Stupid question inside about BS and MS degrees

Nitsua24
Sun, 24 Nov 2013 22:05:31 +0000

Thanks baktrax!

I’ll take a look at different mining engineering graduate programs’ requirements. This is UA’s, for example:

University of Arizona Mining & Geological Engineering Department:

Pre-requisites Needed for Graduate Admission: The background coursework we look for is 3 semesters of calculus (for some emphasis areas differential equations is required), 1-2 semesters of physics (depending on the emphasis area), statics (for some emphasis areas strength of materials and mechanics of fluids), and a basic understanding of geologic principles. Additionally, all applicants MUST meet the minimum GPA requirement of 3.00.

I don’t think those requirements would be that hard to meet, but I need to look into the Earth Science curriculum a little more. I will probably just end up majoring in Civil Engineering or Mining Engineering though haha.

Right now for UCSD I’m set up as Structural Engineering primary major, and Earth Science as my alternate. I don’t think my scores are up to par for UCSD engineering but it’s worth a shot since they look at your alternate major. I have a good chance at Earth Science there. Also, you’re right about them admitting you into the university before they admit you into the specific college/major.

I hear what you’re saying about starting with engineering first instead of the other way around, and that seems a lot more logical. And it is probably too early to be worrying about this but I just want to optimize the results. Thanks again for the help.