<p>I want to do innovative thinking in my life. Like making new ideas and machines. Is this mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or something else? Should I also minor in computer science/programming?</p>
<p>Basically, who are the people behind gadgets like the Ipod, the Blu-ray player, the PS3, etc.?</p>
<p>Depends on what kind of ideas and machines you like making. But as for specific devices like Ipod, Blue-ray player, PS3 etc., lots of people go into their making - designers, usability engineers but the basic functionality is created by electrical engineers, computer scientists, computer engineers, mechanical engineers to name a few.</p>
<p>He is correct in that no one person develops a device alone. For the iPod someone would major in something broad like electronics engineering, or even nanotechnology, then later get a graduate degree and specialize. </p>
<p>Note you could get a bachler’s in a wide range of engineering degrees and then later on all people in that range could specialize in the same thing for graduate study.</p>
<p>The people that develop new machines and ideas may at least a master’s and most of the time a Phd. With great success comes great work.</p>
<p>Sounds like you want the Bachelors of Innovation degree. <a href=“http://innovation.uccs.edu/[/url]”>http://innovation.uccs.edu/</a></p>
<p>It just depends on what part of the device you want to work on.</p>
<p>Seconding what sid_galt says, and cautioning that “designer degrees” like the Bachelors of Innovation degree are vogue now, but in four years when you’re interviewing for jobs in the real world, everyone’s just going to wonder what the heck you’re actually qualified to do.</p>
<p>Pick a field you’re interested in, be it electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, computer engineering… whatever… and then down the line, aim for a research/development career track in whatever field you end up in. You’ll probably need a masters. You may end up needing a PhD.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Computer science or engineering focusing on hardware</p>
<p>The Bachelor of Innovation is not A degree. Like the Bachelor of Science (BS) or Bachelor of Arts (BA), it is a common structure/core with many different degrees. The Bachelor of Innovation in Business is already AACSB accredited and the [web</a> page](<a href=“http://innovation.uccs.edu%5Dweb”>http://innovation.uccs.edu) says they plan on seeking ABET accreditation in engineering fields as soon as they graduate their first class. While the Game Design and development might be a fad, a Bachelor of Innovation in CS or EE might not be as bad an idea as “Casual Observer” suggests.. Do your homework, look deeper. Innovation is not about taking the “normal” path.</p>
<p>I would say electrical/electronics engineering</p>
<p>Electrical/Computer Engineering.</p>
<p>Minor in Comp Sci might be a little time consuming; could be more trouble than it’s worth… Chances are you’ll be doing plenty programming in ECE (C++, C, Assembly, VHDL possibly).</p>
<p>I know that people here are generally anti Rowan, but our thought was that as an engineering student at Rowan the students have engineering practicum every semester where they work on a project with other engineers, business people, artists, etc. so they learn what the real world is like. Seems like an elec/computer engineering degree could be multifaceted enough to allow for movement in many directions for a graduate degree. They said the CS minor would only involve a couple of extra classes, also a math minor would only add a couple of classes. My son is planning both.</p>
<p>md5fungi</p>
<p>what do you mean?? having cs minor is time consuming or not
and is it worthless?</p>
<p>Holy resurrected threads, Batman…</p>
<p>I think Fungi means that you’re going to have a fairly significant amount of programming knowledge anyhow as an elec major, so it’s not going to add a ton to your resume to take all the time and effort to get a comp sci minor. The courses aren’t going to overlap that much, so it’ll put a ton more on your courseload without much ultimate benefit to your career. If you really <em>like</em> programming and kind of incidentally get a minor in it because you’re taking courses that you’re really having fun with, that’s one thing, but if you’re going for it because you think it’ll make your degree more marketable, it’s not going to add more value than all the effort you put into it will be worth.</p>
<p>yeah, what aibarr said.</p>
Hello Thunder, it’s been quite a while since your posting. Where can I find more information about the B.I. from UCCS (other than their own website)?
@OnAMission Please don’t bump ancient threads, It’s better if you start your own.Thunder hasn’t posted in 6? years, so he’s not likely to be monitoring this forum. 
The UCCS engineering programs are now ABET accredited (Computer Engineering, Computer Sciences, Electrical Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering). UCCS doesn’t have a forum, so you can try asking your question here (in this thread) or in the UC-Boulder forum.
Thank you gator! I will try that.