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[revangrey]

whoa thanks guys!

just checked back today.

this might be a little off topic but is there any point in taking both computer science and computer engineering in grade 11?

I for one have no idea what they do in computer engineering

is there any programming? (I know that we are doing java in grade 11 at my school in computer science)

[chopperdudes]

well computer engineering there's hardly any programming, you learn about hardware and stuff.

for us the first unit was motherboard, hard drive, and OS, then 2nd one is electronic gates and stuff, then we go to networking, then interfacing with turing.

computer science is programming.

[SJ]

for my school, about a third of gr 11 comp eng was programming. We used PBASIC to program boe bots and such. It's not as "intense" programming as comp sci, as it focuses more on the hardware. For gr 12, there are a lot more programming, we are currently still using PBASIC for the 8bit microcontrollers, but later this year when we move on to the avrs we're switching to C.

So, all in all, take both if you like the electronics stuff. Comp eng can get you started as one of those DIY hobbyists.