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Do you think that computer science is a field of engineering? Why or why not
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Anonymous 3w

CS major here, no. We are scientists by title, but we can still do things like “software engineering”. So sure, there’s aspects of engineering in CS, but CS and CENG are two different majors.

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Anonymous 3w

Yeah, just because it’s not as physical you’re still designing and operating systems of parts

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Anonymous 3w

I don’t even think I understand what engineering is as a whole but it sounds technical as fuck so I’m gonna say yes

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Anonymous 3w

Another CS major here, it can depend. So with “computer science” that’s a LARGE field generally speaking. There might be some “engineering” in aspects or field of the circuitry aspect of it, but there’s just as much if not more algebraic and mathematical logic present. Also there’s something to be said about hardware versus software. Heck, my degree is in game development, I would consider what I do to be more physics or art than engineering or science lol

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Anonymous 3w

yes🥲🥲

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Anonymous 3w

yes because it’s in engineering college

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 3w

As both a comp sci and a comp engineering major and imo the key difference is CS - software engineering, CPE - hardware engineering but both are for sure engineering. CPE builds you the computer while CS makes the computer do things

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 3w

Physics is a science too. I’d say software development is engineering in general. A big part of engineering is creating solutions to problems. So I feel like devs are a kind of engineer in that aspect of creating solutions but specifically through coding if that makes sense

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