<p>How does this affect/hurt job prospects?</p>
<p>Let's say I'm an applied math major with a focus in fluid dynamics/mechanics. Would I be eligible for similar jobs to any engineers?</p>
<p>maybe, but it will be an uphill battle. Just do engineering and take applied math classes as an elective.</p>
<p>Yeah, I think only software engineering and industrial engineering (via operations research) are the only two engineering areas that an applied math major can focus on and not face a battle against actual IE and CS majors.</p>