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Is CS engineering?

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As a high schooler about to enter college, I'm confused on why people say CS is engineering? Or how developers somehow just become engineers when they graduate. My views are as follows: 1. A CS degree

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As a high schooler about to enter college, I'm confused on why people say CS is engineering? Or how developers somehow just become engineers when they graduate. My views are as follows: 1. A CS degree is called computer *science*, not computer *engineering*. 2. Even if the degree program is offered in a university "School of Engineering", it's still a science degree. Saying this isn't true is like saying if an electrical engineering degree is offered in a universities School of Arts and Science, it's an electrical "science" degree. 3. If the degree program is ABET accredited, it's accredited as a computer degree (CAC ABET) and not as an engineering degree (EAC ABET). 4. CS degree holders can't get a "professional engineering" license. 5. Every job requires problem solving at some point or it probably wouldn't be a job. It doesn't really make it "engineering" though. 6. It looks like the employers gives the title of "engineer" but that doesn't mean you are one. In my current job I have the title of "maintenance engineer", but I'm not an engineer. But people still say CS is engineering, so I'm confused :/
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