Changing from EE to Math

<p>Hello CC! Long time no see. </p>

<p>I'm here to ask of your advice once again. Currently, I am an Electrical Engineering sophomore. I've noticed lately that I really don't like any of my classes and I'm really becoming bored. So, I've been thinking of changing majors. I love math and I've gotten A's in all of my math classes, but that's only up to differential equations and I know that the classes change once you get to the higher level courses. I feel that this major would better suit me. I think the problem I have with the way engineering courses are taught is they tell you what to do, but not why to do it. (Make sense?) </p>

<p>My concerns with becoming a mathematics major are the following:</p>

<p>Career. I don't really know what I would do as a career. I'm in a University Honors Program that requires me to conduct research for my degree. So I had already planned on going to graduate school, no matter my major. What kind of careers do math majors usually have? I mean TYPICAL careers, not a once in a blue moon case. I've never really had a concern with getting a job being an EE major, but now I've begun thinking. </p>

<p>Research. Currently, I'm conducting research on low power implantable devices. Again, it is becoming boring for me. I'll have to do research as a mathematics major, but I'm afraid that it would be too difficult. I also have almost no idea what kind of research goes on and what the nature of the research is. Any insight on this would be helpful. </p>

<p>Courseload / Difficulty. Now that I've almost completed two years of the Electrical Engineering program, I am afraid that I may be behind as a mathematics major. I looked into it somewhat, and if I change majors, I will be one class away from an EE minor; so I think I would go ahead and take the class to get it. I will be behind somewhat in the mathematics curriculum, but I can still graduate on time if I take an extra math course or two each semester than recommended. I'm not considering changing majors because I'm struggling; I currently hold a 3.9 GPA, but I am concerned with the difficulty of a mathematics major. I've never had any experience with proof reading or writing except the minimum done in a calculus course. This scares me. </p>

<p>Anyway, thanks for reading this far guys! Any advice on this would be awesome! I'm worrying myself to death with this. </p>

<p>Thanks again (:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/internships-careers-employment/1121619-university-graduate-career-surveys-4.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/internships-careers-employment/1121619-university-graduate-career-surveys-4.html&lt;/a&gt; can give you an idea of what math majors do after graduation.</p>

<p>I’ve researched this a lot, and the prospects for math are about as good as it gets imo. Many of the different fields that you could work in require you to take many electives in them, but employers love math majors for their problem solving skills. [Career</a> Profiles](<a href=“http://www.maa.org/careers/profiles.html]Career”>Career Profiles | Mathematical Association of America)</p>