Petroleum Engineering

<p>I will be applying for the fall 2010 and am considering PE. Is anyone majoring in this? If so, what are the required courses and which ones are difficult? Is it really as time consuming as I've heard? Thanks</p>

<p>I’m not majoring in it.</p>

<p>It’s a 130 hour degree, which averages out to around 16 hours a semester. There’s possibility a few semesters where you’ll have 17-19 hours of course work.</p>

<p>Here is the recommended path for petro engineering students : [LSU</a> - Recommended Path](<a href=“http://appl010.lsu.edu/stu\RecmndPath.nsf/Preview/FAFD13F864AFACEC86257575006FFAC9?EditDocument]LSU”>http://appl010.lsu.edu/stu\RecmndPath.nsf/Preview/FAFD13F864AFACEC86257575006FFAC9?EditDocument)</p>

<p>The difficulty will depend on you as a student, but in general I hear that engineering degrees are tough and are time consuming. But it’s obviously doable. There’s also not so much pressure on getting “As” as most do not go to graduate school or professional school.</p>

<p>yours truly…</p>

<p>though, what interests you in the field, just curious</p>

<p>edit: i talked to a senior from the dept. in some high-up -leadership poistion, and she said the curriculum is pretty damn hard… though she still found a way to double major. lol so she must be a genius.</p>

<p>engineering is always a lot of work. for math and science courses in general, be prepared to spend 3 hours per credit hour per week on the class. for a typical 3 hour class, that’s 9 hours per week. and that’s for a “normal” math/science class; engineering has some pretty ridiculous classes that are intentionally hard to test your commitment level.</p>

<p>sounds unfair, but would you really want a slacker engineer building a bridge, building, or chemical factory? I didn’t think so.</p>

<p>I can sure as hell attest to it ;)</p>