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Degree in Computer Engineering. 5 year program covering how a computer works inside, culminating in designing ad building your own computer from scratch (I mean literally from scratch, just wires and basic AND/OR/NOT gates) to make a Von Numen like architecture with a basic (also from scratch) OS. I definitely learned more practical stuff from that to help me in every day software design than I would with a CS degree.


Most university engineering departments were torn between creating a new discipline (Computer Engineering) versus keeping the original Electrical Engineering designation and allowing students to take elective CS courses.

It seems like such a trivial issue since most universities (I believe) now offer the distinction, but 20 years ago you would probably have been joining the 'young' Computer Engineering discipline. As an interesting data point, MIT still classifies the program as the "Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science"[1]

[1]http://www.eecs.mit.edu/


berkeley does the same thing: eecs.berkeley.edu




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