<p>Well my school requires minor for master program in Electrical Engineer. </p>
<p>I am thinking between management or C.S. and possibly Mathematic but here’s problem</p>
<p>Managemenet minor gives easy A but this minor cannot be used for PhD if I decide to go into PhD later. It can help me boost my GPA if I ever get bad grades in graduate courses. </p>
<p>Computer science will give me more knowledge and I wanted to do some database area along with network in order to boost my knowledge and resume. However it can possibly hurt my GPA since my school’s C.S. is notorious for not giving good grade.</p>
<p>Mathematic… I hate theory and doing pointless calculation to just to prove that it works. </p>
<p>I would like to hear some opinions from someone who is currently in master program or done with master program in EE about which minor you think is most helpful and why? Even if you think it’s useless, I still want to hear reason why you think it is useless.</p>
<p>I think the management minor is useless - if you want to go into technical or functional management it is not expected and not particularly valued, if you want to go into program or business management it is not nearly enough…</p>
<p>As to CS vs Math? It really depends on the specific course of your research and study… could be either. Neither one would hurt you down the road.</p>
<p>I decided to do CS as my minor at Tech (guessing that is where you are given the “gtg”). It was brutal (I’ve never tried so hard for a B as I did in computability and algorithms). I’m a Ph.D student, however, and so I can’t use 4000 level classes like you can. I ended up with 2 B’s and an A in my minor, but it really killed my GPA as my GPA in ECE classes is a 3.8</p>
<p>It’s also a pain in the arse to register for CS classes because they have departmental holds until 2 days before Phase II registration ends.</p>
<p>@gthopeful
yes I will start my master @ Georgia Tech in fall. If you don’t mind me asking, here’s some few questions I would like to know about Gatech master / PhD program and job prospective: </p>
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<li><p>What is the most funded ECE area @ Gatech? I am planning on specialize in Telecommunication and RF area but I have heard Telecommunication lacks funding and don’t give out many GRA position to students. This is just hearsay but I would like to know more in details. </p></li>
<li><p>What is the most highly sought job prospective ECE area @ Gatech? Way I heard, it is Integrate Circuit Design and DSP. Since you are PhD student @ Gatech, I am hoping you are well aware of which area is highly sought after companies.</p></li>
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<p>Microsystems and Electronic Design are probably the two most well-funded areas. For circuits, you have GEDC which takes up a whole floor or two in TSRB and is extremely well-funded. For Microsystems (where I work), I don’t know if there is a single large group, but you have probably the best cleanroom facilities within 500 miles between MiRC and Marcus. I would imagine most of the jobs grad students at Tech get are related to these two areas. As for how much funding Microsystems or any of the other TIGs get I cannot be sure as I do not interact with many ECE students anymore (I work in a different department).</p>
<p>I think telecommunications is a little theoretical which is why it isn’t funded as well. Same with Systems/Controls, Electromagnetics and Electrical Energy.</p>
<p>With RF, I think you should sit in on the Microwave Design class a couple times this semester to see if it’s right for you. The lab is killer (I think 7 credit hours over the summer), but gives you real experience in designing RF devices. I know a lot of people hate this class, so I thought you might also want to know that you need to take graduate Electromagnetism to get into the class.</p>