I am a 2nd year student at UMBC that transferred here to major in mechanical engineering after realizing I didnt want to major in architecture at my old school. However, my time here has been…hectic in terms of sticking to a set plan.
I really loved mechanical, but unfortunately I didnt get the grade required in calc 2 to meet the gateway requirements, resulting in a forced switch to computer engineering (chemical engineering is out of the question for me).
This semester, I found that while I was performing very well in the computer science courses, I was not understanding my computer engineering courses. So I decided another switch in major, this time to computer science, was a smart choice since I want to graduate with a good GPA and am frankly sick of being stuck in 100 and 200 classes.
However, I hear that computer science does not usually result in as many unique job opportunities as engineering courses do, like working in the aerospace industry (actually working on the products, not just typing in numbers). Because Ive had my sights set on that for the past 2 years, I still want to find a way to do that.
I plan on doing a graduate program (maybe at another school), but my question is what would be a graduate program focus that could get my foot back in the door of engineering oriented disciplines?