Marcelina Schossow: I think both are worthy and to be good at one of the two fields, you have to understand the other also. The salary for either field is equivalent so that shouldn't be a deciding factor. Your question isn't clear as to what you're trying to decide, so I'll have two parts to my answer. First, if you're trying to figure out what field to apply for when filling out your college application, sign up for the major that is harder to get into. I would do that only if you are sure that you can get in without any doubt. Once that opportunity is passed, it will be much harder to transfer into the major if you change your mind. In my experience at Berkeley, I should have elected to go into the College of Engineering as an EECS major but opted to go into the College of Letters and Science instead. After getting in, it was impossible to transfer into the College of Engineering and I "settled" for Computer Science. The second part of my answer deals with career choic! e and it all depends upon your personal preference. I'm going to assume "Electrical & Computer Engineer" is the EECS major (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science). The major demands more knowledge and applications of the "pure" sciences of Physics and Math. When designing circuits, you be using what you learned about electricity in Physics (creating a circuit loop with a resistor and capacitor, voltage potential, etc). If you get into microprocessor design, you'll apply truth tables from Math to get proper output for various input values. Perhaps you could even get into wireless design, where you would be applying Fast Fourier transforms to design antennas and receivers (like the cell phone industry). In all, EECS is more of an applied science field. I'm in the Computer Science field and can speak more from my experience. In the major, less science is required and a different type of Math is required. In fact, no Physics or Chemistry is required when I was a major. Ba! sic Calculus was still required but not the more difficult Dif! ferential Equations. Instead, Discrete Math was required. Computer Science consists more of mental exercises for finding the "best" solution. If you enjoy solving puzzles, this would be the career choice for you (such as what is the most efficient way to sort data in a binary tree and store it for future use). Careers are varied and plentiful in operating system design, databases, internet services, and the up and coming personal mobile device applications. If you play a lot of computer games, this would be a great field to enter also. Note that some colleges offer a lot of crossover sub-majors in this area, so it's not a "black and white" choice. The EECS major may offer a pure Computer Science option as a graduation choice. In the Computer Science major, I was still required to take logic circuits (and build a project, a chess clock, with TTL chips) and microprocessor design (and draw up a schematic of a simple microprocessor using TTL chips). Good luck in your choice!...! Show more
Stephnie Patout: Computer Science....I was pursuing bio-med engineering but i realized there is no potential until i get my master or ph.d...so i changed my major to computer science....it is better to pursue a computer science degree...there are many jobs in this field, and its high paying....
Len Bormes: I concern about which one is easier to get a job
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