Both majors are heavy in theory and practical application, which is vital for building a strong knowledge base for a range of IT careers, however, the key difference is that computer science focuses on software , while computer engineering is more about the hardware . Hope its clear now

Dear Student,

"Engineering differs from "science" in that science is about discovering and describing how things work while engineering is about applying understanding of how things work to make things do what you want them to do. Technology generally refers to current

practice and things commonly in use - in a degree title, it often implies a stronger focus on job training, sacrificing the theoretical background and breadth of a classical 4-year undergraduate curriculum.



If you think about it, computing at its core really is mostly engineering, with science primarily in the underlying mathematics. Thus, it shouldn't be too surprising that "computer science" tends to put emphasis on the mathematical foundations, but that

includes algorithms and hence programming -primarily at the application level. Usually there is not much hardware in computer science.



In contrast, computer engineering generally should involve understanding. designing, and optimizing not only what the hardware and software aspects of computing systems are, but also how they interact. Thus it includes material from both computer

science and electrical engineering, and is

close to being a double major. However

emphasis is on things like logic design,

computer architecture, compilers, operating

systems, and embedded computing systems

(interfacing computers inside other devices)



Names like "computer science and

engineering" usually reflect a computer

science emphasis with a little computer

engineering exposure. I would expect a

computer science and technology"

curriculum to be computer science with

hands-on job-training content



Hope I have made myself clear.

Best Wishes!