Science/Engineering courses in AMCAS application?

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I'm having difficult time deciding which are engineering and which are science courses. I'm a computer science major, and as the name of the major suggests I get a Bachelor of Science degree when I graduate, however at UIUC, the department of computer science is under the college of engineering.

So my question is,

1) Are CS courses considered engineering courses or sicnece courses?

2) Are mathematics courses considered eng or sci courses?, is there a difference between calculus courses and other advanced math classes required by CS dept. such as differential equations or probability&statistics or matrix theory?

Thanks 🙂

 

[crazy_cavalier]

I'm having difficult time deciding which are engineering and which are science courses. I'm a computer science major, and as the name of the major suggests I get a Bachelor of Science degree when I graduate, however at UIUC, the department of computer science is under the college of engineering.

So my question is,

1) Are CS courses considered engineering courses or sicnece courses?

2) Are mathematics courses considered eng or sci courses?, is there a difference between calculus courses and other advanced math classes required by CS dept. such as differential equations or probability&statistics or matrix theory?

Thanks 🙂

1.) CS courses are not considered science courses, unless they specialize in Math. If you take "Discrete Math", for example, you could arguably claim that as a science class and classify it as "Math". In general though, CS itself is Engineering, and AMCAS even has a separate category for most CS classes.

2.) Math classes are obviously science. Diff Eq should be classified as science (Math). Prob/stat, Linear Algebra, Calculus, all of them are "Math" and should be included in the BCPM gpa calculation.



I was in a similar position as you when it came to taking certain engineering classes that are ambiguously Math vs. Engineering. Honestly, you're the best judge of what the class content is. If you feel the material is science based (i.e. lots of math basis), then go ahead and classify as Math.

 

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