<p>basically what is it and what type of jobs do e.s. majors have after finishing school?</p>
<p>Engineering Science is the combination of the fundamentals of the four main disciplines: mechanical, civil, electrical, and chemical. While not specialized like the four I just mentioned, ES is just as technical and you'd get your specialization in grad school or on the job.</p>
<p>ES is the only program offered at my school (so the info might not be true for all schools), but you develop a concentration to semi-specialize. For example, I'm specializing in mechanical/aerospace, so I'll take the appropriate electives in these fields. </p>
<p>You can go into any job you want to...my school has grads in many different fields.</p>
<p>In civil engineering, which relies heavily on specific undergraduate courses that typically aren't taught in undergrad engineering science curricula, I'm a little skeptical about whether or not it's feasible to go from an ES program into a grad civil program... My brother's a senior at Mudd, so I know I can be convinced otherwise (they don't specialize the engineering degrees there), but just... be careful if you've got a specific engineering field in mind that you'd like to go into, and make sure that the program that you're looking at will get you where you want to go without making you take another year of courses before you can go to grad school...</p>
<p>There are definitely some shortcomings by majoring in ES, but it's great if you're undecided as to which field you'd like to go into. Schools that offer ES know that there are certain courses which you may not get but need if you want to go to grad school, so there are ususally agreements with other schools. My school, has an exchange program with Princeton, so if you wanted to, you could go take necessary courses there; my friend went there for a semester to take various courses in their aerospace dept., which was a definite plus for her because classical theory is taught in undergrad and modern theory is taught in grad school with the assumption that you've mastered the former. It takes some planning and can be a hassle, but it's something to think about when choosing schools.</p>