Is EECS more hardware (like CompE) or CS driven?

Colleges & Universities University of California - Berkeley
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<p>Or can you choose between the two?</p>

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<p>You are free to choose which ever subfield you want to specialize in EECS.</p>

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<p>You pretty much pick what you want to do.</p>

<p>Require (lower div) EECS classes:
CS70 - Discrete Math (Theory, proofs, probability)
CS61A - First CS class, how to program, tons of topics
CS61B - Data Structures (more software)
CS61C - Computer Architecture (memory management, caching, how a processor works)
EE40 - Intro to Circuits (analog and digital)
EE20N - Systems and Signals</p>

<p>Those are the only unavoidable classes. You also need at least 5 upper div EE/CS classes, but you can choose whatever you’d like for those.</p>

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<p>There are 6 (5?) defined EECS concentrations, including one which is “general”, so basically you’re free to fulfill the EECS requirements in any fashion you please. There a really nice PDF on the EECS site which lists a few sample plans based on related interests.</p>

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<p>Also is the grade deflation curve real?</p>

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<p>Grading: Yes, there’s a curve, but it’s usually pretty fair. More info on grading guidelines here: [Grading</a> Guidelines for Undergraduate Courses | EECS at UC Berkeley](<a href=“http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Policies/ugrad.grading.shtml]Grading”>Grading Guidelines for Undergraduate Courses | EECS at UC Berkeley)</p>

<p>PhotoMac: The options don’t really matter anymore, you pick whatever upper divs you want. The only difference between the options is what it says on your diploma. (ECE vs CSE I think?)</p>

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<p>No. They are all curved to a mean of some sort of B’s</p>

<p>Edit: failure622 beats me :’( I’m gonna go cry in a corner now.</p>

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<p>Re: [Grading</a> Guidelines for Undergraduate Courses | EECS at UC Berkeley](<a href=“http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Policies/ugrad.grading.shtml]Grading”>Grading Guidelines for Undergraduate Courses | EECS at UC Berkeley)</p>

<p>Actual grades were somewhat higher in 1999 than the 1989 policy states. See [Grade</a> Distributions for EECS and LSCS Students](<a href=“http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~hilfingr/report/]Grade”>http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~hilfingr/report/) . Given general trends in grade inflation, it is unlikely that they are lower now.</p>