Besides workload issues, I think some people who drop computer/software engineering programs to go into computing science programs may simply be finding that th

Besides workload issues, I think some people who drop computer/software engineering programs to go into computing science programs may simply be finding that they have no interest in things like physics or chemistry at the university level. First year engineering courses in Canada, at least at the universities I know of, are pretty similar across all of its sub-disciplines. At UBC, first year courses include 4 physics courses (1 of which is a lab course) and 1 chem course [1]. At U of Alberta, first year courses include 1 physics course, 2 mechanics courses, and 2 chem courses [2]. At both UBC and U of A, first year engineering students get to take just one course on computing science/programming. So if you love to code and go into engineering to become a software engineer in Canada, you better also at least tolerate taking a bunch of chemistry and physics/mechanics courses... [1] http://students.engineering.ubc.ca/registering-courses http://students.engineering.ubc.ca/registering-courses [2] http://www.engineering.ualberta.ca/ProspectiveStudents/FirstYearTimetable.aspx http://www.engineering.ualberta.ca/ProspectiveStudents/First...