<p>good question … a couple comments</p>
<p>My undergraduate education taught me how to think … how to research, approach, and solve problems … to seek others opinions and ideas … to discuss and write about my ideas. I’d think these are some of the fundamental goals of any undergraduate education (whatever the major … whatever the school)</p>
<p>In my particular case my major taught me to test assumptions and how to address problems in a very analytical fashion. About half of my working career has been spent in jobs that are pretty closely tied my undergraduate major … but that is probably not unusual for someone who was an undergraduate engineer.</p>