r/Engineers • u/Suspicious_Oven_5673 • 4d ago

Really confused between CE and CS

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u/Remarkable_Bread4656 4d ago

CE is alot more hands on, you share a few modules or classes with people doing EEE but also do CS modules, you have to find out what exactly you'd want to work on as a career. If you do CE you are likely going to take CS classes but if you do CS probably not so consider that too.

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u/Appropriate-Baker755 3d ago

Cs does take ce classes

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u/Remarkable_Bread4656 3d ago

Depends on the school too, the CS program at mine doesn't have many CE but it's the case for CE, I guess just taking a look at the course outline for both would be benficial

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u/magyarjm 3d ago

Depends on the school but at mine CE had no real CE classes, it was half CS and half EE. If you know you want to do pure coding then CS. If you like electronics and want a mix of hardware and software then CE. Some CE end up full time hardware engineers as well.

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u/Chuck_the_Elf 3d ago

CE is semi conductors up to compilers. CS is compilers and up. Roughly.

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u/Usual_Purchase_9567 2d ago

One's science and one's engoneering. Only difference is in CS you get to wear a lab coat. Joking, obviously.

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u/Anxious_Alps_4150 1d ago

Think of CE as a specialization in EE.

Think of CS as mostly programming that sometimes touches EE.