<p>All are Bachelor's of Science Degrees:</p>
<p>Applied Mathematics (Mathematical Economics option)
Economics
Chemical Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Civil Engineering </p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>In my very knowledgable high schooler opinion, here goes (hardest to easiest):</p>
<ol>
<li>Mechanical Engineering</li>
<li>Electrical Engineering</li>
<li>Chemical Engineering</li>
<li>Civil Engineering</li>
<li>Applied Mathematics</li>
<li>Economics</li>
</ol>
<p>I think the thread would be better titled “rate these from most work to least work”. Some people might find mechanical engineering as easy as a kindergarten class while economics is the hardest subject on earth. In general, I think any engineering major is going to require a bit more work than others.</p>
<p>I really hate these threads. They’re incredibly pointless. No ones opinion on this matters since you really cannot quantify something like this. It’s bad enough that this crops up on the engineering majors board just about every week… but on the college life board too???</p>
<p><em>in b4 the usual hateful onslaught on liberal arts majors</em></p>
<ol>
<li>Chemical Engineering</li>
<li>Electrical Engineering</li>
<li>Mechanical Engineering</li>
<li>Applied Mathematics</li>
<li>Civil Engineering</li>
<li>Economics</li>
</ol>
<p>It can get quite subjective.</p>
<ol>
<li>Chemical Engineering</li>
<li>Mechanical Engineering</li>
<li>Electrical Engineering</li>
<li>Civil Engineering</li>
<li>Applied Mathematics</li>
<li>Economics</li>
</ol>
<p>By “hard” do you mean time consuming? Then engineering beats applied mathematics hands down. </p>
<p>Or if by “hard” do you mean that a smaller percentage of the population can do well in it, given that they put the necessary work into the material? Then, I would argue that applied math can be tougher than a lot of engineering classes.</p>
<p>Economics is on the bottom of your list, either way you look at it though.</p>
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<p>Agree, except I’d probably tie ChE/EE.</p>
<p>Applied Mathematics (Mathematical Economics option)<br>
Electrical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Economics </p>
<p>I’m actually unsure where applied math would go, but it’d probably be around the top half of the list</p>
<p>Applied math isn’t like high school or first-year math in college (multi, diffe, and everything before those), where you just solve equations and come out to nice solutions. Most applied math (just like pure math) is proof-based. You’re usually proving properties (like how the vertices of a polytope contain the minima and maxima of an objective function), or showing how fast various algorithms converge to a desired result. </p>
<p>Engineering, on the other had, is more about modeling a problem well, and using the math or equations you know to come out with a good answer. They’re different skill sets for sure, but I think most people in applied math could handle engineering, even if it takes longer (with larger problem sets, labs,…etc). I’m not so sure about the other way around.</p>
<p>GPA-wise, I think it’s easier to get higher grades in applied math, but a lot of that is due to self-selection. If you want to work in an engineering field though, definitely do engineering. </p>
<p>This is coming from somebody who has done a lot of engineering and applied math, so I’m not just tooting the applied math horn. Engineering is a great major any way you slice it, but a lot of difficulty on a subject is based on your personal skill set.</p>
<p>Electrical or Chemical engineering takes 1st place</p>
<ol>
<li>Chemical Engineering</li>
<li>Electrical Engineering</li>
<li>Mechanical Eng/Civil Eng/Applied Mathematics</li>
<li>Economics</li>
</ol>
<p>In the words of my economics prof (who got his undergrad in math): “It depends”. It depends on the department, the individual, the specific class to determine a ranking. However, it is safe to assume that economics in on the bottom and that civil engineering tends to be percived as the least rigorous of the engineering disciplens (whether thats rightly or wrongly assumed, I won’t comment).</p>