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Hello,

I'm an engineering student at a Canadian university studying software engineering. The program requirements are the same as that for a computer engineering major until my final year when I do a software project and extra cs & se courses.

I see my self doing some form of computational engineering/ quantitative modeling/developing (generic, economic/financial/credit, geological, biological etc) in the future and most likely not generic development (web & random applications). What do you guys think is a better program ("title")? The course requirements are very similar depending on electives so the main difference is pretty much the title. Does software engineering sound like a pigeonhole major? over specialization too early? "jack of all"?

I already get so many surprised reactions from other students when they find out I'm a "software engineering" major in their hardware classes. Would it be easier to transition to a quantitative career that's math intensive with "software engineering" vs Computer engineering?

Thank you

Edit: Is this target even possible without a math undergrad? I've realized that engineering mathematics is pretty weak. (No analysis, Algebra, and proofs etc ) I've seen many job postings and they require math/physics/cs undergrad for development and Phd for modeling. Can MFE's actually teach to that level of math in such a short time or are they just teaching C++?

<blockquote data-quote="Pasion" data-source="post: 21619" data-attributes="member: 1156">Hello,I&#039;m an engineering student at a Canadian university studying software engineering. The program requirements are the same as that for a computer engineering major until my final year when I do a software project and extra cs &amp; se courses.I see my self doing some form of computational engineering/ quantitative modeling/developing (generic, economic/financial/credit, geological, biological etc) in the future and most likely not generic development (web &amp; random applications). What do you guys think is a better program (&quot;title&quot;)? The course requirements are very similar depending on electives so the main difference is pretty much the title. Does software engineering sound like a pigeonhole major? over specialization too early? &quot;jack of all&quot;?I already get so many surprised reactions from other students when they find out I&#039;m a &quot;software engineering&quot; major in their hardware classes. Would it be easier to transition to a quantitative career that&#039;s math intensive with &quot;software engineering&quot; vs Computer engineering? Thank youEdit: Is this target even possible without a math undergrad? I&#039;ve realized that engineering mathematics is pretty weak. (No analysis, Algebra, and proofs etc ) I&#039;ve seen many job postings and they require math/physics/cs undergrad for development and Phd for modeling. Can MFE&#039;s actually teach to that level of math in such a short time or are they just teaching C++?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pasion, post: 21619, member: 1156"] Hello, I'm an engineering student at a Canadian university studying software engineering. The program requirements are the same as that for a computer engineering major until my final year when I do a software project and extra cs & se courses. I see my self doing some form of computational engineering/ quantitative modeling/developing (generic, economic/financial/credit, geological, biological etc) in the future and most likely not generic development (web & random applications). What do you guys think is a better program ("title")? The course requirements are very similar depending on electives so the main difference is pretty much the title. Does software engineering sound like a pigeonhole major? over specialization too early? "jack of all"? I already get so many surprised reactions from other students when they find out I'm a "software engineering" major in their hardware classes. Would it be easier to transition to a quantitative career that's math intensive with "software engineering" vs Computer engineering? Thank you Edit: Is this target even possible without a math undergrad? I've realized that engineering mathematics is pretty weak. (No analysis, Algebra, and proofs etc ) I've seen many job postings and they require math/physics/cs undergrad for development and Phd for modeling. Can MFE's actually teach to that level of math in such a short time or are they just teaching C++? [/QUOTE]

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