[astrodust]

Computer Science is in no way a subset of Electrical Engineering.

I was in Computer Engineering, which is a subset of Electrical Engineering, and looked at transferring to Computer Science since I was more interested in software than hardware.

The two disciplines are enormously different and I'd basically have to do-over two years. Engineering forces everyone through the same fundamentals, you learn about physics, chemistry, and do outrageous amounts of math. In Computer Science it's a whole different track apart from the small amount of overlap in the programming courses.

At my university the Engineering Department was a separate entity from the entire school. Any engineering graduate was also on track to get their P.Eng. Computer Science students cannot get this without an engineering degree.

[ghaff]

Depends on the school.

At MIT, Course 6 is Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. 6-3 is Computer Science and Engineering and corresponds to a classic CS degree. 6-1 is more of a classic EE degree.

[strictnein]

Historically and in practice at many schools the CompSci program came out of the EE school. To say it's not a subset is simply wrong. You think math professors were the ones wiring up early experimental computer hardware?

Sounds like a strange computer science track at your school. And subpar, to be honest.