<p>I'm about a year away from finishing my BS in civil/structural engineering. My GPA will be a 3.7 and I've got extracurricular stuff ect.</p>
<p>I can't shake the feeling that this major isn't right for me though. After experiences in undergrad prep, I began to picture myself in a more "scientific" major. I got straight A's in all physics and in calc I,II,II as well as differential equations and in a perfect world would try to get a Phd in one of those fields. Im the type of person that learned Fourier transforms over break for fun</p>
<p>As it is though i'm not sure if I could see myself being a math teacher/experimental physicist so I've been thinking maybe I could try to make the transition to aerospace, plus I imagine the transition to aero from structural would require less backtracking. I've heard it's possible to get accepted into graduate aerospace programs with a bachelors in structural engineering, but I don't know how true it is.</p>
<p>Does anyone have any knowledge on how attainable it is to get into a masters program with a structural engineering BS? I do have a 3.7 gpa from a decent public engineering university in California. I've heard maybe I could intern for an aerospace firm with a BS in structural to help with the admissions process but would aero firms even show interest in a structural intern.</p>
<p>any input from people with knowledge on this stuff would be much appreciated.</p>
<p>I graduated with a civil/structural engineering degree (many moons ago) and went to work for a large aerospace company doing aerospace structural analysis. Many of my fellow aerospace structural engineers were also civil E grads. That path is quite common.</p>
<p>As far as grad school goes; different colleges will have different entrance requirements for their various grad programs. You may have to take a class or two to fulfill those requirements but otherwise it should be no problem to switch branches of engineering. </p>
<p>My grad major was applied mechanics as it was the best fit for me. I needed to take one class to get into that program and I was allowed to take that class concurrently with my grad classes. Obviously, I couldn’t take some classes for which it was a prerequisite for until I finished it and so I got it out of the way ASAP.</p>
<p>As an alternative to going right into graduate school, you might want to do what @HPuck35 describes. That is, finding a job in the Aerospace field and then going for the Masters that best meets your career goals after you have a bit of experience.</p>
<p>During career fairs and info sessions, NASA and other aero corporations go out of their way to mention that they like hiring structures people and hire many CivE’s. It’s a pillar of aerospace engineering. The grad program at my school has tons of non-aero bs students. The school recommends other engineering majors to take aerospace systems and aerodynamics I & II before starting the core classes (two of those can be taken in summer).</p>
<p>You probably could, but you might have to take undergraduate aerospace classes as prerequisites. How many depends on the program. Best thing to do is contact the aerospace department and see. Graduate schools in the US love having American students go for graduate degrees, they do anything to keep you in school.</p>
<p>I’m in graduate school right now for structural by the way, graduate school is a great choice. However, the aerospace industry hires quite a few structural students. If you have experience with finite element (LS-DYNA, ANSYS etc) it really improves your chances.</p>