<p>Hey guys, i was just wondering if i take math and econ as a major in undergrad, would it be possible to do engineering as a master's degree in post-grad school?</p>
<p>thanks.</p>
<p>While it is certainly possible, you would have to take many undergraduate engineering courses as prerequisites for graduate courses anyway. You will not be able to just jump into graduate level engineering classes with no background in it. There seems to be at least one person a week on here asking this exact same question. My question for these people would be, if you want to go into engineering, why not get a BS in engineering? This doesn’t seem to be a ground-breaking thought does it?</p>
<p>I don’t understand why people think that they can get an undergrad in business or liberal arts and then jump right into engineering graduate school. While math, physics, or even chemistry are more closely related to engineering, the same thought still remains. If you want to be an engineer or go to graduate school for engineering, why not get an engineering degree?</p>
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<p>One reason is because it could be that the liberal arts math or physics major wants a more “broad” major that allows them to pursue either engineering, business or the sciences after undergrad. Once they obtain experience in their chosen path, they go for the graduate degree in that area. Also with the math and physics majors, you usually have more free electives than engineering. The electives can allow a math or physics major to specialize in an engineering area without having to take the whole engineering curriculum.</p>
<p>That is one of the reasons some schools have Master of Engineering and/or Master of Science in Engineering (no designation) programs. The degree is pretty much made up of a mish-mash of engineering, math, physics and CS courses so that the student can tailor their program.</p>
<p>You also have the systems engineering major which is just some SysE courses, business courses and a 3 or 4 course engineering specialty. When some employers only look for candidates with graduate engineering degrees and not really caring about their undergrad major…why not take advantage?</p>
<p>All of those points are valid but I stand by the assertion that if someone wants to be an engineer, then he or she should get an undergraduate degree in engineering. I can understand that some people want to switch careers after graduating with an undergrad in another area. What I don’t understand are the people that haven’t started college yet that want to major in business or liberal arts and then go to graduate school in engineering. If the end game is to become an engineer, my advice is get the BS in engineering. After all, it is one of the most versitile degrees. It will also eliminate a lot of hassle as far as having to take prerequisites for graduate school and provide a much stronger technical foundation.</p>
<p>You could jump into a CS masters pretty easily. I know a couple of people who did get engineer masters after doing CS and Math undergrads.</p>
<p>I agree with ME 76 on this one. I got a BA and History and you didn’t see me applying for Master’s programs in Engineering. I’m going for the BSE.</p>