<p>Good fields for nanotechnology are EE, Materials Science/Engineering, and ChemE.</p>
<p>I think U of I is number one in Mat Sci. As for nano that seems like a specialization in either EE or ChemE or maybe BioE. I guess it is whether you are working with nanoelectronics or nano-materials. I worked with carbon nanotubes for chemE. It was interesting although now I’m looking at pharmaceuticals (eesh spellcheck on that last word).</p>
<p>I dont think E Engineering is harder than Physics; nor physics harder that E Eng. There are lots of branches of Physics that are relatively more (less) difficult than E Eng (also dont u think E Eng is a branch of Physics?).
I think theoretical physics (String Theory; M-theory, which deals with 11 dimensions) and Particle Physics are more difficult than E Eng.</p>
<p>I think that EE majors take so many physics classes, they should be awarded an additional physics major, (or at least a minor). Half of their major is all math and physics.</p>
<p>Most engineering majors are that Zerox. In fact ChemE is one class away from a math minor. Many engineering majors are only a few classes away from minoring or even majoring in a related science.</p>
<p>Then the college should just give physics/math degrees to any student majoring in engineering since they take the same courses plus engineering courses.</p>
<p>I actually think MIT is number one in MatSci, IlliniJBravoEcho</p>
<p>And, Zerox, obviously engineering majors do not take ALL of the classes required to major in math or physics… they only take SOME of them, so they shouldn’t just be handed another degree</p>
<p>Can you tell me what class a math and a physics major take that engineering majors don’t?</p>
<p>Because, I checked some sites and engineering are required to take up to calc 4, linear algebra, and up to modern physics.</p>
<p>I was just read the US News rankings (I know they aren’t perfect but still) at an engineering meeting and this year I believe that U of I was ranked number one. I know for sure they are at least in the top three. You can check yourself though because I can never find the site.</p>
<p>Zerox go to a few sample colleges and type whatever engineering you are interested in (i.e. Chemical Engineering) and then type curriculum. (It should look like “chemical engineering curriculum”). Do the same for mathmatics and ([opt] engineering) physics. Many universities’ majors will have their own site and will often list four year plans. This is easily searchable at the U of I website (uiuc.edu). You can probably do this at many colleges just for a general idea of what classes you will be taking.</p>
<p>some of the courses I think that MOST Engineering students (again depends on university and eng sub-division) dont take are;</p>
<p>Physics:
Quantum mechanics (the prerequesite of any higher level physics course)
Avanced Quantum mechanics
General Relativity
Particle Physics
Chaos and Quantum Physics
Nuclear Physics (only nuclear engineering students, i think)
Relativistic Quantum Physics
Cosmology
Plasma Physics etc</p>
<p>Mathematics:
Analysis (and advanced analysis course which includes fourier analysis, harmonic analysis)
Mordern Algebra( and advanced mordern algebra course)
Topology
Linear Optimization and Game Theory
Information and Coding Theory (comp eng takes it, i think)
Combinatorics
Financial Mathematics
Discrete Mathematics (im sure comp eng stud takes it)
Abstract Algebra
Advanced Topics in Probability and Statistics
ETC…</p>
<p>I may be somewhat biased, but at Cornell, the major known to be the toughest is Engineering Physics. It is basically a combination of every difficult major you guys have listed.</p>
<p>is that what ur in cornellian 07?? im going to be a freshment there in the fall for EP…i hope i can handle that and a varsity sport ive been recruited for…</p>
<p>IlliniJBravoEcho… I did check and you’re right…</p>
<ol>
<li>U of I</li>
<li>MIT</li>
<li>Northwestern</li>
</ol>
<p>Guess my info was outdated. I was all excited about NU being #2, cuz I’m gonna go to Northwestern and major in MatSci, so it’s a good thing that I now have my facts straight… lol.</p>
<p>"some of the courses I think that MOST Engineering students (again depends on university and eng sub-division) dont take are;</p>
<p>Physics:
Quantum mechanics (the prerequesite of any higher level physics course)
Avanced Quantum mechanics
General Relativity
Particle Physics
Chaos and Quantum Physics
Nuclear Physics (only nuclear engineering students, i think)
Relativistic Quantum Physics
Cosmology
Plasma Physics etc</p>
<p>Mathematics:
Analysis (and advanced analysis course which includes fourier analysis, harmonic analysis)
Mordern Algebra( and advanced mordern algebra course)
Topology
Linear Optimization and Game Theory
Information and Coding Theory (comp eng takes it, i think)
Combinatorics
Financial Mathematics
Discrete Mathematics (im sure comp eng stud takes it)
Abstract Algebra
Advanced Topics in Probability and Statistics
ETC… "</p>
<p>Do engineers take all those course in the four year of undergrad? Because if they do, it looks like they took more math/physics class than math/physics majors.</p>
<p>Add that on to the engineering + humanity courses and that would take much longer than 4 years to complete.</p>
<p>How would Bioengineering rank among the toughest engineering majors?</p>
<p>Hardest major in my opinion…Philosophy. Out of all the classes I took as an undergraduate engineering student, I found philosophy classes are the most difficult ones. Most of the modern philosophy theories make absolutely no sense to me.</p>
<p>philosophy is hard to understand and grasp, but if u do all the readings and write your papers, u can easily get a B. this is the difference between engineering and liberal arts majors.</p>
<p>CS isn’t one of the hardest majors. I say Statistics is harder than CS.</p>
<p>Actually Pure math is by the far the most difficult major. It involves proofs and you can’t just work hard and excel at proofs; your mind has to be already geared in a certina way to be able to handle it.</p>
<p>Physics comes second on the list followed by EE and chemE.</p>
<p>1) Math
2) Physics
3) EE or Architecture
4) ChemE
5) Other engineering</p>
<p>how is cs easy? computer science is pretty theoretical and difficult; many cs majors choose to double it up with math…i’ve always thought that the pure sciences are more difficult in terms of pure intellect, but engineering is more difficult, in that not only does it require a fairly advanced knowledge of abstract ideas, but also other skills that are as important to the pure sciences. </p>
<p>engineering physics is usually a major that is taken by the brightest of engineering majors. it is a lot more theoretical than ‘regular’ engineering and entails a broad courseload in engineering. EP majors tend to graduate with a very versatile degree and often make more than standard engineering majors. i dont believe its offered at that many universities though. i know uiuc and MIT def offer it.</p>