IEOR vs Econ degree

grateful12
Thu, 19 Sep 2013 21:00:02 +0000

Hi all, I’m currently a civil engineering major in my first year here at berkeley. After much research that has dated back to when I initially applied to berkeley, I have decided that I no longer want to pursue a CE degree. I’ve been told by many that it would be stupid of me to switch out of the COE into L and S (this is with future job opportunities in mind), so I’ve been considering Industrial engineering as a way to graduate with an engineering degree and combine my interest in economics. However after researching possible jobs for an industrial engineering degree, I saw that many of the potential employment opportunities overlap. In this case would switching to l and s to study econ be the smarter route as this would be a much less demanding academic rout towards potentially the same end? While I do realize there are many facets of IE I would most likely emphasize the business/economics side as of now.