Are the CS classes as soulless as the engineering classes?

I am a physics undergrad, and I am avoiding online lab classes, which leaves space for another classes, I don't really mind the extra time that will take me to graduate.
This semester I decided to take some engineering classes to explore a little bit, and found that they are really soulless in the sense that I feel they just memorize methods to solve certain problems and don't really explore the subject that much.
I am planning on taking some math and CS classes next semester, and I wanted to know if CS classes follows the same 'mind set' as the engineering classes.