On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 9:45 AM, David Hilton <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hmm... I'd take Matt's advice into account before Bryan's.

Ha!  Maybe I just wasn't exposed to as many of the higher-level
courses in CS and the research the professors were doing.  I know a
couple guys that got their CompE bachelors and a CS masters, both from
BYU.  They are doing quite well for themselves now.  They did research
with CS professors that was interesting and relevant.  I also worked
in a research lab, in the EE dept., as an undergrad and that was a
good experience.  BYU in general is good about that.

It sounds like EE and CS are collaborating on more classes now than
when I was there, which is good.  There is a lot of overlap, and at
other Universities EE-CS is a combined department.  Not sure why they
aren't combined at BYU.

> Looking at the CE map, there are a few CS courses that aren't required that
> I'd definitely recommend you take if you're interested in software
> development (252, 312, 330, 428). If you're a CE major, maybe you'd feel
> like they're easy, but I do know you'd be covering valuable information.

The numbers might have changed since I was there.  There were some CS
classes I was really glad I took, and the one I really regret not
taking was compilers (but the professor teaching it was...one I didn't
click with).  There is a lot of CS material available online and in
books and if you know how to learn and have a solid foundation to
build on, you can pick it up.  There is no way you will get everything
you need to know from just your coursework anyway.

Bryan
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