<p>A few questions...</p>
<p>1) What schools have both good engineering and music programs?</p>
<p>2) How possible (or impossible) is it to double major (or double degree) in music and engineering?</p>
<p>3) Is a minor in music worth it?</p>
<p>Some opinions to any or all of these questions would be wonderful.
Thank you in advance!!!</p>
<p>If you tried, you’d stink at both. But both, to do well, require a lot of dedication away from class (music practice, engineering lab work). Not as sure about music, but engineering usually has a pretty set curriculum with few elective opportunities.</p>
<p>If you were my kid, and showed a passion for engineering (a real passion for the work, not just the paycheck), I’d say go that way. You can play and study music on your own. You don’t need a degree to be a musician. You do to be an engineer.</p>
<p>Northwestern offers a dual degree in music and engineering, but it takes 5 years to finish.</p>
<p>Why do you need to major in both? How does that play into your career goals? Would a minor in music be just as good?</p>
<p>I don’t know, I kinda felt like having both majors would be pretty cool, but I do see the difficulties in achieving both. SpacemanEd brings a good point, too, about not needing a major to be a musician.</p>
<p>Lots of engineering schools have good music programs, depending on how you define “good”. Are you talking conservatory good or you just need a program big enough to offer the courses you want and the types of performing arts groups (jazz band, marching band etc.)? U. Rochester (Eastman School of Music) or Tufts (program with the New England Conservatory of Music) are examples of the former, RPI, WPI and a host of others represent the latter.
I think your best strategy is to identify engineering schools that match your academic interests/abilities and finances, and then see what they have for music.</p>
<p>It seems that musicians and scientific minds go together somewhat. My D plays viola and has since 4th grade she will be starting at Purdue University in their 1st year engineering program. They have an Engineering and Orchestras learning community. A previous poster mentioned Northwestern’s Dual major. Whether you choose to major, minor, or just participate many Universities will offer you opportunities.</p>