UIUC Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Electrical Engineering - Differences and Difficulty

Disclaimer: While I hope this video helps high schoolers choose a major at UIUC, please do not let this video be your sole reason for choosing a major! It's meant as more of a jumping-off point and comparison, as I didn't go into much detail about any one major.

One thing I forgot to mention is that the topics on the right of the spectrum (mainly web dev and Google Script) are not topics you can really specialize in, but are rather just general examples of topics that are on that level of computing abstraction that many people might be familiar with.

As always, I am happy to answer any questions in the comments!

[fexzOG]

Thanks so much for the vid! Really needed the info👍

[PeterPan-zzhu]

Hi I'm interested in both robotics and artificial intelligence so do you think I should go for CS or CompE?

[rimurutempest]

Which is better for MSCS UIUC vs Georgia Tech

[ahardy]

Hi, I really liked digital electronics (I took it senior year and I’m coming into Grainger this fall) so which engineering field do you recommend? EE or CE or another one?

[mr.mistermind]

Thank you for making this video it was really helpful for me!
I was also wondering what differences in courseload for a CS vs CS+philosophy major might be. Also what kind of overlaps in careers could there be?

[lpothineni]

Thank you. Excellent video.
Can you elaborate on CS plus Economics?
Also, does the CS plus x students take CS courses in engineering along with other CS major students? Or do they have different set of classes and teachers?

[nainasingh]

Hi, if i take CS + Math, will it be considered a STEM course since it is in College of literature science and arts? Also, will job employers give less priority to someone whose not from engineering college?

[shekharsingh]

Hello, can you throw some light on type of jobs students get after completing CS + Maths and also can you compare them with pure CS jobs?... Also is the pay packet in CS + Maths much lower than pure CS?

[shinejnn]

Does CE really really covers both Electrical and Computer science topic?