I am looking at a college to transfer to for my bachelors and one of the colleges I am looking at has a dual engineering/physics option. Adding the physics to my EE would be an additional 9 credits. I have no problem adding on a few additional classes or even waiting a semester to graduate if the dual degree could be at all beneficial. Ill have acquired my first two years of school for free so cost isnt a big issue either.
A degree is a tool, so before we can you what tool you need you first need to answer what you want to do with it. The dual degree will not help much (if at all) with either getting a job or getting into grad school, you could do better spending that time and energy improving your GPA, taking classes targeted to your desired professional specialty, or doing academic research. A dual degree *will *help you to feel more accomplished and help convince those not actually working with you of the same. It will also help you as part of a plan to stop being an engineer and start being a physicist.
So what do you want to do?
Im leaning towards RF/Microwaves. Though Im still investigating and interested in electromagnets, antennas and satellites, signals processing. If I dont go that route I have come across a full dual degree (not double major) for 28 credits.
Baring either of those I have looked at a college with a minor in Naval Engineering (not marine, its specific to the US Navy), Mechanical, or Aerospace. Though Im not sure if Ill declare an actual minor or just stick to a concentration.
Id like to get back into working with radar, which is what I did with the military (US Navy CTT). I was basically working in radio/micro waves, signal processing (a very specific signal group), analog electronics and high voltage electrical. I like working with/on electronics and while I dont mind using computers, I dont want to work on them (I have my CCNP, CompTia, A+ and a few others)
If you’re interested in both engineering and physics, you can maybe consider an engineering physics major. It would basically be an engineering degree where you are expected to study pure mathematics and physics to a deeper level than the typical engineer. You would then choose a sequence of engineering courses depending on your career goals.