<p>I'm not at this point in my life at all, but being someone that is going into a career that satisfies them enough now (but nothing really seemed that great, so just made a decision), I think that in the future I might want to do something else.</p>
<p>However, how would one go about doing that? And what if I was going from business to engineering?</p>
<p>I'd assume you could go engineering to business by just getting a masters or MBA, but what about if someone wanted to go back and do engineering? Would they need an undergrad education in that or can one get into a graduate level engineering program without the undergrad degree? Or is there something that can be done for a more direct degree path (i.e. not taking worthless gen. ed. classes and what not).</p>
<p>Not sure what'll happen in the future, but just wanted to know how graduate school worked and what people really did to possible change their career paths later in life, whether a couple years out of undergrad, 10 years, or more.</p>
<p>If you have a BBA than you will have met most GE requirements. However, an Engineering major has very few GE requirements.</p>
<p>I know at my schools graduate Engineering you MUST have a BS. So you would not meet that requirement. In order to become an engineer you will have to go back and get an undergraduate degree.</p>
<p>I’m going into the accounting field and while I do enjoy it (not that much tho, I admit), I know i can’t be in auditing forever. I want to try making it to manager level though (perhaps 5 years?) and all the meanwhile take courses towards something. My firm does pay for some amount of schooling each year (hoping it can be towards anything). </p>
<p>Would it possible in that time to get some degree in mechincal engineering? Applied mathematics, especially that type of designing/building has always fascinated me (was sorta too far into accounting to turn back tho). But is it possible for me to do anything about that without going back to school full time? Perhaps if I can’t achieve bachelors… maybe associates? And then maybe that could allow me to get masters?</p>
<p>Hell, I even wanna learn this for my own knowledge, not necessarily for a job. But would be cool to jump my career from accounting to something with engineering. Perhaps a manager or something in that field. Combining both talents.</p>
<p>Of course, no idea how possible this is, but any help/advice would be appreciated. Thanks.</p>
<p>For example, I really enjoy Economics so I’m majoring in Economics. At the same time though, a BS in a science could turn out to be better suited for me. </p>
<p>I’m sure there are thousands of people who decide 2 years after graduating from undergrad that they want to do something else… do those people just go back for a second bachelors? I know that if you want to learn more about business you can just go for an MBA, but what about going from business to something else?</p>
<p>If anybody has any experience it’d be marvelous if you could share Thanks</p>
<p>I’ll be finished with this almost exact situation in 8 weeks. I obtained a BS degree from a D1 state school in the Midwest. The degree was in Biochemistry with a minor in chemistry.</p>
<p>I had no idea what to do with just a BS in Biochemistry, but was fortunate to obtain an internship with a company in the same city. They offered me a job, and with zero other prospects I accepted at a salary of…$35,300.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, I was always jealous listening to my engineer friends talk about their salaries obtained. My father was an engineer as well, and I enjoyed hearing about their schooling, so I gave myself a time frame of 2 years as to whether or not I would return to get a degree in Chemical Engineering at the same school as before.</p>
<p>I told my managers at my first employer, who treated me immaculately and supported my decision. They allowed me to go part time whenever I needed to try and get this degree finished. It took me 2.5 years of absolute hell of working full-time with part-time chemE school or part-time work with full-time chemE, but I did it and did well.</p>
<p>I obtained an internship this summer at a chemical plant in the midwest, which is exactly where I want to work, and just received a job offer of $70,000 plus a 3k signing bonus, in a very low cost of living midwest area.</p>
<p>After about 5 years at my previous job, my salary was $39,500. So it was well worth it: Higher salary, much better growth potential at this company (or nationally) and greater personal satisfaction.</p>
<p>Personally, I would never suggest to anybody to get a degree in just Chemistry/Biology/Biochemistry after realizing all you can do with a BS in it is just be a glorified lab technician…</p>
Thanks</p>