<p>I'd really like to major in Finance, Investment, and Banking with something related to engineering. At my university (UW-Madison), however, students are not allowed to attain undergrad degrees from the College of Business and College of Engineering simultaneously. But one can be a student in both the College of Letters and Science and CoB, so I have a few options. </p>
<p>1) I can major in Physics in L&S and then major in FIB in the College of Business.
2) I can major in Applied Math, Engineering and Physics in L&S and then major...
3) I can major in Math or Stats in L&S and then major...</p>
<p>Which do you think is the best route to management of and consulting for engineering firms?</p>
<p>The other option, if I wanted to stick to engineering, would be to double major in EE and IE. I would complete this in 5 years with good internship exp.</p>
<p>" "The employment outlook is excellent," notes the University of Michigan's Dr. John Birge, who is professor and department chair, industrial and operations engineering. "Major manufacturers, consulting firms and big accounting firms nationwide are recruiting heavily," he says, noting that systems integration work, "Year 2000" problems and the financial service sector are driving much of the demand for quality engineers right now. "</p>
<p>But IE is not even that hard at my uni. I've looked at the curriculum... It's the easiest engineering major at my school, hands down. No more than 3 semesters of calc and 2 of physics needed. If I'm going to stick to engineering... I really don't know. Double majoring won't be a huge jump.</p>
<p>It definitely won't be like doubling in ME and EE, ChemE and EE, etc. That would be killer.</p>
<p>At UMich, IOEs take the same math, physics, chem prerequisites as all other engineers with the only exception of replacing Math 216 with 214, which combines diffi qs with linear algebra. So I don't know what school you're from and what makes you think IOEs don't have to go through the same rigorous curriculum.</p>
<p>I guess this is what I'm trying to say: Even though IE will require me to take 3 semesters of calc, DE and Linear Algebra, as well as a couple stats classes, the fact of the matter is that my EE major will literally complete all of the pre-reqs except for the stats classes. In addition to that, I just need to take 7-8 IE classes, which really is not that bad if you factor in my willing to attend summer sessions.</p>
<p>Chem, I'm taking right now. There are only two semesters of physics required, which clearly with EE won't be a problem. And lastly, the only cs course I'd need to take basically boils down to Intro to Java, which, again, EE will cover anyway.</p>
<p>I've said in the first post I go to UW-Madison. What do you guys think?</p>
<p>Sulaymanshah, your school's IE program is easy, so I guess doubling up shouldn't be a problem. I thought most schools would require 128 credits to graduate...but yours only requires 120. Now I kinda get why people think IE is the easiest engin major....in general at least.</p>