If computer science is all you want to study, then an engineering school might not be the best place for you. You're probably better off at a small liberal art

If computer science is all you want to study, then an engineering school might not be the best place for you. You're probably better off at a small liberal arts school. At Schools like MIT and Berkeley, computer science is an optional specialization in the EECS program. If you look at the MIT course maps for the three main degree paths (EE, EE+CS, and CS) you'll see that 6.01 and 6.02, the replacements for 6.001 (the SICP course) are foundational for all 3 specializations. http://www.eecs.mit.edu/ug/ug_6-1.html http://www.eecs.mit.edu/ug/ug_6-1.html http://www.eecs.mit.edu/ug/ug_6-2.html http://www.eecs.mit.edu/ug/ug_6-2.html http://www.eecs.mit.edu/ug/ug_6-3.html http://www.eecs.mit.edu/ug/ug_6-3.html