What's harder, EE or MechE?

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<p>Both of these programs interest me. I'm never going to be working as an engineer. I'm concerned about getting a high GPA, so which is easier? My best subjects are math and physics. Worst subject is chem.</p>

<p>I've heard that EE is all math. I've also heard that MechE is a lot of math.</p>

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<p>Both are a lot of math. Which one is harder will depend on the person. But most people would probably say EE is a little bit harder.</p>

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<p>What makes EE harder?</p>

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<p>EE is more theoretical because you are dealing with energy...so it's more harder...</p>

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EE is more theoretical because you are dealing with energy

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<p>So what're thermodynamics and heat transfer dealing with? Non-energy?</p>

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<p>I was looking at the course outlines for both programs and I was under the impression that MechE was going to be more memorization, which I want to avoid. You're saying that EE would be more memorization? I thought that it was all math and logic.</p>

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<p>MechE shouldn't be memorization. Neither should EE. I don't want my students to memorize, thus I give them all necessary equations. Good professors stress understanding, not memorization.</p>

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<p>I thought there was more math needed for EE, or does MechE require one to take classes on Fourier series and complex analysis as well?</p>

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<p>karthink: ME is not ONLY thermodynamics. it's mainly a design major in which you take a thermo class. EE people have to deal with things like analog and digital signals which are very theoretical, and they comprise a major portion of the major. You can ask anyone and 9 times out of 10 they will say EE is harder than ME</p>

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<p>EE classes are very theoretical and varied, like analog and digital signal processing, circuit analysis and design, computer programming and architecture, semiconductor devices and fabrication, electromagnetics, control systems, communications, information theory, and power systems and generation.</p>

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karthink [sic]: ME is not ONLY thermodynamics. it's mainly a design major in which you take a thermo class. EE people have to deal with things like analog and digital signals which are very theoretical, and they comprise a major portion of the major. You can ask anyone and 9 times out of 10 they will say EE is harder than ME

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<p>My comment wasn't about the difficulty of the major.</p>