<p>just curious... =)</p>
<p>Aerospace, freshman at ucsd next year :).</p>
<p>I'm planning on minoring in Business at UIUC (have to apply this year for the minor program). Majoring in Computer Engineering, planning on getting my MBA after graduating and work experience.</p>
<p>if i do engineering, a big if, minors would definitely include finance, maybe woodrow wilson school as well.</p>
<p>I minored in German, and was halfway through my last class for my math minor, but had to drop it :-/ (I did BME at WashU)</p>
<p>Music, maybe business.... hopefully...</p>
<p>Probably robotics, applied mathematics or physics.</p>
<p>mechanical engineering & possibly either economics or chinese</p>
<p>I have double degree in EE and Economics, and ended up getting a job in sales, so I guess both degrees contributed:-)</p>
<p>I am thinking about minor in technology commercialization</p>
<p>Doubled majored in math.</p>
<p>philosophy...def a minor, but working on the major</p>
<p>Until my senior year, I had as many music credits as I did civ eng credits, so if Rice did minors, mine would likely have been music.</p>
<p>Pls., somebody explain to me how you get a "non engineering minor" while at the same time getting a 4 year engineering degree? And does ABET go for this?</p>
<p>Some engineering programs don't have a single free elective (electives where you can take any classes you want instead of those from a list), but many have some. If you come in with some AP credit (calculus is very common for engineering students) or take summer classes or overload during the school year, that's enough to get a minor in Engineering. ABET only specifies minimum requirements for an Engineering degree, which certainly leaves room for a minor.</p>
<p>ABET doesn't care if you're well-rounded or if you only take engineering courses, and some of us like to be well-rounded! ABET's concerned with making sure that there isn't anything about engineering that you <em>don't</em> know, not whether or not there's non-engineering information that you <em>do</em> know.</p>
<p>So, just so long as you take all the ABET required engineering courses (which is what you need to do in order to get your ABET-accredited degree, or your major, in engineering), then they really don't give a hoot if you minor in German or business or music or underwater basketweaving.</p>
<p>A 4-year engineering degree doesn't take up <em>all</em> your time, not by a longshot. Just work diligently and have a desire to know about more than just one narrow field of study... It will serve you well in the long run to be well-rounded.</p>
<p>Economics.</p>
<p>Actually, if you look at the curriculum for Chemical Engineering at UIUC, for example, 128 of the 129 units required for graduation are specified or selected from a small list. It used to be all 129, but they changed the graduation requirements slightly. So ChemE students don't have room to take electives at all.</p>
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<p>If this is true, PLEASE help me with time management! :)
haha...i'm doing the 5-year engineering "bachelor's" degree program, too! (3 years at a community college & hopefully 2 years at a university)</p>
<p>I'm not quite an engineering major (I'm CS), but I'm planning to minor or double major in electrical & computer engineering, physics, mechanical engineering, or business. Possibly a double major with an additional minor among those subjects. I got a lot of AP credit, so it shouldn't be too difficult to fit into my schedule.</p>