Petroleum Engineering: Double Major

<p>Any petroleum engineers here help , or anyone that knows anything</p>

<p>is it possible to double major in Petroleum Engineering and Computer Science?</p>

<p>Colleges to which im planning to do that at : Texas A&M or University of Texas at Austin</p>

<p>For a double major you can do any combination you want, I see it a waste of time though</p>

<p>If there is one thing I have gathered from talking to petroleum engineer students and professionals, it is a lack of understanding in geology, and I do not mean that with any disrespect. Not every engineer, but just something I have gathered. They are engineering the geology and some do not understand that simple fact. </p>

<p>Granted I am a geology major and I guess you could say I have a bias, but I cannot tell you how many times I have been asked by a petroleum engineering student: “Geology? What do you plan on doing with that?” I have been asked that by junior students also, which is depressing to think that they have already had an internship or two.</p>

<p>Reservoirs are not blanket sands that extend for miles in any direction, You cannot stick a pipe in the ground and expect economic production. My advice to you is take as many geology courses as you can handle. Actually pay attention. Geology is the driving factor in the petroleum industry. I respect petroleum engineers and what they do, but ultimately it all comes back to the rock 10,000ft below the surface.</p>

<p>see the thing is my uncle tells me that petroleum engineering is a very valuable degree and computer science is my passion . so if i do them both getting a job would extremely easy … but is it worth doing petroleum engineering or should i do CE and CS ?</p>

<p>he works for a oil company</p>

<p>Pick one or the other. Pick the one you want to do. Most of the people I met in college that picked a major for the pay did not make it very far.</p>

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<p>First, you are going about this the wrong way. Don’t go for a petroleum engineering degree just because your uncle tells you it is lucrative. If you aren’t interested in the field, don’t go into it. This is especially true with petroleum where many of the engineers work strange, grueling schedules, and if you aren’t actually interested in the industry, you will likely burn out.</p>

<p>Second, just because you have two degrees, one that is lucrative and one that is your passion, doesn’t mean you will have any easier a time finding a job than someone with just one of the two. For one, those two degrees don’t have a lot of overlap, so there won’t likely be many employers seeing having both of them as an advantage. For two, some companies will view it negatively amid questions about what your true interests are.</p>

<p>If computer science is your passion, do computer science.</p>

<p>^I agree totally with bthibs59.</p>