Importance of TE selection

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<p>Are TE's important? I mean I'll definately take them but does the actual course selection matter? Well I'm a structural engineer but I'm not sure what kind of structures I'd want to work with. I need to take 2 TE's but I might take 3-4 because most of them sound interesting. I want to take a variety so I know what I'd want to do after college.</p>

<p>I'm definately taking steel design, concrete design (2 courses), and geotechnical courses but I have to take additional courses. </p>

<p>We have timber design, composite design, aerospace design (2), nondestructive evaluation, seismic design, foundation engineering, and earthquake engineering.</p>

<p>How important are these to grad school admissions/employers?</p>

<p>I feel that it kind of shows that I'm not dedicated enough to one field. Like, a civil engineer should take stuff like timber design, seismic design, etc. isntead of aerospace/composite design. If I were to land a job with concrete/steel applications but I decided to go into timber design would it matter that I hadn't taken the course or is the concrete/steel design dexpirience transferable?</p>

<p>I'm also planning on going to grad school to get a masters so would it look better if I took the seismic stuff if i apply to civil engineering departments?</p>

<p>I'm probably just overthinking this....</p>

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<p>Definitely take foundation engineering if you're going to be a structural engineer and won't be working in the aerospace industry. It's an important part of the building design process. Not sure how important timber design is though...</p>

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<p>Foundation engineering's good. Timber design and masonry design are also pretty marketable, if you're going into structural design. If you're going to grad school, that will fairly easily parlay into aero opportunities, if that's something you're interested in, so don't worry about getting relevant experience right now.</p>