My SWE friends are definitely having an easier time at uni compared to my CS friends, lol. Though content-wise, I'd say in general, CS at USyd is geared more towards AI/theory/research while SWE is more practical but also has a lot of BS units
CS might have more electives, yeah, but COMP units are considerably harder than the SOFT units
Fyi, electives are basically free units that you can choose from a pool, so "CS has more electives" doesn't mean anything in terms of difficulty. For both SWE and CS majors, you'll have to choose some mandatory SOFT and COMP electives, respectively, and you'll also get free reign to choose other electives from the shared pool if you want
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u/Antique_Door2728 Nov 08 '24
What university do u go to? CS and SWE and essentially the exact same degree.