How can a BSEET grad get a real engineering job?

heisenberg012
Sun, 01 Dec 2013 17:20:12 +0000

The math in an MSEE is not very serious, unless you are at Berkeley, MIT or another top tier where Physicists and Mathematicians are teaching in the departments. Math in an MSEE program at places like Michigan, Penn State, Iowa, Ohio State, Purdue and the like is just basic. They teach basic mathematical methods in a single course in the department. All the methods where developed by mathematicians and physicists to solve EE problems then handed to the technologists/technicians on a level they could comprehend. The EE math-based classes are methods and do not enforce cogent knowledge just rote procedures and equations as usual.

It is better for the majority of BSEET students to stick to the applications they loved in undergrad than to attempt pursuing an MSEE with bridge courses and obstacles then find that they still end up doing applications. The vast majority of MSEE holders are doing applications and do not posses the Maths or Physics to do solid research. This is usually carried out by graduates who took dual credentials at undergrad or who chose to do Physics/Maths to the Master level then switched to do a Phd in Engineering.