<p>The new Market and Social Systems Engineering major at Penn interests me. Looking at the courses and direction it's taking, it looks like a lot like computer science with just a tad of economics mixed in. It looks pretty neat, and relatively marketable. What do you think?</p>
<p>I'm curious to see how it does after a few years.</p>
<p>Penn</a> Engineering - Market and Social Systems Engineering (MKSE)</p>
<p>I didn’t look at the link but I do like how Penn has “unique” technical degrees. Penn also has a M.S. Engineering with an emphasis in Computer Information Systems. It’s like doing an I.T./I.S. degree but wrapped in a M.S. Engineering program.</p>
<p>It’s like CS+OR+Econ+SI. Sounds cool. Kind of Liberal Artsy in that you study multiple things, with less depth. Obviously that has it’s advantages and disadvantages, but it sounds good to me.</p>
<p>Yeah at what Qwerty said. A bundle major.
Hmmmm. This is more business-oriented. Actually the idea is nice. But on the other hand, how marketable is this major at the moment? I don’t really know. The selling point of this major is that one can take over the role of marketing, PR, and some software engineering job? LOL</p>
<p>Well, that’s the nature of Penn Eng.</p>
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In my opinion, the selling point isn’t that it prepares you for job in particular. It’s that you will learn and understand social networks and how they interface with technology systems today. In that sense, it seems like it’s less of a pre-professional degree than it is a liberal arts degree, but who knows, it’s a new program, and we’ll see what direction Penn takes it towards.</p>
<p>Sounds interesting enough though.</p>
<p>Well, ken, that’s exactly the selling point.
Like someone said, college is a business.
In small business this would be a benefit because one guy can do three guys’ roles.</p>
<p>From the name I figured it had something to do with teaching people to be central planners, economic and social engineering, etc. In other words, totally discredited voodoo nonsense. But the actual description does sound like a worthwhile area of study.</p>
<p>Sounds like a really interesting degree. As Qwerty said, teaches a lot of material but in less depth which obviously has its advantages and disadvantages. Is it a marketable degree? I’m thinking it should be, after all it’s still a degree from Penn…</p>