“EE is a very challenging (hard) major”
It is also more broad in scope than generally understood as there are many EE focus areas that could be departments unto themselves.
Agreed.
Some of the EE subject areas — like computers — like electronics — have already seen their pen academic departments.
EE still requires more studies , classes too. Nearly all EE students take five years just for the bachelor degree —,-and many experts recommend a minimum of the MSEE for a proper foundation in the discipline.