Colleges Online Classes in Distance Education Degree Program

Hi all. I just graduated from a community college with an Associate of Science degree in Computer Networking. There is an option to get a Bachelor of Applied Science Degree in Computer Networking at a nearby 4 year University but it is focused more on being an Administrator with a lot of business classes, which really doesn’t appeal to me.
I decided to go a bit of a different route, I want a Bachelor degree in the Computer/IT field but just not Computer Networking.

At another University there are Computer Science (CS) and Computer Engineering (CE) programs. I’m planning to go there in the Fall but not quite sure if I should major in CS or CE. I did take some programming classes at the community college, a semester of Python, a semester of Java and a class in databases using some SQL. However these were all 100 level introductory classes and I averaged about a B. Some of it was enjoyable, some if it was…frustrating.

Now I’ve also been looking at CE because from what I gather its about actually designing the hardware in a computer. I do like computer hardware more than software. Ever since building my first computer by buying parts online about 5 years ago, its kinda been my hobby, building computers for friends and family, and a little bit of PC case modding. Now i know there is a big difference between building a computer by buying parts online and actually designing the hardware like in CE, but it appeals to me a bit more.

Now my biggest reservation for not doing CE is the engineering perquisites, just to get into the College of Engineering I’d still have to take classes in Chemistry, Physics and my worst subject of all, Math. In high school i barely passed Algebra I, retook it at community college, failed Algebra II once at community college, retook it. Then took College Algebra, failed it and this semester redoing it. i believe I need to go up to Calc II to get into the college of engineering. Now I dont think its impossible but i know it will be very, very difficult for me.

So I guess my question here is how important is math in CE’ And what is CE really like’ Is it more along the lines of Electrical Engineering with some Assembly language programming thrown in’ Also what type of career could I get if I major in CE’