Well im definately interested in something along the lines of mechanical, just wondering what other classes are out there that I might be interested in.
Whats the best engineering field?
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Classes? Or majors?
One of my favorites was Statistical Process Control (SPC), that's a class that has definitely helped me in the real industry.
Other classes like CNC, and CIM, robotics... all super fun and challenging.
One of my favorites was Statistical Process Control (SPC), that's a class that has definitely helped me in the real industry.
Other classes like CNC, and CIM, robotics... all super fun and challenging.
Hey Brent, where do you go? I'm in Raleigh about 20 minutes from Greensboro at NCSU. I never really paid attention to your location before!
[sorry about the thread jack!]
What I like to do is sign up for classes I need to take for my major, and then during the 2 weeks or so that you can change classes go around to a few that seem interesting and find some to fill up the rest of my schedule with. I figure as long as I'm a full-time student I might as well learn some stuff instead of sit around half the day =) Most teachers don't mind at all if you sit in for a class, and if you ask them afterwards if you can take the class they'll gladly add you if you meet the prerequisites.
[sorry about the thread jack!]
What I like to do is sign up for classes I need to take for my major, and then during the 2 weeks or so that you can change classes go around to a few that seem interesting and find some to fill up the rest of my schedule with. I figure as long as I'm a full-time student I might as well learn some stuff instead of sit around half the day =) Most teachers don't mind at all if you sit in for a class, and if you ask them afterwards if you can take the class they'll gladly add you if you meet the prerequisites.
Many of the engineering fields share the same basic structure and they shouldn't differ much for at least the first few semesters.
I'm in mechanical, but have taken 2 electronics/circuits courses, a dynamic computer controls class, project management, 2 structures(civil engineering) courses...etc. Any engineering field should give you a broad overview of most all technologies of today.
That being said, mechanical seems to be the most broad and wide-ranging.
I'm in mechanical, but have taken 2 electronics/circuits courses, a dynamic computer controls class, project management, 2 structures(civil engineering) courses...etc. Any engineering field should give you a broad overview of most all technologies of today.
That being said, mechanical seems to be the most broad and wide-ranging.
Not really what you are looking for, but I'm going to say Computer Science. There's less math than a true Electrical Engineer, even I consider it less "legit". But I think it is a smart choice. I graduated with a Computer Science degree and I currently work for the Department of Defense as an "Electronics Engineer" and I am more qualified and knowledgeable about the work than the actual EE grads are because there just isn't too much hardware stuff being done. I'm working on building a radio, everything is in source code. All of the modulation and crypto is done in code on a general purpose processor. Almost everything leans more towards CS than EE at my work, although more people are EEs.
But, if you know where you want to live, then look in that area and see what engineering firms are big and who they want to hire.
But, if you know where you want to live, then look in that area and see what engineering firms are big and who they want to hire.
Is the computer science degree is still a bachelor? I kind of like the idea of just going in for something "easy" like mechanical, and just taking a bunch of interest classes in various fields. Now I just got to figure out how/if to work in the military and what to specialize in while serving.
adampecush;1209742 said:
i'm a soph in materials engineering at va tech and im liking it. highest 3 salaries as ranked by tech are mining, materials, and aero/ocean
keep in mind the broad spectrum of ME might play against you in finding the best job you can. we've got probably close to 800 MEs at tech and only 40 or so materials. you've definitely got to excel at your classes in ME to get noticed (the same goes for everything else, but there's a lot more competition in the job market)
FullNelson;1211866 said:
uh...... cough, cough.
Say WHAT?!?!
It's broad. Not easy. Big difference.
