interested in going to school for computer engineering

[Slugger00001]

I'm interested in the computer tech field as a career, but math is challenging for me. Should I even try? or start focusing on something else? Are there other computer fields that I can go to school for that involve not as hard math as going to school for Computer engineering?

[gunotman]

try computer science. or electrical engineer.

[Slugger00001]

try computer science. or electrical engineer.



Thanks for the tip

[Maestro]

I'm interested in the computer tech field as a career, but math is challenging for me. Should I even try? or start focusing on something else? Are there other computer fields that I can go to school for that involve not as hard math as going to school for Computer engineering?

anything Engineering based and you're going to have to go up pretty high in math and not only that, you'll be using that level of math in your upperdivision classes. If you say you're not good at math.....i'm not going to say you shouldn't pursue it but it will be a bit of a challenge for you, but not impossible.

I wish I realized this earlier, but every class that is taught in a university is meant for you to pass. It may sound like common sense but there will be times when exams and assignments seem impossible when they are not. For the most part all professors want to see their students pass. Professors have office hours, you can form study groups and you can even hire tutors.

[charity4thepoor]

Thanks for the tip

if ur not good at math dont do EE man. its one of the hardest majors when it comes to math. CS is solid though

[fcb1012]

I'm 3rd year EE. Started out CE but didn't care for the more advanced programming classes. EE does involve a lot of math, and can be difficult at times. Most engineering majors require advanced mathematics in most all classes. You could go into engineering but want actually experience in depth stuff till really your junior year. Some classes you will in your 2nd year. You will be introduced with calculus, differential equations, linear algebra your first two years. If you can Not do good in those classes I would not pursue engineeting.

[Slugger00001]

Thanks everyone for the tips.

[wingman11]

CS/EE/CE all require a good bit of math.

for CS, you'll need calc1/2, linear algebra, and a statistics course.

for CE, you'll need all of that + differential equations and multivariable calc.

[Tracker54]

Hey bro, I'm a 2. year EE (Automation) student.

FWIW, the math and physics can be a pretty rough leap from earlier courses, but it's manageable with some good, hard work. And lots of motivation.

I failed pre-calc THREE times at first, give it a last shot, and just scrapped my ass by. Got accepted to first year EE, and had Calc 1 and 2. Got B on them :) I've never felt happier before, because I REALLY, REALLY got my **** together for the first year, and it finally paid off.

If you want to become a programmer and chip designer, CE could could be the thing for you. EE is a bit more hardware/circuit and systems oriented.

Automation, which is a sub-genre of EE (you can choose that right away, or you can choose it on the 2 second year at most school), and is a pretty good education if you want to work in the industries (oil/gas for example), and is very heavy on programming too.

But yeah, work hard and get results. You'll use math through most all later courses...some elementary stuff (easy logic, algebra, simple matrices etc), other pretty hard (large systems of equations and models, transformations and all other combined)