<p>Can anyone tell me about this program? Like, do you receive a Bachelor of Business Administration degree along with a specific engineering degree or do you only receive the Bachelor of Business Administration degree? Also, about how long does it take to complete this program? I am undecided about what I want to do but I am kind of thinking electrical engineering but I also am considering Accounting/Actuary careers. Also, how hard is it to complete this program like how much math do you have to take like I know for engineering it's pretty much all math (Calculus I, II, III, Differential Equations, Physics, etc.)</p>
<p>I haven't looked into the ERB much, but it might be something I am interested in too. I'll tell you what I know about EE though(from a sophomore EE). </p>
<p>Your pretty much listed the Math there. One thing to keep in mind about the math, unless you come in with AP credits for Calculus, everyone in engineering pretty much takes the 2 semester Calculus(M408C and M408D) instead of the 3 semester calculus plan(M408K,L,M). The AB exam gives you credit for M408C or M408K, and the BC gives you credit for M408C or M408K and M408L. Either way, if you come in with AP credit, you will have to take at least one semester of Calculus. Further if you plan on doing EE, you have to take quite a bit of math.. So far, I have taken or have credit for M408C, M408D, M427k(diff eq), and M340L(matrices) and I plan on taking M325k next semester. I think it's safe to assume the Engineering math should account for math you need to take(maybe Business stats, but thats really easy in comparison). If your bad at math, you might want to look elsewhere, because diff eq and calculus follows you around EE everywhere. </p>
<p>Engineering Physics at UT is pretty bad, and I don't know if it's too late for you or not(assuming your in AP Physics C)... but TAKE AP TESTS!!!!! I cannot stress this enough, I didn't listen to the college kids telling me that in high school, but if you can avoid taking things here, its MUCH better. Right now I am in the second semester of Physics, and it is absolutely terrible, even though I took AP Physics B in high school, its nothing like it.</p>
<p>Thanks for the info. Yeah I took the Calculus AB AP Exam last year as a Junior and I scored a 4 but I think I'm going to retake M408C because I really won't remember it at all by next fall as I couldn't fit Calculus BC into my schedule this year. Also, I didn't have a good AP Physics teacher so everyone in my class scored a 1 on the AP exam. I heard that Oscar Gonzales is really good for M408C because I read some reviews of his on [url=<a href="http://www.pickaprof.com%5DPick-A-Prof%5B/url">http://www.pickaprof.com]Pick-A-Prof[/url</a>]. I would say I'm pretty good at math but not good at Calculus as I barely managed to get a 90 final average in my AP Calculus AB class but the teacher was very strict and prepared us very well for the AP exam. I think the ERB program earns you a Bachelor of Business Administration degree but not an engineering degree. I'm wondering if you can hold electrical engineering jobs after successful completion of the ERB program. I doubt it because you would need a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. I am still confused and undecided if I should apply for the McCombs Business School and then select the ERB program or apply to the Cockrell School of Engineering and select Electrical/Computer Engineering.</p>
<p>Well if your still undecided, I would say go for the McCombs first. It's much easier to transfer to the School of Engineering from McCombs rather than vice-versa.</p>
<p>This is some information on ERB that might be good to know, straight from the McCombs website:</p>
<p>Here's the degree plan: </p>
<p>Here's the sample schedule (4 year sequence):</p>
<p>I am a freshman at McCombs, and from what I've heard about ERB is that it's geared toward students who like the technical experience of engineering but also want the daily interpersonal experience that business provides. Only about 20 people or so graduate a year with a BBA in ERB, but that's not because it's hard.</p>
<p>Obviously, there is more math and science and what you actually do is take a block of engineering classes (biomedical, chemical, computer, electrical, mechanical, and operations) and then choose a business block (finance/accounting, management information systems, marketing, supply chain) along with other business core classes. </p>
<p>But yes, it is a BBA degree, but obviously on your resume you indicate what business and engineering block you decide to pursue. And ERB like any other degree, takes 4 years to complete. Obviously AP credit helps in knocking out those early math and science classes so challenge yourself in high school and it helps.</p>
<p>You can find the math courses you have to take on the schedule, as I have no idea about since I'm just a BHP/MIS major. But yea, definitely look into that if you're considering both a business and engineering experience. </p>
<p>ERB majors tend to get about 4-5 job offers when they graduate and most of them tend to be from oil companies (BP, Shell, ExxonMobil) so it's a great opportunity.</p>
<p>I want to do electrical/computer engineering but I also want to do some business maybe a minor in business because I heard that if you have some knowledge of business concepts then you can advance easier into an upper-level engineering job. Do you think I should major in Electrical/Computer Engineering and minor in Business or do the Engineering Route to Business (ERB) program. I'm scared that I won't get any job offers if I do the ERB program because I won't have a degree in electrical/computer engineering as the ERB program awards the Bachelor of Business Administration degree.</p>
<p>ERB sounds good, because as I understand it, you can't just "minor in business" at UT. Otherwise there is a simple, simple set of classes called "business foundations" you can take. You can't take the actual business classes that the real business school students at McCombs take.</p>
<p>I think you are better off majoring in Engineering and take Business Foundations. You can always go to business grad school with an engineering degree, but you will never get in an engineering grad school with a business degree. That was the advice my high school teacher gave me and it's a very good one.</p>
<p>oh thanks for your advice liu02bhs yea i'm going to be applying for the engineering school</p>
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That is certainly true!</p>
<p>Hey, glad I can help. I'm actually applying for MBA this year. Enjoy being an EE/ECE.</p>