B.S. COMPUTER ENGINEERING at University of California San Diego

The BS computer engineering program is jointly administered by the Departments of Computer Science and Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering. The curriculum is the same in both departments. Students wishing to take the computer engineering program must be admitted to one of the departments.

Many exciting innovations have recently sprung from the boundary between hardware and software — the domain of computer engineering.  Harnessing hardware and software together opens the door to building innovative technologies that are not possible in one domain or the other.  Topics in the exciting field span many areas of computer science and electrical engineering:  embedded systems, computer architecture, robotics, cryptography & security, machine learning, mobile & ubiquitous computing, and systems & networking.  CSE’s undergraduate program provides three majors and a wide spectrum of electives, allowing you to craft your academic and career interests.

The lower-division computer engineering program is designed to provide a strong foundation in mathematics, physics, electrical engineering, programming methodology and skills, and computer organization. Upper-division core courses deal with the theory and design of algorithms, hardware and software, as well as electronic systems. Students can gain additional breadth and/ or depth in computer science and engineering by an appropriate selection of technical electives.