difference between computer science / computer engineering

[evilcow]

Whats the big difference between Computer Science and Computer Engineering? What do you do in CS that you don't do in CE? What do you do in CE, that your don't in CS? Whats the big difference! Thanks in advance for your replies.

 

[swai]

probably depends on the school
computer engineering is a pretty vague term.... you should look at a particular school's curriculum for that major

 

[Emulex]

i though CE had more hardware/electronics application.

 

[csiro]

I think in CE you're more into the actual computer hardware and lower level programming, where you're getting into the actual bits and bytes. In CS, it's more of higher level programming and algorithms.

 

[LanEvoVI]

Csiro hit it right on the nose. Assembler language and hardware for Computer Engineering and a lot of high level programming in C/C++, Java, and many other languages.

 

[OSUdrunk]

That's basically it but every school has their own differences. Get the catalog and look up the course requirements between the 2.

At Ohio State, you can either take Computer Science & Engineering or Electrical & Computer Engineering. So CSE is closer to CS, and ECE is closer to EE. I like this way better because both give you a little bit of both, plus a lot of either software or hardware, depending which you choose.

Plus, most schools let you pick a specialization within your major. At OSU, in CSE you an specialize in hardware systems, software systems, information systems, or individualized (you design your own specialization).

In ECE you can specialize in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, and a couple others (I don't know for sure, I'm in CSE).

I'm sure other schools are slightly different.

 

[sk560]

In CPE, you will learn VHDL, VLSI, CADD, Microp... on the EE side and all the required stuff from CS side.