<p>Which major of Engineering is the most rigorous and challenging, and which area is the least demanding?
Please tell me.
Thanks.</p>
<p>There is no one "ultimate answer" this like college related things depends on the school, the engineering program, the faculty, the student body, the student's natural ability, work ethic and a bunch of other factors.</p>
<p>From the classes I've taken and people's perception at my undergrad I can divide it into four groups. No particular order in each group</p>
<p>Hardest:</p>
<p>computer
electrical
chemical</p>
<p>Upper Middle:</p>
<p>engineering science
mechanical
aerospace</p>
<p>Lower middle:</p>
<p>Materials
Civil</p>
<p>joke engineering(sorry to offend anyone but that is the perception):</p>
<p>Industrial</p>
<p>From the classes I've taken and the general perception here:</p>
<p>Most Boring:</p>
<p>CS
Material Sciences</p>
<p>Very Boring:</p>
<p>EE
BE
Civil</p>
<p>Pretty Boring:</p>
<p>MechE
Environmental
ChemE</p>
<p>Less Boring:</p>
<p>Aero/Astro</p>
<p>So, Civil is Lower Middle and Very Boring...</p>
<p>that would appear to be the case :/</p>
<p>I'm afraid it's just hard to get all excited about concrete.</p>
<p>Sigh, where is aibarr when you need her.</p>
<p>As it's percieved around here: (hardest first)</p>
<p>Chemical
Aerospace
Electrical/Computer
Biomedical
Mechanical
Civil
Industrial</p>
<p>I suppose if you've always liked skyscrapers, like me, then structural is the way to go!</p>
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Chemical
Aerospace
Electrical/Computer
Biomedical
Mechanical
Civil
Industrial
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Biomed more difficult than ME? Looking at my own schools curriculum, that looks to be far from the case.</p>
<p>Mr Payne and looking at my school's curriculum that is far more than the case.</p>
<p>Most difficult:
EE
Computer</p>
<p>very difficult:
Chemical</p>
<p>moderately difficult:
mech/aero</p>
<p>not that difficult:
civil</p>
<p>pseudo-engineering, a breeze:
inductrial and system engr</p>
<p>
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As it's percieved around here: (hardest first)</p>
<p>Chemical
Aerospace
Electrical/Computer
Biomedical
Mechanical
Civil
Industrial
[/quote]
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<p>I have a friend who went to stony brook for biomed. She said the workload wasn't bad because she had 1-2 bio related classes each semester which were her cake classes.</p>
<p>
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Mr Payne and looking at my school's curriculum that is far more than the case.
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That sentence is gibberish. Want to clarify what you are saying?</p>
<p>so it seems everyone has put IE as ''joke engineering".</p>
<p>true its business oriented but come on!</p>
<p>give it at least some respect.</p>
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so it seems everyone has put IE as ''joke engineering".</p>
<p>true its business oriented but come on!</p>
<p>give it at least some respect.
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I don't even consider it engineering. I only address it as such because other people think it is.</p>
<p>I think s/he meant to say this:</p>
<p>Mr Payne: And looking at my school's curriculum, that is far more than the case.</p>
<p>Mr Payne: here it is again, where I go to school BME is considered a far more difficult major than MechE. </p>
<p>Any BME program that has more than a couple of bio classes (as in from the bio department) as part of its curriculum is a bio program not a bme program.</p>
<p>Mr. Payne,</p>
<p>Why don't you consider IE as Engineering?</p>
<p>and if it isn't then why is it considered Engineering ?</p>