Possible for me to get a MS in engineering?

Graduate School
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<p>Without going through all the details at how I've arrived at this dilemma... in a nutshell, I graduated last year with an undergraduate degree in International Business from The College of New Jersey. I want to end up being a mechanical/aerospace engineer (particularly interested in the automotive industry). My question is, how do I get from here to there? I contemplated redoing an engineering bachelor's, but I simply can't afford to spend 4 years getting deeper in debt only to walk out with another bachelor's degree. </p>

<p>Is it possible for me to take a bunch of non credit engineering prereq courses (I realize there would be a lot...) and then apply to a Master's engineering program? Or is this likely to be a waste of time and money because my chances of getting into a good mechanical/aerospace engineering program would be very slim due to the fact that I don't have an undergrad background in engineering?</p>

<p>It took me a long time to figure out I want to be an engineer, but now that I know what I want to do, I would greatly appreciate any advice/help with getting from where I am now to where I want to be. Thank you in advance for any advice.</p>

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<p>Someone I knew back in my first year at rez was in a similar situation. He majored in music as an undergrad, but along the way realized he was more interested in engineering. He took a few science electives (mainly calculus and physics) as a music major, and started another bachelor’s program in engineering at a different university. </p>

<p>He still had to do the full 4 years for the bachelors, but he might’ve gotten come transfer credits for those science electives. Not entirely sure since I haven’t spoken to him in a long time. </p>

<p>For your situation, if you wanted to get into a good program, just taking non-credit engineering prereqs probably wouldn’t cut it (you wouldn’t gain any research experience). Also since engineering programs are highly structured, I’d imagine the amount of prereqs you’d have to do would amount to another degree by itself. I’m no expert and I could be completely wrong, probably your best bet is to talk to the profs at your school and ask what your next step should be.</p>