<p>There are types of engineering majors at colleges, but isn’t “mechanical” engineering the basic one? The first year or so pretty much has the same courses, anyways. I was a math major and took the same courses other than one that was specific to engineering majors for the first two years. I could have changed to an engineering major after that and still graduated on time. There is a much higher drop out rate for engineering that those changing to that major. I know I had my head handed to me taking the math and sciences that were slated for the engineering majors. The courses were definitely faster paced and at a higher level than those taking the same courses as natural science or other majors. The regular calc was far less difficult, for example, and the Physic was two semester for most kids whereas engineering majors took it over three terms and for more credits each term.</p>