<p>Is it reasonable to double major in engineering physics and mechanical engineering? What prospects could such a program lead to? Further study in mechanical engineering or applied mechanics?</p>
<p>Double major may make you stand out among resumes, but there won’t be a job that require s the two. Only do so if you’re interested in learning both in depths while creating more options to study after graduation. </p>
<p>Relevant work experience, internship and decent GPA would be way more beneficial than a double major.</p>
<p>What is reasonable to you? What are your goals? Normally the answer is no, double majoring is not a good idea & is a waste of the time you could spend getting a masters degree.</p>
<p>I can’t think of many reasons to double major, unless you double majored in something like ME/EE or ME/CS or some combo that would lead to a career in mechatronics. Even that is a stretch, however, because in my research of ME grad school courses, I’ve noticed that as an ME major (and most likely come other majors) there are tons of classes you can take that deal with mechatronics while in grad school. Takes just as long to get your masters as it would to double major.</p>
<p>would engineering physics and electrical engineering be more related</p>
<p>First answer: WHY do YOU want to do this?</p>
<p>I know a few double majors and have yet to see ANY career advantage of doing so. If you can spend the extra time and money and really WANT to, then go ahead, but do not think of it as being any advantage compared to simply taking ONE major and rocking it. I have yet to hear of a single grad program or job that requires a double major, but have heard from some managers that they get nervous about hiring double majors because they never can be sure whether or not the candidate prefers THIS field or is just killing time until something opens up in the OTHER field.</p>
<p>well what could I do with degrees in engineering physics and mechanical engineering that uses both fields?</p>
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Well, I think any company that does mechanical engineering would appreciate someone with the more mathematical background, but realize that engineering physics is really meant to bridge the hard sciences with engineering, so really all you are doing is getting that slightly more theoretical understanding. I don’t think it opens any new doors, but would probably help you in a research position… but a MS or PhD would do a much better job.</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/10868570-post11.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/10868570-post11.html</a>
Just read that post. It should be able to tell you everything you want to know.</p>
<p>is engineering physics related to electrical/mechanical engineering at all?</p>
<p>An engineering degree combined with expertise in something completely different (e.g., a foreign language, JD or MBA) can open doors. A double-major in 2 engineering disciplines seems like a waste of effort.</p>
<p>isn’t engineering physics kinda related to electrical engineering though?
I’m not interested in humanities courses at all.</p>
<p>You still would have to take them, everyone has to take a certain amount of humanities… You seem like you are not sure of the college process.</p>
<p>I know I have to take them… Why would I want to take more humanities courses than is required…</p>
<p>Seriously…who has told you that you have to? I honestly want to know this. Have you looked at any Engineering curriculum’s? At my school they barely have any room for electives. You only take the required humanities. That is it. This is a non issue. You don’t need a second, more theoretical, degree to get around something that you don’t have to take.</p>
<p>are you high? … I said I know I have to take humanities courses… *** are you reading?</p>
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<p>Wow…You might want to start off by being more humble. Then re-read what was written. Then, learn how to speak to people. We don’t come here to just answer your questions.</p>
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<p>Do you seriously not understand this?</p>
<p>You came here to ask for our opinions, but I think you just want validation of your own ideas.
Honestly, you don’t need us for that. Just do whatever you want and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.</p>
<p>Chucktown: To be fair, you’re the one who initially misinterpreted things. Ishida was commenting on how he doesn’t want to take extra humanities as part of a double-major (in response to GMTplus7). For some reason you made a post saying that some humanities courses will be required no matter what (duh), to which Ishida responded by affirming both your statement as well as his earlier statement. You then made a post that doesn’t make any sense given this context:</p>
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<p>Ishida was confused and responded rudely, true, but it’s not entirely his fault.</p>
<p>(Let’s all be friends, now.)</p>
<p>Regarding the original topic: I completely agree with Chucktown that the same time would be better spent in pursuit of a master’s degree. There’s just no reason to get a double-major unless there’s so much overlap that it would mean only a few extra courses.</p>