn a language - rote learning and copying and pasting with no idea what is actually going on

Alot of Junior or community colleges fail to teach that

It's because computer science and programming are two totally different things, computer science at it's heart is a branch of mathematics, while programming is a very small subset of applied computer science.

What did you pursue?

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@@johnlyons3832 😂😂😂😂

It does help. Mindlessly consuming information makes you less likely to absorb it.

Bro in my country we have 10 different subjects and 6 different classes with different teachers everyday, dont tell me about mindless information consuming lol

Appreciate your comment!

You sir just changed my life with this one comment,why I always found it hard cuz I was such a lazy prick who once do things once 😃

thanks

Yeah it really depends on the aspect that you want to practice/pursue after graduating. It doesnt mean that you could be an expert on all those.

How much money do you earn in one months? I really wonder this pls

Dont you get me started in electromagnetics . I am still figuring out where should i use stroke's law or maxwell's point form. Coordinate system ripped out my mind at first but i am good in vectors now as well as coordinate system too .😂😆

So would u say u should took Computer Science instead since u only doing software

Ponk how?? we are able to take both. Is it possible

SCIENCE CAREERS. You could double major. At MIT, the most common doubled major is math, which shows how intense that school is. Lol

Literally me for the past 5 years lol

Ponk I really might lol but I want a masters in computer science though

@@tanmaybisen7802 1aezxa2

How did it go bro?

Hope you make it!

@@isaacboon182 hes a software engineer now

good shit bro, hope u graduated and got a good job. I'm in the same situation now, transferring to a university but for computer eng. Hope someone would see this in 3 years lol.

@@muneersayyedahmed1492 In the same situation but going for CS. Hopefully your journey goes well bro 🙏 See you in three years.

You got it! Thanks for the comment

@@zachstar thanks for the video

damn you put me into jaio

I just couldn't read this entire paragraph

Self taught usually means just googling and pasting code tbh. Rare instances that some people are actually really good at it.

@@noire.blackheart basically, and all you need is to land a single small internship and you got your foot in the door and can basically learn how to fake doing things on your own from internship to internship. Because the only time where you really have to be honest with what you know is during the interview 😂 But I love learning and science and solving problems so here I am

The main problem with self-taught people isn't what they know. Most of them know what they taught themselves, and often they know it well. The main problem is what they don't know. Often they have mastered what they have seen, but have no idea about things they haven't seen. A formal computer science program also serves to let you know how wide and deep the field is. This means you can recognize a problem as being well served by some approach (which even if you forgot the details of the approach, allows you to pick more of the "right" tools after doing a bit of research). I had a brilliant self-taught friend that couldn't figure out a bit of code I wrote (he was in this case, my peer review). He read it for five days trying to figure out how it operated. Finally he gave up and gave it a passing review, and then asked me "how does it work?" I said, it's a DFA, and then soon realized by his response that he's never seen a DFA. I tried to explain it to him, and then realized he didn't have enough of a background for a quick explanation. You see, knowing what a DFA is isn't enough, you also have to know how to configure one to solve a problem (and possibly how to prove the configuration solves the problem). Even a lot of computer scientists don't do enough work to really "know their field," so a self-taught shouldn't despair. Like I said, self-taught people typically know what they've learned really well (and a good chunk of Computer Scientists don't know what was taught to them equally as well). It's just that if you really want to go "next level" you either have to clone a degree program, and still invest in the time to developing how to use your tools outside of the formal learning.

Me too. Currently 1 month away to decided what will be my second degree after accounting. This really helps. I'm torn between the two degrees.

Nice

This makes me go for Computer Engineering. Will enroll tomorrow

IfThatThenThis i am not good at math . what i will be choose ?

You got it! Thanks for the comment!

Thank you!

Thanks!

You can become a hardware hobbyist. I did both and, honestly, I prefer CS over CE although I appreciate the deep understanding obtained from studying CE as well.

True lol all the hardware jobs are taken by MIT kids who are literal geniuses

I dont know why CS grad taking the Engineer tittle even though they are not Engineering grad.

@@asicaery7881 do they design and making things?

@@nashi.t3965 lol, what? Because Computer Science doesn't have the word engineering in it, you don't think a software engineer, is a type of engineer? Computer scientists who pursue software engineering, are 100% percent engineers. They use a lot of applied mathematics to engineer efficient solutions to software problems.

Thanks man! Appreciate the comment :)

Thank you! Glad it helped

I hate math but I like money lol

I like Maths, I would do a maths degree but I want to live at home, to save money. But I don't mind doing a PGCE or masters away, as it is only a year.

I hate Math but I will take CS in college...because I want to program things. I'm still a grade 10 student, so I think I'll study in advance😂 *share ko lang*

I'm not too fond of maths but I love computers so it's a half half for me

I initially studied computer science purely because my university requires little math for it, but have since switched into computer engineering and learned to appreciate math now that I’ve studied it more in-depth.

Cosmic King that's not major, that's occupation. The best fit for that is computer science who focus on software.

@@MrKio415 there is a major for software engineering

Anh Tu Tran we have a master's program in software engineering.

Anh Tu Tran WTF! I study in computer science and going in software engineering... it’s a fking 4 years long degree!In my province you have to get a degree in CÉGEP(2-3years long)before to go to the university(There I study CS(I can be a Analyst-Programmer with this)) than I will go at the university 4 more years to maybe become a software “engineer”

i second this... please do a video on it.... I also want to do more of Software Engineering without all those discrete maths and shit proofs

Fallz in my opinion the best major haha

Aren't they in one major though, Robotics, Electrical and electronics engineering

@@sifsif2725 no they arent the same major

In which university ?

Be stong, life is full of twists and turns

bro what did u choose and how is it going

So what is difference between software developer and software engineer? And programmer vs comp scientist?

Bro, can u plz tell me which course has more scope computer system technician-networking or computer engineering technician????????plz reply fast as u can.😅

In Italy we di quantum computing

Yeah, for me, I like math and am quite good at continuous math like calculus and differential equation. But when it comes to discrete math, it is a whole new world for me and I feel like I have to start all over again.

It depends on the study plan, in my uni CS is at the math department. We had way more math, and also more theoric (algebras, logic, shared whit lc math) than CE, the maths of CE at my uni are more applied, computer science doesn't really need complex analysis like CE does. The hard part about math is to understand and prove things, not solve exercise mechanically.

today computing ability is a must study, sorry, as an eee, the whole things in this video + computable things, materials photonics all type of energy conversions and be able to process them is a necessary, at least they see like this...

Look into Mechatronics my friend

From what I've learn from school, think about a robot. The skeleton is mechanical engineering, the nerves is electrical engineering, and the brain is computer science. Think about which part interests you more

Here's the thing with me. The fun part of taking robotics class in high school was when I'm debugging and finding out which motor or sensor is going rogue. Is that computer engineering or just programming?

Computer Science is great if you want to work with AI and Machine Learning for example. Computer Engineering will let you do that too, and even design the circuits of the robot and maybe build it physically with some premade model, like a 3D printed one. Mecatronics, Mechanics and even Control and Automation Engineering Will help you build a robot body from scratch, and some of these courses often use electronics too, and even some programming. Of course all of the Engineering have calculus and physics, so just choose the one that you most like.

It's a mix of CE and CS with mechanical engineering and electrical engineering and very few universities teach it as a separate major. you'll need to study everything separately, or take one which interests you

BreezyBre1223 I'm a current 2nd year CE student and I had to take the beginning steps of the software engineering degree in addition to the beginning steps of the EE degree. So in my experience you get a lot of programming and the base knowledge of software engineering (SE), with later options to specialise into the more hardware based EE side or the more programming and CS based SE side. As to getting a job working as a developer, yes and no. A lot of EE is moving towards just sticking a micro controller in it and implementing behaviour in software so there is definitely a demand for embedded system programming, but if you're more interested in higher level programming such as app development or more endured development you may struggle to find work over specialised SE or CS majors.

To be perfectly honest, I'm not sure what advice to give. Any good suggestions I can think of are flawed by my perspective as still being a college undergrad. If you are truly devoted to an idea of working on hardware with video game design, I suggest you ask video game companies about their opinions. I believe only a video game company itself could clear your doubts. I am positive that there are opportunities for this since there are computer hardware engineers that need to work on designing their game consoles. I suggest you clearly show your devotion towards this idea in your Senior Design Project as you finish your degree. However, that's all I can say in the matter. I think you should ask employers at a video game company for suggestions on which major and technical electives to choose. I suggest asking companies that still uses game consoles, or plans on developing their own. Asking a computer game company wouldn't allow you any opportunity for hardware work, since that's all up to computer hardware companies.

people go into software development with physics, these days no need to worry.

Uzair Akram they do that now, but when the demand meets the applicants that won’t be the case

Uzair Akram even with electrical engineering nowadays it’s more experience that matters .

Aap ney kiya liya tha. Cs ya ce?

damn its been 3 years what did u do

@@opax you trying to find a major too?

@@stepmamas yeah im only a sophomore though so i got time.

What did you end up with?

I second that motion; stick with it my friend!

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Hmm good question. Telecomm engineering may be found at a specialized school, and is most likely a branch of electrical engineering

Here it's called electronics and communication engineering.Its the same as electrical engineering but it's much associated with technology than ee

Thanks Andy!

From what I know, software engineering and computer science is divided in a way that allows software engineering to be better at creating software and computer science to be better at researching advanced software. The differences occur mainly at the tail end of the degree path. Software engineers will go take testing, analysis, and quality control classes while computer science will take networks, security, A.I., and more algorithms. What that essentially means is that Software Engineers will be more prepared for going into industries that manufacture software for consumers since their course load already has industry practices build into it. On the other hand Computer Science have the capability of tackling advanced projects due to a much stronger understanding of networks and algorithms.

SAEG garcia I think you should spend your free time studying it. For me it helps, specially in Math.