<p>so essentially one could point out that he/she took a lot of econ courses even though they were in engineering. I guess that just alleviates a prospective employers concerns that one knows nothing about the job. Also, I think that it could demonstrate that you are an all-rounded student, meaning if you’re an engineering you’re technical, but if you took a lot of english courses then you are also open minded, and can write very well. They read your transcript anyway, the more dieverse, the better I guess.</p>