[SOLVED] Electrical or Computer Engineering?

Maxwell

Well there are plenty of options if you have a specific interest.

For example, I am an EE doing a computer science minor. I really wanted to be an EE, but I like programming so I chose a CS minor.

I could have done CoE, but then I'd miss out on a few classes that EE's take that I wanted to take, but are not required by CoE's.

There are plenty of combinations for you to chose from if you have a certain interest. Do some research for the crossover opportunities at your school.

Antiphon

EE is much broader than CE in scope.

If you will be a professional software developer/programmer, go CE.

Otherwise you will see and do more in your career as a EE. (I do.)

chroot

This is incorrect. In the vast majority of cases, the degrees are quite comparable. The majority of the curricula (circuit analysis, digital design, etc.) are the same.
Horrible advice. You will not learn to be a professional programmer in a computer engineering program; that's what CS is for. CpE will teach you how to build a computer from silicon, and a little bit about how to program it. CpE is mostly electronics with a little programming thrown in.
Also false. The vast majority of industry positions make no distinction between EE and CpE students, and the same jobs are generally available to both. Also, keep in mind that the experience you'll gain in first couple of years on the job pretty much nulls whatever you did in college.

- Warren

Antiphon

I stand corrected. I thought you meant Computer Science which is
usually the study of programming, not the engineering of computer
systems.

What I meant in my post was that Electrical Engineering will expose you
to a broader range of sciences (usually physics) that Software Engineering
otherwise would.

chroot

That I can agree with. Computer science is basically applied mathematics.

- Warren