Anyone majoring in Computer Engineering that can give me thier experience?

[DMage]

Hi. Since all these "what are you majoring" posts have been going around I had a question it seems many people here can answer.

I was accepted into the Computer Engineering field at Rochester Institute of Technology and was wondering how everyones experience is with this. I know what it involves, I met with the professor and he gave me the cirriculum outline. Do you like it/hate it? What does it primarily revolve around (need to know a lot of math)? Is there a great deal of programming in it in your honest opinion?

Just wondering what people generally think of this before I get involved in it. Thanks.

 

[amdskip]

I wanna know too!

 

Ever bang your head against the wall?
Trimesters are rough at RIT. But its a GReat school!

 

[kaiotes]

math, physics for sure

 

[perry]

I hate it. There is alot of math, and only a couple programming classes. I'm in EE at Georgia Tech, CmpE is very similar to my ciriculum for the first 3 years. If I had to do it again, I would not chose EE.

 

[DMage]

good. physics is a breeze, and i should have completed up to two years of college math by the time i enter my freshmen year (from a special class I have been taking since like 7th grade)

 

[DMage]

anyone else? i'd really like to hear a broad range of comments on this, thanks again!

 

[DMage]

^ still looking for some more comments - thanks!

 

[Emulex]

what do you plan on doing in the IT world with a comp E degree? Just curious. The market is really saturated now with certain IT fields..

 

[DMage]

Thats a very good question. I just think I will enjoy the field. What types of / variety of jobs are available?

 

[nd]

I'm majoring in Computer Engineering at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

There have been threads about this subject before, but I guess I'll share my limited experience.

I'm only in my 2nd year, but here's how it works here. The ECE (Electrical and Computer Engineering) department is responsible for mostly all of the classes for the degree. The ECE courses could be a basic EE course (e.g. Circuit Analysis), or something more specialized for Computers (Digital Signal Processing). One of my classes is from the ECE and CS department (Digital System Fundamentals). And finally, a few of your classes will be pure CS courses.

You'll be taking EE and CS courses, as well as more specialized Computer Engineering classes, and lots of math. I like it so far, because I think it'll make me much more valuable than a typical CS grad just out of college. It's usually assumed to be more difficult than CS, but I couldn't tell you myself.

What do you envision yourself doing for a job? If you think you'll be programming VB/web/database/business applications, CIS may be best. If you think you'll be doing more technically oriented programming (image processing, large scale applications, compilers, developer tools, AI, etc), CS is probably best. If you see yourself coding more low-level engineering-related tasks (device drivers, operating systems, DSP and embedded design, robotics) along with some hardware design perhaps, then Computer Engineering seems to be the perfect choice.

 

[Bluga]

I'm a CE/EE major at a top-tier university and i can tell you its really tough, you will see other people partying all day while you are scrambling to prepare for your labs or tests. Our curriculum is that first year you will do a lot of math and physics. Second year you will still do a lot math and physics but in a more engineering sense (ie more pratical ). Third and fourth year is where the fun begins, you will specialize in the field you like (eg software engineering, hardware, etc). To be honest there're not a lot of programming involved. If all you want to do is programming, than go for computer science.

Good Luck!

 

[DMage]

thanks for all the info! I would like to be involved in both the hardware and low level programming so i think CE is the best choice for me. anyone else with comments?

 

[JchrisW]

It's hard. Damn hard. Very technical as well.
But worth it in the end.

Jordan

 

[nd]

As it happens, Slashdot posted an Ask Slashdot on the topic of CMPE vs. CS today.

In that discussion, someone posted a link to this explanation on the differences between various computer related degrees. I think what it says is pretty accurate.

 

[Juniorwv]

DMage, I am majoring in Computer Engineering @ DeVry. I think in the previous posts to this thread "nd" hit it right on the nail. If you plan on getting into this field you better be able to do math, ur gonna live and breathe math. You will take both programming classes such as C/C++ and hardware classes such as Digital Systems, Circuit analysis, Microprocessor architecture and programming and Embedded Microprocessor systems as well as networking. As far as why i choose devry over a traditional college was becuase at devry i dont have to take all the bulls@#$ elective classes that you will have to endure and devry starts you out hardball right away with major courses, my first tri-mester at DeVry i took all classes related to my major except one. Don't get me wrong i still have to take some electives such as 4 tri-mesters of English which include: Composition, Public Speaking, Professional Writing, and Advanced Composition and the other electives are: Comtemporary history and literature, econonmics, socialogy, and social issues in technology and thats it. If you're more into business and computers then go with CIS. I hope this helps somewhat. So far i love it.

|Esk|

 

[Bluga]

<< at devry i dont have to take all the bulls@#$ elective classes that you will have to endure >>



hehe i only least have one &quot;bulls@#$ elective classe&quot; in four year

i wish i had more though.

 

[Juniorwv]

lucky you

 

[abu]

Very interesting thread...

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