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Keep in mind, I'm just a high school senior who is very interested in engineering in general.
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<p>One of the nice things about engineering is that you can get a degree in one type, then apply it to all types with just a little training. For example, a few years ago LA had too many AE's but not enough CE's. The city ran a course at night and in less than 6 months, the AE's were qualified to be CE's. </p>
<p>Also, if you get a PE, most states do not specify in which field you can apply your skills. So if you test as an ME, then decide you want to do ChE work, for instance, you can. Ethically you shouldn't stamp any ChE work until you understand ChE, though.</p>
<p>That makes sense, then. Are you sure that one degree in EE won't be sufficient? </p>
<p>People seem to get really carried away with these double majors sometimes, though. I would just hate to be in college for 6 years working on two BS degrees when you could spend less time and get a BS and an MS. I would definitely work through all the options and determine how much time it will add before jumping into a double major.</p>
<p>Keep in mind, too, that to be employable, you will need two terms of internships. If you're planning to finish on time using summer sessions, you might be shooting yourself in the foot.</p>
<p>Right. I double majored by using electives and then taking three extra classes, which didn't delay my graduation time. To me, that's the case when you do it. Another situation is when a career path depends or is strongly improved by the second degree (e.g. someone majors in International Relations then picks up a second degree in Russian). </p>
<p>Maybe robotics and AI takes both degrees, I don't know, I'm not in the field. But most people I know who do those things have degrees in ECE.</p>
<p>Yeah, probably the guy could do either CS or ME, or EE / ECE and be alright. It depends on what he wants to get into specifically. Any of those majors can work on robotics / AI. He could even do math, or physics, and probably get away with it.</p>
<p>if you dont know the answer to your own question then yeah getting 2 majors is pretty pointless.</p>
<p>i dont think you are at the point yet where you should be asking what my major should be. first, you need to do some self assessment and determine what you actually want to do. after you have an idea of what kind of jobs you would like after college you can pick an engineering major that will take you on the correct career path.</p>
<p>and no, saying "i want to be an engineer" is not a correct self assessment conclusion. some engineering majors and careers differ by night and day. clearly, a software engineer does nothing, or even come close to, what a civil engineer would do. yet, both majors have "engineering" in them.</p>
<p>if youre getting a 2nd degree for the sake of learning, i recommend you spend your free time in the library and reading engineering books about the 2nd engineering major. its a better economical decision than spending 2 extra years in school getting an additional engineering degree.</p>
<p>hey guys for fun, what you think about double majoring in mechanical and bioengineering?</p>
<p>the bioengineering curriculum covers all the basic mechanics you need. if youre interested in bioengineering i recommend getting an undergrad in chemical engineering and then going for bioengineering for your masters or phd. bioengineering is a very narrow field and limits the types of jobs you can get. generally speaking, 4 years of bioengineering wont get you any decent bioengineering jobs. also for the record, most bioengineering students go into research.</p>