Introduction

This blog is geared towards letting the board of trustees at the University of Kentucky to keep the engineering program, mainly Computer engineering. It can also be used for people trying to find the right major for them or students on the fence about going into a field about computers.

My Reason

One of the reasons that I came to the University of Kentucky is because of its engineering program. Some of the majors that make up the college of engineering are Mechanical, mining, and electrical engineering, among many others. The major that I am currently studying in is Computer Engineering, which is an extremely important field that should always be a choice at a university. Many students have declared it as their major and the job outlook for people with the major is relatively high.

Requirements

Here at the University of Kentucky, there’s a stereotype that says that a Computer Engineer will stay here for five years because of all the work that has to be accomplished for the major. It is a major that requires at least 136 credit hours, which seems reasonable for someone who starts off with all the required pre-requisites, but there are some students who start off behind because they didn’t have a high enough ACT score or didn’t take the right class in high school. All CE majors are recommended to start off with Calculus I and go through to Calculus IV. The problem with that is a lot of people had to take Pre-Calculus first, putting some people a bit behind already. Others that had to start in an even lower math class are even further behind because Pre-Calculus and Calculus are pre-requisites for some of the other CE classes. Another problem is that some classes are only taught in certain times of the year, such as EE 480 and CS441. If someone is behind in they might miss the chance to take these classes because of the pre-requisites that are needed. Along with all the computer engineering classes and UK core classes that are needed, some electrical engineering and computer science technical electives are needed to graduate.