<p>I am an electrical engineering major right now and I am considering going for a double major. I heard doubling with computer engineering is quite easy, but is it any use? What would you recommend me to double as?</p>
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<p>What would you recommend me to minor in, if you dont think double majoring is worth the effort?</p>
<p>Thanks a bunch.</p>
<p>If you have to ask, then that means you shouldn't double major. There's no practical benefit. If you happen to be intimately interested in two subjects, then go for it. Otherwise, don't.</p>
<p>double major EE and philosophy.</p>
<p>EE and computer science sounds like a good combination.</p>
<p>i am doing EE and math because i have a personal interest in number theory and mathematical proof. i would like to manage to combine EE and number theory (seems like best shot is in communications/information theory) but really it is because i want to do it.</p>
<p>double majoring in EE and CompE degree is easy because CompE is really a combination of EE and CompSci. but is not really worth it because after all half of CompE is already electrical so there is no need to major double major in EE and CompE. Instead you could minor in EE if yuo really like it. right now i am a CompE major planning to double major with math and maybe a minor in EE.</p>
<p>If you have the time, why not? :) You're in college once. Make the best out of your experience.</p>
<p>What about computer engineering and business? (question, not directed to the OP)</p>
<p>Maybe a minor in business Joshua. Outside of gen eds CompE and business share almost nothing so double majoring would be at least a 6 year process. You'd be MUCH better off getting your BS in CompE then getting an MBA.</p>
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<p>Doubling is generally not worth it. The (unfortunate) fact is, nobody really cares. Employers don't really care. Grad school adcoms also don't really care. Sure, it might give you a marginal advantage in terms of getting a job or getting into grad school, but almost certainly not enough of one to be worth the extra effort. You would be better off taking that extra time you used to get the double and instead using it to do other things, i.e. to get a master's in your primary major, or to get internship/co-op/research experience. </p>
<p>Bottom line: if you're going to pull a double, do it because you have a genuine intellectual interest in two fields. Don't do it because you think it's going to give you much of an advantage in competing for jobs or grad school, because it probably won't. I have seen numerous people with doubles lose out on the job they wanted, even though the double would seem to be precisely geared towards the job in question, to people who had only a single major, but who could present relevant work experience or better grades (because they only had to study for one major) or even better interviewing skills. I will always remember one guy with a double who had lost out on the job he really wanted to people with just single majors that he should have spent less time pursuing the double and more time working on his interview skills.</p>
<p>As far as minoring, if you have to choose one, why not math? I bet you're pretty close anyway.</p>
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<blockquote> <p>Doubling is generally not worth it.</p> </blockquote>
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<p>Ha, the year I graduated from UC Irvine, the department of engineering was in the process of revising the CompE and ElecE curiculuum to discourage double-majoring. One of the (cynical) professors staunchly complained that double-majoring devalued the perceived value of either degree. The main problem was CompE+ElecE required just a handful of additional courses, causing a lot of students to double-enroll (when overcrowding was a problem in upper-div classes.)</p>
<p>Sakky seems right. Once you're somewhat fair game for the interview room, employers don't care. And grad schools, I heard, throw out all your work from anything other than the concentration you're applying under. </p>
<p>HOWEVER, I would like to say that doubling in CS or math might be a good idea. I personally say, though, forget DOUBLING, just take the classes you wish to take. Because lots of engineers lack mathematical sophistication which could lead them to some more interesting things. Well, this is engineers planning on grad school...the more math you know, I think, the more literature opens up to you, and you can end up doing some interesting work during your undergrad which grad schools will notice. </p>
<p>For grad school, some additional knowledge, IF YOU MAKE IT CLEAR that there is a point to it, should likely be an asset. But don't kill yourself over it if you don't have intellectual interest, because as I said, it's not the fact THAT you're double majoring, but what you do with the second discipline, which could come to matter.</p>
<p>I'll second sakky's remarks. If you really have a love of those fields, go for it. But don't do it because it will look good. </p>
<p>If you end up working for a couple years and decide that the other field you didn't major in still interest you, you can always get a masters in that field.</p>