<p>Sheed, that begs a different question. What's the hardest major at each level of study?</p>
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Well, My dad has a PHd in Astro-Physics and according to him Physices is the hardest major.
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<p>As a subject matter, I agree. But as an undergraduate program, physics doesn't really compare to the amount of work needed in engineering.</p>
<p>Yea, i agree. Physics may be harder on the graduate level, however, engineering is the hardest Ubndergrad degree.</p>
<p>I once thought that all majors were equally hard... apparantly not.
My top 5 are:</p>
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<li>Nuclear eng.</li>
<li>Computer eng.</li>
<li>Electrical eng.</li>
<li>Chemical eng.</li>
<li>Aerospace eng.</li>
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<p>I think you need 4 semesters of math, 3 semesters of physics, many ME, many EMA, some CS, material science etc. classes to take the introductory Nuclear Engineering course (Junior year). Then you need more ME, more physics, more CS, more math courses and etc. to graduate as a NE major.</p>
<p>Comp eng, and EE are just hard, along with chemical and aero. Ofcourse all other engineering degrees are hard too. After 100 more majors in between, comes economics.</p>
<p>Hey how come ppl say IE is easy??</p>
<p>In my school, for IE, during the fresh and soph yrs one takes 4 semesters of math, 3 sem of physics, 3 Eng Mech classes, one ME class, one Comp Sci.</p>
<p>ChemE? Really? It could be because I am a ChemE myself, but I don't find the major difficult at all. Perhaps people overestimate the amount of chemistry actually encountered in chemical engineering. And since most engineers apparently hate chemistry, they think ChemE is hard? I can't think of any other reason. I mean, ChemE really descended from Mechanical, and I don't see many people claiming ME is hard.</p>
<p>why do these threads even stay alive? Its obvious how hard a major is is relative to the person....some may say CS but since I like it Id say no. Id prolly say Physics since its my worst class....hell Im inclined to say English since I could imagine writing english papers for the rest of my college career ;).</p>
<p>Words such as english, history, paper, reports, writing make me dizzy.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, you need all of those ideas to do well in engineering.</p>
<p>I'd say physics is the hardest major. Students from all engineering disciplines seem have big problems with even the basic required physics courses. Although it's usually taken as an underclassman when bad habits from high school haven't been sorted out.</p>
<p>I don't know why so many people are claiming civil engineering to be easy. It's no less difficult than something like mechanical. A more qualitative course like transportation may be comparatively easy, but water resources and structural mechanics are intensely mathematical.</p>
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I'd say physics is the hardest major. Students from all engineering disciplines seem have big problems with even the basic required physics courses. Although it's usually taken as an underclassman when bad habits from high school haven't been sorted out.
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At many schools I doubt Physics is a harder major than most engineering majors.</p>
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I don't know why so many people are claiming civil engineering to be easy. It's no less difficult than something like mechanical. A more qualitative course like transportation may be comparatively easy, but water resources and structural mechanics are intensely mathematical.
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Umm. Civil is the easiest...because it is the easiest.</p>
<p>Well, I believe he's right about the more quantitative courses of Civil, such as structural and so forth.</p>
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Umm. Civil is the easiest...because it is the easiest.
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<p>Why do you say this?</p>
<p>Bioengineering at UCSD of course</p>
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Why do you say this?
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Because I've looked at the curriculum.</p>
<p>I agree with "what is the hardest major?" being a subjective question.
However, I will say only what I know.
I am a freshman at University of Florida.
And I know for a fact that I have worked longer and harder than any other freshman I know (at this university and others). </p>
<p>Architecture, in my opinion, is the hardest major as a first year student, due to the fact that othre majors are starting with their basic courses of material students have learned before. Architecture starts with teaching you completely new concepts, and they do not shy away from burdening students with enormous workloads. I work in studio 6 days a week, countless hours, and pull all-nighters 3-5 times a week.
My fellow architecture students each had a discussion two weeks ago about which class we were each going to drop.
Not to mention the most expensive major, since I've calculated a total spending of approximately $1,400 so far this semester. My final project cost me somewhere around $120 to build. </p>
<p>After all the "freshman experience" gossip between myself and other fellow newbies, I have concluded that in my first semester at college I have picked the most time-consuming and costly major of all.</p>
<p>Only 5 1/2 more years till I'm done, if I stick with it.</p>
<p>All this hell because I heard art degrees are a waste of time.</p>
<p>i agree...i also go to UF and from what i've seen the architecture students work like dogs...they stay up working on projects and have to spend the extra fees...a lot of freshman who entered as architecture students have already switched majors...seems like you really have to love it to stick with it...i've also heard of computer science/computer engineering students staying up for days writing programs which seems pretty difficult</p>
<p>I also agree architecture majors have the most work. You don't see them for days at a time because they're in their studios working all night. Then when their critiques come, they get blasted by the reviewers about how horrible everything is, lol. </p>
<p>Whether it's the most difficult is debatable I think, because talent plays a huge role. Architecture was actually what I wanted to major in but I just don't have the skills to be good at it. </p>
<p>And yes, you definitely have to love it to stick with it. While some engineers are in it for the money, architects aren't. They make 1/2 of what engineers make and have to be in school for at least one extra year.</p>
<p>The hardest major for me would be a BA in Music Theory / History. I probably wouldn't graduate. Other candidates include History, Theology, and Dance.</p>
<p>Math, Physics, and CS are a breeze. Physics concepts are intriguing, CS projects are exciting, and math is like poetry.</p>
<p>And engineering would probably be easier still. So, basically, I think it depends on the person. If you major in something that you find difficult, you've probably got your priorities backwards.</p>
<p>The hardest majors for me are History, Political Science, Classics, Anthropology, and Philosophy. I can't stand all of the reading and writing and memorizing.</p>