Questions about being an engineering major

sylvan8798
Mon, 08 Aug 2011 11:04:24 +0000

whydoicare:

@providence12345 - I think your son’s best route into engineering, from a LAC, is go ahead and switch to Physics and do well. In Physics, he will have to catch up in Math anyway. Then if he does well enough, grad school in engineering with no loss of time. Two of the best engineers I know did BS Physics from a LAC, then MS EE in one case, PhD EE in the other case.

It would depend on where he wants to attend grad school and in which field. Some schools and some fields require the undergrad degree to be in the same field. I can’t really imagine someone getting a graduate degree in structural engineering without an undergrad degree in civil engineering. They should definitely not just assume the S can get from A to B without researching it carefully first.