<p>What non-engineering UG majors are good to get to later on get a masters in systems or industrial engineering and much later on MBA?</p>
<p>Off the top of my head, something like statistics comes to mind. Still, the best prep would be an Industrial Engineering undergrad. What do you have against UG engineering?</p>
<p>Some people might have an opportunity to very affordably attend a college (parent works there, won a scholarship there, etc.) that may not offer an undergraduate engineering program.</p>
<p>Math, Statistics and some Computer Science programs. With a MS in SysE or IE, you will have to take one or more of the following:</p>
<ul>
<li>Operations Research/Optimization/Mathematical Programming</li>
<li>Separate Course in Probability</li>
<li>Separate Course in Statistics</li>
</ul>
<p>Note: I say separate because other Grad majors may allow the combined Prob & Stats course</p>
<ul>
<li>Simulation</li>
<li>Design of Experiments</li>
<li>Statistical Quality Control (maybe)</li>
</ul>
<p>Along with…Project Management, Quality Management and an applications area (CS, IT or O.R.).</p>
<p>I was a Math undergrad major who went on to a M.S. in SysE in grad school.</p>
<p>Personally, I would pursue a BSEE with a minor in statistics (or at least some reasonable coursework in the area).</p>
<p>Would Computer Science (with some extra Math classes) be a good undergraduate major for such?</p>
<p>Computer Science, perhaps with extra emphasis in Physics, might be good - I would probably encourage a future engineer to study Physics if there were no undergraduate engineering opportunities available, and try to supplement with classes of the type GlobalTraveler listed.</p>
<p>Computer Science is in the Engineering school here (which I am part of) so we have to take 2 semesters of calc-physics. I am just wondering for purposes of a broader education (and hopefully a broader choice of employment).</p>