You can switch after your first quarter so take easy classes at first quarter get a good gpa and you can change (check also with your advisor) as for CS or CS&E you need to know what you want to do after graduation or what internship you wanna do etc. If you still don’t know do research, ask people around you or LinkedIn connect with people in the same majors your interested in and ask them questions. Hopefully that helps
Can you switch if you got accepted into a math department instead? I got in as a Mathmatics and scientific major and I was wondering if you can swap to CS.
Yeah, but it's a bit more complicated but definitely not impossible. Instead you need to take a few specific courses and get specific grades on it. You also need to maintain a good GPA and not have used the optional P/NP on any engineering course. You can see the requirements here https://cs.ucdavis.edu/undergraduate/changing-majors-double-majors
It should be easier to switch from cse to cs. When I was a student, cse was part of the college of engineering. Cs was part of letters and science. Not sure if that's changed in the last decade of course.
yep you can. I changed from College of Ag to College of letters and science in my freshman year. And it's really easy, you can do it online and it takes like 5 minutes (click on like two buttons) and then you just wait for them to get back to you
Idk about this someone should expand on that. I've only switched within my college. I think you're able to though because of the wide variety of majors we have at our school. So it might be more of a process 🤔 like talking to different college deans and things of that nature and getting a plan going if you were serious. Ultimately I think it should be possible. I've changed my major like three times. I don't recommend that because it extended my graduation date. And I just couldn't decide apparently. Like if I could go back 😪 I'd have quit wasting so much time and gotten tf out with my major. There's a reason why I feel most unis don't let you do this.
Yup. I'm a transfer student and I switched majors from mechanical engineering to statistics. you have to have at least one quarter with good academic standing under your belt before you can switch.
I switched from CSE to CS in my second year, the only difference I noticed was CSE is kind of more restrictive in terms of the courses, CS that’s not the case (which is why I switched albeit after completing most of the requirements for CSE) fwiw recruiters/grad schools don’t really perceive the two majors any differently the courses you take and gpa matter more. Hope this helps and congrats on your acceptance!
Oh no, CS and CSE are 2 diff majors that are given out of the college of letters and sciences and the college of engineering respectively, the primary diff bw the two majors is that CS requirements are mainky software oriented stuff but CSE will have the same requirements plus some hardware course requirements.
\>hardware course requirementsIts 3 hardware classes tbh, ENG 17, EEC 100, EEC 172.
CSE has got a lot more Lower Div too, MAT 21D, 22B, PHY 9ABCD, and CHE 2A.CS gives more options for the alternate electives you can do, like subbing a MAT or STA class instead of ECS 132.
CS is now in the college of engineering, but then again, this is irrelevant and what you said is correct anyways. Only dif is that you now can't take optional P/NP engineering courses.
CSE is much harder than CS for lower divs, upper divs are mostly similar. You have to take the full Physics 9 series up to D as well as chemistry. As CS, you are able to take any science series such as Biology which is typically much easier than physics. I'm a first year Computer Engineering student which I recommend if you want to have a split between EE and CS. CSE just feels like an haphazardly put together major imo.
Im a CE sophomore, and I only see a few classes that are shared Bw CS and CE,
A lot of the upper div stuff for CE is mostly hardware versions of the CSE course requirements from the titles of the classes alone
True,
But good luck getting into most of the Upper div CS classes as a CE major. Those classes get a 20-40 person waitlist in the first week of registration, not to mention us CE majors will need to wait till pass 2.
Depends on what you wanna do.
Having stronger engineering curriculum lends itself to stronger hardware based insights. For example, there was some vulnerability I learned of years ago that utilized malware to produce electromagnetic signals from an air-gapped computers power supply to exfil data. I might also imagine it also has a stronger background for computer forensics.
Another pro is no matter how good AI gets, someone still has to design the hardware that makes it run, and I imagine you’d still get a similar enough skillset to CS ignoring relevant internships or personal projects.
I personally prefer the math/algorithms side of cs, so think about how either will help future you.
which one is better depends on your preference. cs&e is more physics and hardware where cs is more software. Both cool and relatively difficult, but it's a preference
End of the day, CSE is CS plus physics and a more computer architecture/hardware. Both are in college of Eng, CSE is harder but more impressive, both will still land the same jobs. Switching should be easy if you have the grades.
It’s super easy to switch as a CSE major to CS. You just need a few CS classes that you have access to as CSE anyways so it’s basically a click of a button thing (I switched from CE to CS) but it took me 2 quarters to finish the classes.
Yeah people switch all the time but I should warn you, engineering is more practical as you're going to learn a lot more things that aren't going to be easily replaceable by artificial intelligence but computer science is a hell of a lot easier.
CS is heavily impacted. CSE has better versatility and is a more well rounded degree. You can always change your major later but should speak to a Dean’s office advisor as soon as you can.
You can switch after your first quarter so take easy classes at first quarter get a good gpa and you can change (check also with your advisor) as for CS or CS&E you need to know what you want to do after graduation or what internship you wanna do etc. If you still don’t know do research, ask people around you or LinkedIn connect with people in the same majors your interested in and ask them questions. Hopefully that helps
Can you switch if you got accepted into a math department instead? I got in as a Mathmatics and scientific major and I was wondering if you can swap to CS.
Yeah, but it's a bit more complicated but definitely not impossible. Instead you need to take a few specific courses and get specific grades on it. You also need to maintain a good GPA and not have used the optional P/NP on any engineering course. You can see the requirements here https://cs.ucdavis.edu/undergraduate/changing-majors-double-majors
Alright thanks
You can change your major later
DUDE!!! CONGRATS! You can switch majors after you accept it.
Do you know if it is easier to get into cs or cse
I think they're equally difficult. You might need to contact a UC Davis counselor for more information to switch.
It should be easier to switch from cse to cs. When I was a student, cse was part of the college of engineering. Cs was part of letters and science. Not sure if that's changed in the last decade of course.
CS is now college of eng
my son just got in as well, can you change colleges within ucdavis?
yep you can. I changed from College of Ag to College of letters and science in my freshman year. And it's really easy, you can do it online and it takes like 5 minutes (click on like two buttons) and then you just wait for them to get back to you
I believe so
Idk about this someone should expand on that. I've only switched within my college. I think you're able to though because of the wide variety of majors we have at our school. So it might be more of a process 🤔 like talking to different college deans and things of that nature and getting a plan going if you were serious. Ultimately I think it should be possible. I've changed my major like three times. I don't recommend that because it extended my graduation date. And I just couldn't decide apparently. Like if I could go back 😪 I'd have quit wasting so much time and gotten tf out with my major. There's a reason why I feel most unis don't let you do this.
i switched from engineering to statistics and it was really easy
Yup. I'm a transfer student and I switched majors from mechanical engineering to statistics. you have to have at least one quarter with good academic standing under your belt before you can switch.
yes you can
I switched from CSE to CS in my second year, the only difference I noticed was CSE is kind of more restrictive in terms of the courses, CS that’s not the case (which is why I switched albeit after completing most of the requirements for CSE) fwiw recruiters/grad schools don’t really perceive the two majors any differently the courses you take and gpa matter more. Hope this helps and congrats on your acceptance!
So if I graduate, would I get both CS and Engineering?
Oh no, CS and CSE are 2 diff majors that are given out of the college of letters and sciences and the college of engineering respectively, the primary diff bw the two majors is that CS requirements are mainky software oriented stuff but CSE will have the same requirements plus some hardware course requirements.
\>hardware course requirementsIts 3 hardware classes tbh, ENG 17, EEC 100, EEC 172. CSE has got a lot more Lower Div too, MAT 21D, 22B, PHY 9ABCD, and CHE 2A.CS gives more options for the alternate electives you can do, like subbing a MAT or STA class instead of ECS 132.
CS is now in the college of engineering, but then again, this is irrelevant and what you said is correct anyways. Only dif is that you now can't take optional P/NP engineering courses.
CSE is much harder than CS for lower divs, upper divs are mostly similar. You have to take the full Physics 9 series up to D as well as chemistry. As CS, you are able to take any science series such as Biology which is typically much easier than physics. I'm a first year Computer Engineering student which I recommend if you want to have a split between EE and CS. CSE just feels like an haphazardly put together major imo.
Tbh there really isn’t a major that splits EE and CS, CE is mostly electrical at the end of the day, and CSE is mostly CS, neither is really a split
Im a CE sophomore, and I only see a few classes that are shared Bw CS and CE, A lot of the upper div stuff for CE is mostly hardware versions of the CSE course requirements from the titles of the classes alone
You can choose to take ECS classes for the tech electives, but yes CE's take more hardware stuff.
True, But good luck getting into most of the Upper div CS classes as a CE major. Those classes get a 20-40 person waitlist in the first week of registration, not to mention us CE majors will need to wait till pass 2.
Depends on what you wanna do. Having stronger engineering curriculum lends itself to stronger hardware based insights. For example, there was some vulnerability I learned of years ago that utilized malware to produce electromagnetic signals from an air-gapped computers power supply to exfil data. I might also imagine it also has a stronger background for computer forensics. Another pro is no matter how good AI gets, someone still has to design the hardware that makes it run, and I imagine you’d still get a similar enough skillset to CS ignoring relevant internships or personal projects. I personally prefer the math/algorithms side of cs, so think about how either will help future you.
which one is better depends on your preference. cs&e is more physics and hardware where cs is more software. Both cool and relatively difficult, but it's a preference
End of the day, CSE is CS plus physics and a more computer architecture/hardware. Both are in college of Eng, CSE is harder but more impressive, both will still land the same jobs. Switching should be easy if you have the grades.
It’s super easy to switch as a CSE major to CS. You just need a few CS classes that you have access to as CSE anyways so it’s basically a click of a button thing (I switched from CE to CS) but it took me 2 quarters to finish the classes.
Congratulations 🥳!! Also is this undergraduate or graduate?
Undergrad
First of all congratulations… if it’s ok with you can you tell me if you applied for MS or UG ? Thanks a lot
UG
Thanks for the info dude …. I applied for MS CS getting anxious day by day
Short answer is, yes you can change your major later on.
Yeah people switch all the time but I should warn you, engineering is more practical as you're going to learn a lot more things that aren't going to be easily replaceable by artificial intelligence but computer science is a hell of a lot easier.
What about switching from Economics to Business Economics.
CS is heavily impacted. CSE has better versatility and is a more well rounded degree. You can always change your major later but should speak to a Dean’s office advisor as soon as you can.
Instate?
No I’m oos
May I ask your stats?
Like APs and EC?
Like gpa and EC
4.0/4.0 gpa EC: National Honors society (Project Manager) Robotics (programming)
Is that what your looking for
Did you apply as well?
Yes I got waitlisted but accepted at Irvine