Although the courses offered by the two colleges are different, they both cover the basic concepts and technologies of computer science. So the diplomas of the two colleges may have different contents, but they all represent a certain level of computer science knowledge and skills.

There are some differences between CS in liberal arts colleges and CS in engineering colleges in curriculum setting, professional direction and training objectives.

First of all, in terms of curriculum, CS courses in the College of Arts and Sciences pay more attention to general education. In addition to the core courses, students can also take courses in humanities and social sciences such as economics, statistics, business and even literature and linguistics, which embodies the characteristics of general education in liberal arts colleges. CS courses in polytechnic pay more attention to engineering application and science courses, and the characteristics of science and engineering are more prominent.

Secondly, in the professional direction, CS major in polytechnic usually requires students to choose a specific direction for in-depth research, such as information security, algorithms, artificial intelligence and so on. The CS major in the College of Arts and Sciences is more extensive. After completing the required courses of CS, students can choose any branch of CS for cross-learning.

Finally, in terms of training objectives, CS major in Polytechnic pays more attention to practical application and deep learning, aiming at training engineers and developers, while CS major in College of Arts and Sciences pays more attention to general education and all-round quality training, aiming at training computer scientists and researchers.