<p>Any engineering + CS would be great. IE and EE would probably benefit most.</p>
<p>Mohawk,</p>
<p>That question REALLY depends on the college you are going to. Some colleges have stringent departments and a dual major might take sufficient time. Other schools might even offer their own dual engineering/business degree, typically in a 5 year scheme. I suggest you look into the colleges you are interested in and see whether they fit your educational goals.</p>
<p>would a materials science / physics double major be helpful?</p>
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For self-gratification and possibly professional advancement, but since lots of people mention that career-wise it doesn’t contribute very much i would have to reevaluate it.</p>
<p>What about doing engineering degree with a math minor?</p>
<p>What about a double major in Electrical/Computer Engineering and Mathematics? (I’m interested in doing it because I like math, but any career bonuses would be nice).</p>
<p>You’re probably better doing a minor and only taking classes that are actually interesting to you. Often times additional majors will have a decent handful of classes you don’t care about, so if you can skip them if you only go with a minor.</p>
<p>If you wind up finding out you don’t mind taking the rest of those classes, then you can upgrade to a major. I wouldn’t go in with my heart set on it, though.</p>
<p>One thing with dual majoring is that you have to compromise not taking Technical Electives if you are trying to finish under 5 years, in the case of dual major in two Engr majors. Basically, you will end up with broad knowledge into different majors, but less specialization/concentration than a regular Engineering student.</p>
<p>ooo yeah what about minor?
which minor would be advantageous?
CS?</p>
<p>Knowing that double major = death (both in engineering), I was planning a minor in CS with a major in ME. Would a minor be sufficient to affect your employment options, like being recruited for a specific discipline of mechanical engineering (ie. mechatronics)?
I also have the option of two minors. Is the load of two minors managable (with 16 hrs of credits)? If yes, I want to take CS and AE cuz I am genuinely interested in AE and will have wider options for employment.</p>
<p>You don’t <em>need</em> a double-major. You don’t <em>need</em> a minor. If you take a couple of courses in something, or if you have a proficiency in something like programming, then you put on your resume that you have a proficiency in programming! If it’s useful to a potential employer, they’ll say so!</p>
<p>Majors and minors aren’t like pre-stamped passes to say that you’re able to do something. Usually, if you give <em>examples</em> on your resume of things that you’re proficient in, then during your interview, they might ask you some questions if they think that your skill will give you some sort of advantage. If you walk like a duck and you talk like a duck, then they’re going to give you the benefit of the doubt that you’re a duck. Or that you can write VB macros, or something.</p>
<p>So take the courses in the minor or the other major that you’re interested in, then it’ll be plenty. If you just have to take <em>one</em> or <em>two</em> more courses in order to get your second major or your minor, then if you want to, go ahead and get it. If it’s something you want to do for <em>you</em>, then do it. But don’t get a second major or a minor for better career opportunities.</p>
<p>I don’t think I completely agree. A couple years out of college I guess your major doesn’t matter in any way. I think it matters a lot when you come straight out of college. There is just no way a music major can compete, at no disadvantage, for finance, accounting, engineering, marketing or even programming jobs.</p>
<p>At the very least it makes you look like you don’t know what you want, or that you lack focus.<br>
There is also very little discrepancy in the skills fresh grads poses in their chosen fields so it’s harder to explain why you are better prepared. Why pick a music major, who took comp 101 and claims to participate in open source projects, for a software job when you have 50 compsci majors to choose from.</p>
<p>My argument is obviously greatly exaggerated, but you get my point. Engineering, math and some science majors probably won’t have too much of a tough time getting compsci jobs because there are some similarities. Other positions just don’t have strict requirements, but they still have preferences.</p>
<p>If it doesn’t hurt to take an extra class to get a minor in a field very different from your major, it’ll probably be worth it. You never know the turd in HR who is screening resumes, or worst still its automated.</p>
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<p>I said nothing about a first major. I’m talking only about a <em>second</em> major, or a minor.</p>