<p>I'm an incoming freshman at UCSD and my major is currently bioengineering... but I'm starting to have doubts on whether this is the right major for me. I love math and I was thinking that I should switch to an engineering major that is more focused on math. I was wondering if bioengineering involves a lot of math and whether I should change my major to something else such as computer science/computer engineering or something o_O
Unfortunately I only have a day or two left to submit whether I want to change my major or not so I'd appreciate the quick help! Thanks!</p>
<p>I would change. To be honest, I have not seen anyone with a degree in bioengineering working as an engineer. Most people working as engineer in biomedical industry I know have an EE/ME/CE degree. I think bioengineering major is overrated. I only found 5 jobs related to bioengineering in CA (search dice.com).</p>
<p>It's probably better not to major in bioengineering if you actually want an engineering-related job. If you're really interested in anything computer-related, CS and CompE are something to consider. If all goes wrong, ME or EE are broad fields that I would recommend.</p>
<p>I don't know who told you about the timeframe to change majors, but that is not true. You can change your major whenever you want. I would know, being that I've been here for 4 years.</p>
<p>If you want to switch to CS/CE, you are going to have to first complete pre-req courses, i.e. Math 20A-F and some CS courses, and then apply for entrance into the major. Since it's impacted, they only take the "best" students, and I believe the minimum GPA is 3.5.</p>
<p>Electrical involves a lot of math (I think) and it can be switched to easily, so you might want to consider that.</p>
<p>Just curious then, what does bioe encompass?</p>
<p>I'm in the biotech major at sd. xD
anyone have any input on this?
(besides the obvious lab sciences chem, physics, and bio..)</p>
<p>Well my brother was a bioeng major at UCI, and he said that his course work was pretty much a mix of everything. He took classes with MechE, ElecE, CivE, and ChemE kids.</p>
<p>He said if he had to do it again though, he would have chosen MechE, because BioE is not specialized enough. He knew a little about everything, but it's not as helpful as choosing one of those above mentioned fields. BioE is still relatively new, and most jobs have people majoring in a different eng, and then getting a masters in BioE.</p>
<p>It worked out for him though, because enough classes overlapped to where he was able to get a Materials Science major as well, with 1 added year.</p>
<p>thanks a lot guys, all posts were useful to me :)
i've decided to change to Computer Engineering CS25
does that sound good? lol</p>
<p>EE sounds like a good choice but ME/ASE/ChemE aren't too bad either. Remember, with any engineering major you won't really have the depth of Math as a physicist or math major, so you might want to look at a math minor or supplement your education.</p>
<p>Also after looking at the UCSD page, Engineering Physics (under EE) or an Applied/Computational Mathematics might satisfy your math rigor.</p>
<p>If you want mathematical rigor, EE should be your choice.</p>
<p>oh okay, EE it is, thanks A TON!</p>