eric
I'm a high school student and a computer programmer and looking into different majors that I want to get into. I was going to go for either computer science or software engineering but I'm not sure how each one is different. I want a major focus on programming and software development and I would like it to have a lot of classes related to the major. So can someone explain the difference between the 2 majors and what the coerces are going to be like?
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computer science is hardware-- they build computers, software engineering is software-- writing the program
You should be a software engineer
computer science is hardware-- they build computers, software engineering is software-- writing the program
You should be a software engineer
What would be better to study: Computer science or software engineering?
SimonDark
I am trying to decide on a college degree to pursue (I'm in my last year of high school studying Calculus, Physics, Chemistry, Biology). I'm thinking of maybe doing something related to computers, but I'm confused as to what would be really flexible. I would like to study something that will keep me close to my passions for animation and music-making, while also being secure enough to guarantee a steady job. Computer science and software engineering have been suggested to me and I'm confused. Please, if anyone ca be of any assistance, how are software engineering and computer science really different, and which would you suggest would keep me close to my interests? Thanks.
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Computer Science is computer programming with a bunch of theory and math involved. Majoring in this would allow you to write programs and applications for whatever company you work for, or you could research many interesting areas in CS.
Software Engineering is a branch off Computer Science, but is more towards the management side of designing computer software. Like the CS degree, you would also learn to write programs, but you would learn how to manage projects as well.
Personally, Computer Science would be more interesting. If you love animation and music making, you could always major in those fields, but music making won't guarentee a job, and animation is mostly done by computers these days, but you could major in some kind of computer animation field... but thats more of a technical school thing and not a college thing... Computer Science would allow you to pick up pretty much any other computer related field, so if you did find a job in animation, you could likely be qualified... but you also have many other options as well...
Computer Science is computer programming with a bunch of theory and math involved. Majoring in this would allow you to write programs and applications for whatever company you work for, or you could research many interesting areas in CS.
Software Engineering is a branch off Computer Science, but is more towards the management side of designing computer software. Like the CS degree, you would also learn to write programs, but you would learn how to manage projects as well.
Personally, Computer Science would be more interesting. If you love animation and music making, you could always major in those fields, but music making won't guarentee a job, and animation is mostly done by computers these days, but you could major in some kind of computer animation field... but thats more of a technical school thing and not a college thing... Computer Science would allow you to pick up pretty much any other computer related field, so if you did find a job in animation, you could likely be qualified... but you also have many other options as well...
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