<p>Hi everybody, I'm a student in the college of engineering who has just finished his freshman year and so for my sophomore year I will have to take more specialized classes depending on which major I decide to pursue. I've narrowed my top 3 interests to Chemical Engineering, Computer Science and Applied and Engineering Physics (AEP). I know for sure I can fit a double major into my schedule and CS is definitely going to be one of them. As for the second, I don't know whether to do ChemE or AEP. I have an equal passion for both disciplines, but it seems as though ChemE is the more practical and marketable field of study since it's so versatile. Conversely, Cornell's AEP program is world-renowned, and #1 in the nation (even better than MIT) so it seems like a great opportunity to take advantage of, but I feel as though all I can do with an AEP degree is go on to get a Ph. D. and become a professor.</p>
<p>I know the question a lot of you are going to ask me is what I want to do with my life, but I honestly don't know and would basically be happy in either situation (professor with AEP degree or anything with ChemE). Thoughts?</p>
<p>Thank You!</p>
<p>CS majors are in very high demand right now, if you’re set on doing CS as at least one of your majors your career prospects look solid</p>
<p>But since you will be a cs/aep double major, being a professor can’t be the only profession you’ll be looking at?
Also can i know the courses you took in your freshman year? I’m an incoming freshman and i don’t really know how to manage my time to fit in a double major.</p>
<p>AEP and CS double major sounds like death. AEP alone sounds like death. CS is not the easiest major either, and that combination pretty much leads to certain death if you care enough about your grades.</p>
<p>Well, I mean from AP credit, I basically placed out of almost every freshman class and thats why a double major is entirely feasible for me. What I’m just wondering is which major to pursue in addition to CS. I’m a relatively good student and usually perform above average in physics and chemistry classes so I don’t think it’s that deathly. Thanks for your input guys!</p>
<p>My freshman year has been:
Fall</p>
<p>PHYS 2214 - Physics III: Oscillations, Waves and Quantum Physics
MATH 2930 - Differential Equations for Engineers
Freshman Writing Seminar
CS 1132 - Transition to MATLAB</p>
<p>Spring</p>
<p>SPAN 2090 - Spanish (just for fun)
ENGRI 1290 - Energy: From Atoms to Zephyrs
CHEME 3230 - Fluid Mechanics
MATH 2940 - Linear Algebra for Engineers
AEP 3630 - Electronic Circuits
ENGRD 2112 - Honors Object Oriented Programming and Data Structures</p>
<p>Certainly an ambitious double major, but since you’ve been through your first year, I’ll trust you know your abilities. With any engineering degree, you should not worry about job prospects. Follow your passion and the job will certainly come. Sure some fields earn more than others, but with any Engineering degree, you will be earning good money right after graduation and if you really want to maximize what you earn, as long as you are ambitious those opportunities will present themselves. If you have an equal passion for both, as you claim, I suggest looking at the curriculum carefully for both ChemE and AEP, read the course descriptions, and tally which courses interest you the most. Hopefully that exercise yields a winner.</p>
<p>I found this:
[Architecture</a> and Engineering Occupations : Occupational Outlook Handbook : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics](<a href=“http://www.bls.gov/ooh/Architecture-and-Engineering/home.htm]Architecture”>http://www.bls.gov/ooh/Architecture-and-Engineering/home.htm)</p>