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Fields in CS

Computer Engineering
Computer Science
Software Engineering
Information Technology
Information Systems
Computer science is made of five interconnected academic disciplines, as defined by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM):
computer engineering, computer science, information systems, information technology, and software engineering. The ACM releases guidelines for college curriculums in these five fields.
These fields have a lot of overlap, but also each have distinct characteristics. This page will let you know more about these five fields and connect you to resources for each of them.
CE
CS
Software Engineering
IT
IS
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