<p>Hello all,</p>
<p>I'm enrolled in the College of Engineering as a freshman ('15) and intend to major in Aerospace Engineering.</p>
<p>In short, I wonder whether it's possible for a student to have 2 majors, being both under CoE's jurisdiction <a href="e.g.:%20is%20it%20possible%20to%20take%20aero%20and%20computer%20engineering%20simultaneously?">b</a>**.</p>
<p>Yes, though if you’re specifically thinking Aero and Computer Engineering expect that to be extremely difficult, and if you need to take more than a couple of prerequisites don’t expect to be able to do it in 4 years unless you do summers or take very heavy credit loads. </p>
<p>A lot of people do dual-majors within EECS. Computer Science + Computer Engineering is very popular.</p>
<p>It’s possible but depends on a few things</p>
<p>1.) How many credits are you coming in with?
2.) How much of an overlap is there between the two fields?
3.) How many credits will you earn over the summer?
4.) How long do you plan on staying?</p>
<p>I’m an international student and I have no idea how the credits system work (which means I’m coming with 0 credits too). Feel free to enlighten me with any information you might judge important regarding the present issue.</p>
<p>I’d say the staying time is a top requisite for me to decide whether I will enroll in a dual-major or not. I intend to acquire a bachelor’s degree in no more than 4 years.</p>
<p>Keeping that Aerospace Engineering is my main major, what would, in your opinion, be my best choice for a second major under these circumstances? (I heard many people mingle aero and mechanical engineering, but I really can’t see the advantage of doing this.)</p>
<p>If you are coming in with 0 credits and need to finish it in 4 years (presumably that means exactly 4 falls and 4 winters) then you should not consider a dual major. It is not a realistic option.</p>
<p>Yeah, if you are coming in with 0 credits and not staying more than 4 years it is impossible</p>
<p>Do they have any practice to evaluate credits from international students’ files? I haven’t studied in an international school (no AP or IB), but my high school academic profile surely covered most of the 101/102 classes’ contents.</p>
<p>i doubt it</p>
<p>I’ll I’ve heard is AP and IB</p>
<p>call them though</p>
<p>I’ll try the Live Help on Monday (international call is awfully expensive). Thanks for the help.</p>
<p>Hello, I’m currently a graduating senior majoring in Computer Engineering.</p>
<p>Double majoring in two different engineering majors is extremely difficult; finishing just one major in 4 years is sometimes considered an achievement. </p>
<p>“A lot of people do dual-majors within EECS. Computer Science + Computer Engineering is very popular.”</p>
<p>Hm, not so sure with that. I actually did consider this during my sophomore year, but because it is possible to have a Computer Engineering degree with almost the same requirements as a Computer Science degree (I now basically have a one class difference between a Computer Engineering and a Computer Science degree), the advisor said that a lot of classes won’t double count, making me have to take at least (emphasis on at least) a semester full of extra EECS classes (semester of only EECS classes is total hell, trust me). As I said, the two majors are really similar, so taking more years to get this degree is counter-productive; you’d rather spend the time getting a masters. </p>
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<p>I’m also an international student; you’ll probably be able to get some language credits (I received 8 credits by taking a proficiency exam during orientation).</p>
<p>You’re probably out of luck with other courses, as Michigan is known to even reject a lot of credits from other colleges.</p>
<p>undesputed, thank you for your input in this topic.</p>
<p>Assuming a student is majoring in Engineering, what’s a reasonable quantity of minors s/he would be able to enroll in and still keep an ‘affordable’ schedule?</p>
<p>Often times people coming in with 30+ credits can do CSE+CE in 4 years. And as far as dual-major combos go, it’s one of the most popular.</p>
<p>Sandro, it depends on the minors. An Econ minor for instance will require 25 credits (including the prerequisites) beyond the engineering curriculum. Up to 10 of that will count for the Social Science requirement though. Where as Math and Physics minors only require 9 credits more.</p>
<p>I’ll drop a basic question:
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[li]Does a minor grant you any diploma/certificate besides giving you brief knowledge?[/li][/ul]
Vladenshlutte, (I’ll be more specific this time) how possible do you think it is to…
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[li]…coming with 0 credits, major in Aerospace Engineering and minor in Computer Science+Math?[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>It will be quite difficult unless you take classes your first spring/summer. Looking at the program as best as I can tell it will require a minimum of 137 credits if you take nothing which won’t count towards that program. If you want to do it in 8 semesters you will have to never withdraw from a class, and have to take hard semesters every semester. </p>
<p>If you can get 16 or so credits out of the way during the summer it will become easier.</p>
<p>Does a minor grant you any diploma/certificate besides giving you brief knowledge?</p>