I'm in second year electrical engineering and I'm thinking about switching from electrical to computer. I mainly chose electrical because I didn't really know much about the difference between the two fields and read that the job prospects for EE was better. But now I've found that I didn't really find 2FH3 very interesting, nor the power and signals chapters of the EE courses. I loved 2DI4 and all programming courses I've taken. Does anyone have any advice for me regarding this decision? I am taking math 2ZZ3 right now whereas Comp Eng is taking 2DP4 instead, so if I want to switch I have to blow $900 to take that over the summer and this math course was kind of a waste.

Thoughts? Advice is appreciated.

It should be pretty easy to transfer, I'd say check MOSAIC's new program transfer feature but it's currently down. I don't think 2DP4 is offered in the summer, so you might have to take it next year. Make an appointment to talk with Jeanne in the AD's office.

In regards to taking 2DP4 is third year, I can see that working.

2DP4 is a second-term course, and 3DQ5, which has 2DP4 as a prerequisite, is a first-term course. 3DQ5 is all about FPGAs and uses pretty much nothing from 2DP4. If the same prof that I had is teaching 3DQ5, you shouldn't have a problem getting the prerequisite waived.

Year 3 term 2 is relatively light (especially compared to term 1). I could see myself doing 2DP4 at the same time as my other courses. You may run in to scheduling conflicts however.

This seems like a reasonable path to me, definitely talk to an advisor though.