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I went to a school that was 82% mechanical engineering (or something like that) For a CS degree. It was common question why we didn’t offer software engineerin

I went to a school that was 82% mechanical engineering (or something like that) For a CS degree. It was common question why we didn’t offer software engineering instead of computer science. The simple answer was an “engineering “ degree required non-applicable physical sciences, like heat transfer and an statics. Interesting, but not applicable to shipping software products.

robjan 3y ago
I did Computer Science (not software engineering) as an engineering classified degree i.e MEng. The key difference is that it included more management and some other modules required to make the degree accredited by the IET to meet the UK-SPEC (UK Standard for Professional Engineering Competence and Commitment) of the academic requirements for CEng (Chartered Engineer). This is pretty common in the UK if you do an "integrated masters" degree which is the path of least resistance to becoming professionally registered.
- pjmlp 3y ago
  Ah, going sideways due to your "integrated masters" degree reference. Before Bologna, all Portuguese engineering degrees with 5 years, with masters and Phd, coming on top with additional 2 and 3 years respectively. There were exceptions like polytechnics being 4 years, but they were a small subset. With Bologna agreement reducing the standard set of years down to 3 years, that was felt like a downgrade, and so "integrated masters" degree was born to match the original 5 year degree, and everything remains as it was. Was it similar in UK?
CrampusDestrus 3y ago
In my country we have a strong separation between a CS degree and a SWE degree. As a SWE graduate I was expected to know tons of maths, physics, control theory, signals analysis, circuit theory, electronics, telecommunications networks and operative research. This was roughly half the courses, the other half were the usual stuff like logic circuits, algorithms, operative systems, databases, computer architectures , etc.
- peterpost2 3y ago
  Sweden?
frankreyes 3y ago
Interesting, never thought about that. I did a CS degree. Universities probably prefer that, given all things considered, it's better to teach NP than heat transfer, because it's more related to computers? Also big tech like to ask about CS stuff in the interviews.

robjan 3y ago

I did Computer Science (not software engineering) as an engineering classified degree i.e MEng. The key difference is that it included more management and some other modules required to make the degree accredited by the IET to meet the UK-SPEC (UK Standard for Professional Engineering Competence and Commitment) of the academic requirements for CEng (Chartered Engineer). This is pretty common in the UK if you do an "integrated masters" degree which is the path of least resistance to becoming professionally registered.

pjmlp 3y ago
Ah, going sideways due to your "integrated masters" degree reference. Before Bologna, all Portuguese engineering degrees with 5 years, with masters and Phd, coming on top with additional 2 and 3 years respectively. There were exceptions like polytechnics being 4 years, but they were a small subset. With Bologna agreement reducing the standard set of years down to 3 years, that was felt like a downgrade, and so "integrated masters" degree was born to match the original 5 year degree, and everything remains as it was. Was it similar in UK?

CrampusDestrus 3y ago

In my country we have a strong separation between a CS degree and a SWE degree. As a SWE graduate I was expected to know tons of maths, physics, control theory, signals analysis, circuit theory, electronics, telecommunications networks and operative research. This was roughly half the courses, the other half were the usual stuff like logic circuits, algorithms, operative systems, databases, computer architectures , etc.

peterpost2 3y ago
Sweden?

frankreyes 3y ago

Interesting, never thought about that. I did a CS degree. Universities probably prefer that, given all things considered, it's better to teach NP than heat transfer, because it's more related to computers? Also big tech like to ask about CS stuff in the interviews.