suggestion for changes in engineering education

ken285
Sun, 21 Dec 2008 14:06:34 +0000

I think it’s a great idea to change the engineering curriculum so that one has the option to follow the medicine/law model. In other words, engineering should follow the architecture model.

The current system is one option. The engineering bachelor’s degree is sufficient to obtain most entry-level positions.

There should be a second option that gives students from various undergrad backgrounds to get a graduate degree in engineering, if they satisfied the prerequisites (physics, chem, calc courses). There are some people who want to go into engineering, but also want to study something else during their undergrad studies for whatever reason.

If one wants to be a registered architect, s/he has to have a professional degree in architecture, either a 5 year B.Arch or a 2 (or 3) year M.Arch. Those pursuing M.Arch’s can come from pretty much any undergrad major. I don’t see why this can’t be done for engineering as well. How can it hurt?