You obvisouly don't know what is taught in SE. Let's take McGill as an example (from http://www.cs.mcgill.ca/academic/undergrad/programs/science-majors http://w

You obvisouly don't know what is taught in SE. Let's take McGill as an example (from http://www.cs.mcgill.ca/academic/undergrad/programs/science-majors http://www.cs.mcgill.ca/academic/undergrad/programs/science-...) CS: This program is the standard Major program offered by the School of Computer Science. It provides a broad introduction to the principles of computer science and offers ample opportunity to acquire in-depth knowledge of several sub-disciplines. At the same time, its credit requirements allow students to take an additional minor. SE: This program provides a broad introduction to the principles of computer science and covers in depth the design and development of software systems. For example, I recall that my SE program had some common courses with other engineering branches (ethics and technology, entrepreneurship, communication, finances for project manager), which were common to all engineering disciplines.