<p>I’m a bit confused about how an engineering major is declared. I know it’s really hard to switch between different engineering majors, but when is your major officially declared.</p>
<p>I know that I want to do computer science or something very closely related - like computer engineering or computer science and engineering - whichever UCLA offers. </p>
<p>Is the major that you list when you first apply the one that’s your official major? Or is it made official at another time?</p>
<p>And since I’m on the topic, how different are the two majors? I really like math and programming, but I’d also like to be exposed to circuitry and know how drivers work. In other words, I’m really interested in both the hardware and software aspects of computers. Would CSE be a better option for me than just plain CS?</p>
<p>i’m cse, it combines classes from cs and ee rather than just having straight cs classes. cs takes more conceptual classes for computer science later on i believe whereas cse takes electrical engineering and circuitry classes that cs majors arent required to</p>
If you’re into circuit design/analysis and drivers/firmware I strongly recommend EECE over both CSE and CS. The EECE program has the most in-depth curriculum with regards to the low-level hardware aspects of computers. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>When does UCLA send out scholarship information?
I got into UIUC Comp Sci and I get 50,000 over 4 years in scholarships.
Does UCLA give out very many? There would be no point to consider UCLA over UIUC comp sci, especially if you pay more for UCLA right?</p>
<p>how is UCLA’s comp sci in Henry Samueli engineering school? Is it more theoretical or more applied? </p>
<p>I’ve been researching all about berkeley’s CS program, but I got rejected. :(</p>
<p>also is it true that engineering students live completely different lifestyles from liberal arts majors? I’m not the type of hardcore study nerd; I think i’d fit in more with the liberal arts majors.</p>
The Computer Science program is very theoretical, but that doesn’t mean you’ll have difficulty finding employment post-graduation. The amount of weekly studying is fairly consistent among HSSEAS majors, and South Campus in general, but you can always change majors to the College of Letters and Sciences. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>“also is it true that engineering students live completely different lifestyles from liberal arts majors? I’m not the type of hardcore study nerd; I think i’d fit in more with the liberal arts majors.”</p>
<p>Oi vay. No, it’s not true. Engineering majors can be athletic/alcoholic/player/any other kind of non-nerd stereotype you can think of too. It’s just a major, not a lifestyle.</p>
<p>Not all engineers are the nerd stereotypes. Reason why people choose engineering is a passion in life, to make something out of nothing (basic fundamental property of engineering) it seems. </p>
<p>A lot of the mechanical/aerospace I know go into Mech/Aero because they like to fly planes, build bicycles or cars.</p>
<p>Every major has its share of nerds, party-goers, naysayers and what not. UCLA is a diverse campus and you’ll most likely find what you want to do before you graduate.</p>
<p>Do I feel that south campus majors have to work harder than north campus majors? Yes and no. If you use your time wisely and study, you can have a social life and do well in school.</p>
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<p>Repost of an old post of mine:</p>
<p>ChemE is not for everyone.</p>
<p>There are nights where we are cursing the professors and damning them. We’ve dubbed “assign a lot of homework before midterm and cover it on midterm” as a Senkan after Professor Senkan himself.</p>
<p>There are nights where we actually talk to them and have a beer with them. People may hate Monoboquette for being a hard professor but he’s really cool if you get to know him esp during the faculty social. He’ll kick your butt in pool for a professor. I know people got drunk with Hicks and was arm wrestling him. He sponsored a wine social and paid like $500 out of his own pockets.</p>
<p>I guess it’s a love/hate relationship?</p>
<p>The smartest people in the class, do we hate them? No, even if they screw up the curve, why? Because they usually are willing to help you out. The smartest guy in ChemE is a really nice guy.</p>
<p>You reap what you sow. Put in your heart and effort into ChemE, you’ll be rewarded financially, academically and physically.</p>
<p>physics doesn’t make a difference. you can petition out of 1A (mechanics) if you want, but i’m not so sure that’s a smart move. perhaps someone else can answer that.</p>
<p>your first year in terms of math would be multivariable calc and linear algebra, possibly differential equations if you take the second half of multivar with linear algebra winter quarter.</p>
<p>other than math, you’ll be taking chem and physics. you’ll start having labs during winter quarter. you can pick when you want to take them, though most people start with chem. other than that, probably GEs and maybe computer science.</p>
<p>i think the recommended track goes like this:
fall quarter: math 32a, chem 20a, engcomp 3/GE
winter: math 32b, chem 20b + 20L (lab), physics
spring: math 33a, physics + lab, computer science</p>
<p>switching majors within engineering the first 3-4 quarters isn’t a big deal, and switching out of engineering isn’t a big deal at all.</p>
<p>Petition out of Newtonian Mechanics if you feel like you mastered Physics C. Very important fundamentals, but still elementary. Not very important material for EE.</p>
<p>If you want to take a physics-interest course and have time, skip out of 1A and take quantum mechanics, E&M waves, quantum computers, etc. This will help you develop more flexible math/science skills which will be extremely valuable in the future (you’ll understand why in the years to come)</p>
<p>If I do an EECE major, will that sacrifice any programming skills I might attain as a CS or CSE major?</p>
<p>As of now, my main interest is programming and compilers and that sort of stuff. I’m also interested in hardware, but not as much. What I’m looking for is a CS major, but with some focus in hardware. Couldn’t I just take some EE classes as electives later on and put those on my resume if I was applying for something which required knowledge of circuitry, drivers, etc.? Or would I have to take CS electives.</p>
<p>How is the grad school recruitment for UCLA bioengineering and materials engineering? Seeing as they’re the two weakest engineering majors at UCLA, does that mean grad schools will recruit from schools that are stronger in this major? (ie. Cal or SD each send 5 to the school while UCLA only sends 2-3)</p>
Yes, you’ll miss out on a lot of programming electives as an EECE major versus CS/CSE. You won’t have to take courses like CS 130 (Software Engineering), CS 143 (Database Systems) and CS 161 (Artificial Intelligence) as part of your major, but you can still take them if you have room in your schedule since they only require CS 32. Unfortunately, EE upper-division courses tend to be very hierarchical in their pre-requisites. For example, to get a full understanding of circuits, both digital and analog, you need to take a chain of courses: EE 10, EE 102, EE 115A, EE 115B, EE 115C, EE 115D. CSE doesn’t go this far in-depth; you have to be EECE, and you’ll have to sacrifice those CS electives if you want to graduate in four years. :rolleyes:</p>