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How many various fields can you dive into for EECS, and what are the details about each field?

I'm considering in majoring in EECS for college as a undergraduate and I would like to learn more about the various field of studies from professionals that are already in the field of study. #college #college-major #engineering

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Dan’s Answer

The EE degree is optimized for engineering jobs in a technical environment while the CS degree is optimized for (computer) business related jobs (banks, retail, finance). The EECS is a mix of the two which provides a more broad exposure to both (rather than specializing on one or the other).
The EECS degree will allow to you have a huge array of career options. I will list only a few career options as it is not possible to list them all.

High Voltage Engineer (think electrical power generation for houses and businesses)
Electrical design of new hardware
System designer (using existing hardware)
Microelectronics engineer - design of new integrated circuit chips
Telecommunications engineer
Network Engineer
Process control engineer such as steel mill automation, manufacturing process, food preparation/packaging.
Video game designer
Product Engineer (design of new or existing products such as cars, clock radios, cell phones, airplanes, appliances, trains, etc)
Software Engineer (could be technical or business related with any language that you can think of - such as assembler, C, C++, C#, Java, Java Script, HTML, Python, SQL, Visual Basic, ADA, etc...)
Website developer
Database design / Administrator
Cybersecurity
Information Researcher
Sales and Marketing support (related to either engineering or computer science)
Quality or Safety Engineer

In summary, you could work in any industry and, for any one industry, there are an almost unlimited amount of jobs that you could do. As you take your EECS classes, you will be exposed to many of the different technical skills. Your interests and "fate" will determine what job you will actually do. And once you start your career, you will be able to "evolve" into other jobs as your interests and business opportunities become evident. I have an EE degree and I started as an electronics engineer than shifted to software engineering then project management, safety engineer, quality engineer, and college instructor - my experiences are a very tiny sliver of the options for just the EE degree.
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Ken’s Answer

There are many different fields you can dive into with EECS and related programs. Dan provided a great list and I'd just add that I think it's good to work towards a specific area, but at the same time you should try to keep an open mind. Even if you choose one of the more specific degree programs keep in mind that the nature of the job will vary greatly depending on the industry, company and team with which you work.
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