<p>I am very interested in getting a masters in engineering management, but I want to know what engineering Bachelors degree would be best suited for an engineering manager. I am in high school and am very curious. Thanks</p>
<p>It’s a long journey between where you are now and an engineering bs, let alone a masters degree for presumably a job managing engineers. What do you believe a masters in engineering managment will afford you? For that matter, why do you want to pursue a bs in engineering?</p>
<p>So, the degree isn’t as literal as it sounds. Master’s in Engineering Management (MEM) do not train you to manage engineers. You get that job when you actually have the experience to manage engineers. Go to Duke’s MEMP website and research it. As you will see from the class profile that most engineering majors are represented in their incoming classes. The degree that is best for you should be the field you are actually interested in, because if you eventually become a manager, that will be the field you are managing.</p>
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<p>Kind of curious what appeals to you about engineering management. When I was in high school, I had very little idea of what an engineer really did, and even less about what an engineering manager did. I saw some movies that I thought showed me, but when I thought more about them, the movie was more just drama and not the actual work.</p>
<p>Engineering management jobs are usually given to very experienced engineers and not to somebody just with a degree. After all, you are managing people AND a technology. If you don’t have a firm grasp on the technology (one that comes with having done the work and know what is involved), you can’t manage it.</p>
<p>It would be easier to help answer your question if you were able to express more of the details of the job you aspire to.</p>