Why Choose UC Santa Barbara Computer Engineering?
This helpful brouchure from the UCSB College of Engineering has information sections that include:
- Why I Chose UCSB: interview with a CE Senior...
- Why Study Computer Engineering: ever wonder how an iPod works?...
- Are You in Demand?: starting salaries for computer engineers...
- Why I Transferred: interview with a Santa Barbara City College transfer student...
- Admissions: high school and transfer student preparation...
- And More... (pdf brochure)
Contact the CE Program about a copy of the "Why Choose UC Santa Barbara Computer Engineering" brochure - info@ce.ucsb.edu
Why Computer Engineering?
We are often asked the question, why Computer Engineering compared to Computer Science or Electrical Engineering?
The CE Program has a focus on the design of computer systems. Students learn a mixture of hardware design and software concepts. They gain experience on both sides of the traditional hardware/software "fence" and have unique capabilities in the creation and interfacing of computer systems with the real-world.
- Computer engineers differ from traditional electrical engineers in that they do not study as much analog circuit design and analysis but instead trade the units spent on those subjects for additional software-based experience.
- CE students differ from traditional computer science students mainly with respect to their appreciation and understanding of the lowest-level interactions between software and hardware.
- The CE Program trades some of the CS units normally spent on selected specialized software topics in exchange for more digital hardware design and peripheral systems interfacing.
By these comparisons one can see that the Computer Engineering student is a blend between a "pure EE" and a "pure CS" student.