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I think electrical engineering would a perfect fit for me in terms of a career, but I am not sure about the material covered in the major. Is it far and beyond say a class like Calc BC?
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Yes, it is far and beyond Calc BC. Undergrad engineering is pretty much 4 years of calculus, and each class introduces more and builds on what you've learned before. Signal processing (a required course in any ABET acredited curriculum) introduces fourier and laplace transforms. E&M theory gives you Maxwell's equation in operator notation. Solving circuit equations with inductors and capacitors uses derivitives and integrals extensively. And so on. If you find Calc BC interesting and you don't mind the work, EE will be ok. If you hate the class, wrong major ...</p>
<p>BTW the warnings above about the undergrad dropout rate are accurate, and if anything understated. According to a trade newspaper, "With a few notable exceptions, U.S. engineering schools typically have attrition rates hovering between one-half and two-thirds." See <a href="http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=45200041%5B/url%5D">http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=45200041</a> or <a href="http://www.eetimes.com/issue/fp/OEG20020712S0041%5B/url%5D">http://www.eetimes.com/issue/fp/OEG20020712S0041</a></p>