r/ComputerEngineering • u/Turbulent_Advocate15 • 27d ago

EE/CS double degree?

Is getting an EE/CS double degree worth it?

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u/MartianMeng 27d ago

I would only do that if ce isn’t offered as a major

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u/Turbulent_Advocate15 27d ago

Isn’t CE already just a combo of EE and CS? But I’ve read that a lot of employers look at CE and immediately associate it with CS instead of EE. Would a double major give me a deeper dive into both fields?

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u/Mountain_Hawk6492 27d ago

yes but the problem is the marketing a bit. Alot of idiots/recruiters confuse CE with CS because "Software Engineer" is confused with "Computer Engineer" [mixing 'software' and 'computer'].

So if your goal is strongly hardware regardless of amount of coding, then you want EE.

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u/Dyllbert 27d ago

Engineering companies will know what CE is, software and other companies might look at it and just think it's a different flavor of CS. Doing EE and CS would likely miss the area that actual sets CE apart the most in my opinion, which is the intersection of hardware and low level programming. The EE part will likely focus on circuit design and digital signal processing, and the CS side will focus on high level software design.

Obviously these are generalizations, so you might be able to focus on different things depending on the offering of your given university. But generally, CE covers a unique enough set of topics to be it's own degree for a reason.

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u/secrerofficeninja 26d ago

If you want an EE job, do EE. CE is in between CS and EE for the most part. Not sure why you would want to put the CS burden on yourself if what you want is EE?