Is computer engineering the hardest major?

 is computer engineering hard

Computer Engineering is often inaccurately described as “Electrical Engineering with a dash of Computer Science.”

A better description would say that Computer Engineering straddles the space between EE and CS – but also that all three disciplines are closely related and there is no obvious or finite end/beginning leading from one to another.

• If EE primarily involves hardware (electrical components, building things, and circuit theory) and CS primarily involves software (algorithms, operating systems, and programming), CE is about understanding the bridge between hardware and software.
• A very general rule of thumb is that if you want to work with circuits, major in EE; if you want to focus on programming, major in CS; and if you want to do both (building the electrical parts and writing the code to control them), go with CE.

The CE major has more coursework in programming, computer architecture, and networking than EE the major.

Unlike EE, it focuses on the design, development, and application of computers, computing, and computing systems over other electrical devices.

As Computer Engineers work with both hardware and software, they have diverse job options outside of college depending on what they specialized in during their education.

They may work on developing and manufacturing systems and devices in the medical, telecommunications, fuel, and automotive industries among others, as well as develop computer equipment (processors, memory devices, routers, circuit boards, etc.) and architecture systems.

Here are some potential job titles for CE majors:

• Software Engineer
• Computer Programmer
• Hardware Engineer
• Computer Network Architect
• Computer Network Support Specialist
• Network and Computer System Administrator

And here are reasons why Computer Engineering is difficult:

• As Computer Engineering came out of Electrical Engineering, they share a common foundational curriculum that diverges from one another later on.

Much of the beginning computer programming, physics, mathematics, chemistry, electronics, and linear circuits, among other subjects, are similar for both majors.

Because of this, the Computer Engineering major is difficult in many of the same ways the EE major is at the start.

• Once the two majors diverge, EE delves into very difficult, abstract mathematics while CE goes further into coding, programming, and discrete mathematics.

Therefore, CE would be especially challenging for students who do not enjoy learning and using different coding languages and programming.

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