Computer System Engineering: Hardware or Software Major?

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Computer system engineering encompasses both hardware and software disciplines. Students in this field will engage with fundamental electrical concepts, including analog and digital systems, and will take advanced courses in digital electronics, such as DSPs, FPGAs, ASICs, and computer architecture during their junior and senior years. On the software side, they will learn high-level programming languages like C, C++, and Java, as well as low-level programming in x86 assembly. The curriculum also includes theoretical computer science topics such as algorithms and decidability. In their later years, students will undertake projects that align with their interests, which may involve networking or error correction on the software side and FPGA projects on the hardware side.
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I am doing Computer system engineering.. i am basically hardware engineer or a software engineer?? mean what is the major of comp sys engr?? hardware or software??
 
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As a computer engineer you will deal with both hardware and software. On the hardware side you will be presented with basic electrical concepts like analog and digital. You will probably have more courses in digital electronics( DSPs, FPGAs, ASICs, COmputer Architecture etc.) in your junior and senior courses. On the software side apart from a few high level languages(C,C++, JAVA) and low level prorgramming( x86 assembly), you will have to learn some theoretical CS like algorithms, decidability and tractability etc. In Junior and Senior years on the software side you will probably have some projects in your areas of interest like networking or error correction. On the othe hardware side you might have projects involving FPGAs( eg. software radio).

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