<p>Hi, I'm currently a junior in High School and I'm interested to major in math related majors and I came down to 3 choice.</p>
<ol>
<li>Engineering (Software Engineering)</li>
<li>Architecture</li>
<li>Accounting</li>
</ol>
<p>I've heard engineering requires sooo much work and stress... </p>
<p>Would you recommend majoring in engineering in college?</p>
<p>And any comments for other math related majors (architecture, accounting)?</p>
<p>Thank you so much!!</p>
<p>Software engineering is a methodology of building software. You do not need to major in software engineering to DO software engineering. A computer science major or a math major with a computer science emphasis can be software engineers.</p>
<p>As for the math involved, if you are a CS major, you will need:</p>
<p>Calculus I
Calculus II
Linear Algebra
Discrete Math/Structures</p>
<p>If you are a Math major, you will need to add on:</p>
<p>Calculus III
Differential Equations
Analysis or Real Analysis or Advanced Calculus
Abstract Algebra
Numerical Analysis
Probability
Mathematical Statistics
…and a few selected math electives</p>
<p>As a junior in high school, you should be starting Algebra II this coming semester…then Trigonometry next fall and finish up with Pre-Calculus.</p>
<p>Well, I wouldn’t say accounting is too math related. I don’t even think you’ll use any skill above Calculus. Where as in engineering, you’ll regularly use calculus, or in your case, discrete mathematics that might make use of calculus once in a while. I am not sure about architecture, but that field has slightly less employment opportunities than engineering.</p>
<p>The main recommendation is to definitely major in engineering, but if you REALLY are not a high stress guy, accounting might do, but architecture will have more ‘real’ math content than accounting.</p>
<p>Is this a joke thread? The math involved in architecture, engineering, and accounting is so trivial that one can probably teach an ape to do it.</p>
<p>Majjestic, that might be true for architecture and a lesser extent accounting, but not engineering.</p>
<p>shackleford, many engineering tracks, albeit not all never require anything above diff equations.
Not exactly what any rational person would consider complex.
Accounting doesn’t rquire anything above addition/subtraction and even then, you will always have a computer to do it for you. That being said, most business colleges will require calc 1-2, stats and possibly linear algebra/diff equ.</p>
<p>Shackleford, do not feed this ■■■■■. I suggest that you use the ‘report post’ button on him and then add him to your ignore list.</p>
<p>Frankly, I agree with Majestic. :D</p>