Am I right?

[Q]

He claims he is going to major in CE and EE, which I told him he'll never do and he'll realize how hard it is doing just one alone, but he keeps saying I am taking him for an idiot and that he's not dumb (which he isn't, he is really smart).

I say he just focus on one, then get a Masters.

So who is right? Is he not going to get dominated by both CE and EE??

 

[herm0016]

those majors probably share 80 % of the classes. fill in the rest with gen eds and such. I doubt he will get " dominated".

 

[Special K]

The classes for the two degrees overlap to a large extent, so it might be possible, especially if he has a lot of general requirements already taken care of through AP.

Having said that, I have a BS and MSEE and I don't see much benefit in obtaining two degrees. During all of my interviews, my interviewers were much more interested in my project and internship experience than the specific degree I had.

I would say just pick one or the other, and take the electives that best match their interests.

 

[Savij]

Why bother with C(omp)E and EE?? They're too close to justify a double major. Just do one and select the appropriate focus area. Depending on the department he's in, he might not even be able to do that without some serious discusions with the administration.

Final thought: you're all idiots.

Edit: "You all" implies Quintox, his friend, their families and everyone they know.

 

[dighn]

they are actually very similar, at least at my school. so similar that one couldn't double major in CE and EE. CE was just a specialization of EE.

 

[Leros]

He'll be fine. If he can do one, then he can do the other. It may take a bit more time though.

 

[George P Burdell]

Both programs have most of the courseload in common, so it is possible. But some schools (like mine) don't allow students to do both EE and CE.

A tougher combo would be EE and CS. Now that would be legendary.

 

[Savij]

Originally posted by: George P Burdell
Both programs have most of the courseload in common, so it is possible. But some schools (like mine) don't allow students to do both EE and CE.

A tougher combo would be EE and CS. Now that would be legendary.

Isn't that compE?

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: Savij

Originally posted by: George P Burdell
Both programs have most of the courseload in common, so it is possible. But some schools (like mine) don't allow students to do both EE and CE.

A tougher combo would be EE and CS. Now that would be legendary.

Isn't that compE?

I think we are all thinking CE = Comp E

now if the OP meant Civil Engineering, or Chemical enginering, yeah I think that would be pretty crazy.

 

[Q]

OK I am wrong.

 

[George P Burdell]

Originally posted by: dighn

Originally posted by: Savij

Originally posted by: George P Burdell
Both programs have most of the courseload in common, so it is possible. But some schools (like mine) don't allow students to do both EE and CE.

A tougher combo would be EE and CS. Now that would be legendary.

Isn't that compE?

I think we are all thinking CE = Comp E

now if the OP meant Civil Engineering, or Chemical enginering, yeah I think that would be pretty crazy.

Electrical + Chemical = ASSURED LONG AND PAINFUL DEATH

 

[herm0016]

Originally posted by: dighn

Originally posted by: Savij

Originally posted by: George P Burdell
Both programs have most of the courseload in common, so it is possible. But some schools (like mine) don't allow students to do both EE and CE.

A tougher combo would be EE and CS. Now that would be legendary.

Isn't that compE?

I think we are all thinking CE = Comp Engineering

now if the OP meant Civil Engineering, or Chemical engineering, yeah I think that would be pretty crazy.

true. and if he meant Computer Science than that would also be pretty crazy.

 

[Skeeedunt]

Trying to do both in 4 years would probably be painful, but as others have said there's a lot of overlap. You're probably right that he'd be better of with a masters though. Frankly I'd skip both but that's just me.

 

[FleshLight]

You can't even declare your 2nd major unless you have met all the requirements (such as 3.0 in all 1st and 2nd year classes for that major)

 

[Justin218]

It's not unheard of, I know of people who've done it. but it takes another 2 semesters or so.

 

[Bignate603]

Originally posted by: George P Burdell

Originally posted by: dighn

Originally posted by: Savij

Originally posted by: George P Burdell
Both programs have most of the courseload in common, so it is possible. But some schools (like mine) don't allow students to do both EE and CE.

A tougher combo would be EE and CS. Now that would be legendary.

Isn't that compE?

I think we are all thinking CE = Comp E

now if the OP meant Civil Engineering, or Chemical enginering, yeah I think that would be pretty crazy.

Electrical + Chemical = ASSURED LONG AND PAINFUL DEATH

Actually, I'm pretty sure you'd end up killing yourself pretty quickly.

 

[Leros]

Originally posted by: George P Burdell
Both programs have most of the courseload in common, so it is possible. But some schools (like mine) don't allow students to do both EE and CE.

A tougher combo would be EE and CS. Now that would be legendary.

I was doing EE and CS. I dropped CS even though I've taken 75% of the CS classes required. The CS department just had too many requirements (about 45 hours worth of history, fine arts, foreign language, etc). I figured it wasn't worth the 1.5 years of taking unrelated classes for a second degree.

The combo wasn't bad. Its not like you're taking extra classes. Just a mixture of the two. I found it easier than taking pure EE.

 

[Dumac]

Isn't CE supposed to be a combination of CS and EE? I don't see why you would double major CE with EE or CS, and I don't know how advantageous it is to double major EE and CS rather than simply taking CE.

 

[A5]

My school doesn't allow people to double major in CmpE and EE because they are too similar. Honestly, it's just a waste of time because any company he's trying to impress with that also knows how similar they are - if he's that smart, his efforts would be best focused on a joint BS/MS program (if your school has one) or on getting a high GPA in one or the other to go to a good grad school.

 

[Passions]

Both probably have 90% of the same classes. Sounds like you got OWNED!!!!

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: Dumac
Isn't CE supposed to be a combination of CS and EE? I don't see why you would double major CE with EE or CS, and I don't know how advantageous it is to double major EE and CS rather than simply taking CE.

Yeah, at Ohio State, the specific combo major is CS&E. It's not too unheard of for folks at other schools to double major in CS & EE so that they could get that specific career field.

 

[Saint Nick]

just major in drinking beer. its fun, easy, and cheaper. of course that depends on how much you drink

 

[mcmilljb]

I vote EE with CS minor, unless you have an hard EE program. You'll knock out some of the minor requirements just for being a EE major, such as a digital logic course and some entry-level programming course. I did CE. We focused more towards CS, but I could have done all major electives as EE electives. I wish they would offer a Software Engineering major as a direct alternative to CS. Then they could cut out some of the unrelated electives found in the CS major. Most CS majors have a lot of fluff which is cut out in engineering majors.

 

[kranky]

At a uni near me, the difference between CE and EE is three classes. It is trivially easy to double major.

 

[NoCreativity]

At my school CS was software programming focus while CompE was hardware programming focus. And EE and CompE were almost the same probably around 80-85%.