computer hardware engineer/computer engineer

[kramer]

What is the difference between the two. I've seen a colledge with one and another colledge with the other. The description sounds about the same. Also some people have said computer engineer is a general term for a wide range of things but i didnt think this was true because as i said ive seen colledges that offer it

[edfair]

Neither of which describe it worth a diddlysquat.
Hardware people get into logic or chips generally, the others probably get a general education along with software.
A long time ago there were 3 colleges in Georgia giving computer degrees. Ga Tech was the hardware place, Georgia was the system design place, and Ga State was the application place. And never the twain did meet. It was like 3 different planets.

[nocturnx]

They are the same. Universitys just title them differently. I am an Electronics and Computer Technology major at Bowling Green State University and my buddy is a Computer Science and Engineering major at Toledo University and our classes are basically the same. I just talked to him last week and we are both building amplifiers in our classes, the classes we have are that similar.

[Jaggannath]

I'm not so sure they're the same, to tell the truth
Hardware engineers tend to be more tied up in the hardware, whereas computer engineers are more software slanted
But it's true you'll learn mostly the same classes, because you do need that background

[LindZ]

I'm currently working on a degree in computer engineering. Where I live, computer engineering is grouped with the faculty of electrical engineering. My courses are general engineering with both elements of computer hardware and software. That is things like digital logic, system design, microprocessors, low level programming (assembly... arrgh!) software engineering and high level programming (c++ and java). The electives you take basically determine your specialty (hardware vs. software).

[Jaggannath]

You should be so lucky to be grouped with "zoobers" LindZ, they only just honoured IT with the presence of us elec eng's at my uni hehehe
But that's similar stuff to what I do, except instead of system design and low level programming (thank God) I do electronics, electromagnetics and analogue and digital communications

[edfair]

Low level helps develop logical thinking. You should try a course of it. It might lead to some interesting embedded systems programming.
It was even more interesting in the days of 256 byte memory and stack overflow but you can still get the flavor.

Just remembered that one of the schools mentioned awards computer science degree from 2 schools, EE and IT. I think the "C" stuff is the only thing in common.