<p>I don’t know about others. In my experience, at my school, EE and CPE also differed by 4 classes + a couple labs.And then for about 25 units ( quarter), EE students can choose whatever emphasis or specified program they want to do. Im doing CPE because I don’t want to take Power engineering and some material courses. I think if you like Power, Instrumentation, Illumination , Communication you should go for EE. If you like Digital System, Mircoelectronic, Network and a little bit Software engineering, you should go for CPE.</p>
<p>Also , at some schools like mine, a CPE student can get the same emphasis or certificate as an EE student gets if that student finishes the course requirement.</p>