<p>I am good at mathematics and physics, but I hate them.</p>
<p>I like working with people and definitely love planning out an event</p>
<p>or public speech. I am also interested in economics, business, international</p>
<p>relations, and political science. What engineering would best help me?</p>
<p>Um, if you hate math and physics, why are you looking into engineering at all?</p>
<p>Industrial engineering if anything. It doesn't seem like you're the engineering type</p>
<p>It does not sound like you should go into engineering.</p>
<p>try corporate law...</p>
<p>Do you really hate math and physics? Or are you just exaggerating? I find that many engineering majors (myself included) don't really like the pure math and physics courses that much, but do like the engineering courses where the theories are actually applied. Hatred seems very extreme in engineering where everything most of the things you do will revolve around these two very core subjects.</p>
<p>Is there any reason in particularly you're pursuing engineering? Or are you just doing this because you're good at math and physics?</p>
<p>well, let me restate myself.</p>
<p>I hate math and physics class at my school</p>
<p>but, I enjoy problem solving and prefer more practical subjects like statistics over calculus</p>
<p>engineering has been my aspiration for the most part of my life, but i since found liberal art quite enjoyable</p>
<p>you think industrial engineering might be a good fit for me? what other engineering could be a possibility?</p>
<p>Calculus is incredibly applicable, big guy. It just seems like you like applying mathematical principles to areas OTHER than physics.</p>
<p>Maybe applied mathematics or applied statistics.</p>
<p>I love mathematics and physics, but computer science is killing my soul!!! I really can't imagine how people can program for a leaving........ two to three hours for me and I go insane.</p>
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Industrial engineering if anything. It doesn't seem like you're the engineering type
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i agree...at my school it's Industrial and Systems Engineering, and by far compared to other engineering majors, it's less focused on pure sciences, less rigorous, and involves much more business/economics. actually, non-ISE students have a bit of a mean joke about the abbreviation "ISE," but i won't post it unless you insist (i don't wanna turn you off to the major) :p</p>
<p>please phobos, do post it lol maybe its insanely stupid engineering...</p>
<p>anyhow thx for all your response, maybe i should look into applied math and physics as well. for now though, seems like i will be doing industrial engineering</p>
<p>I did not like math and physics either, so i did not major in engineering. I ultimately decided to go CS since it allowed for a wide range of electives to be included in the degree requirements.</p>
<p>Career wise, I would say that you should consider Project Managment. That said, there is no specific major per se. If you are interested in technical PM then a hard science major may be helpful. Else, pick something you like and are good at. Plus, make sure to take a wide variety of subjects too!</p>
<p>ISE = I Suck at Engineering :p</p>
<p>i wouldn't worry about it though haha...for some people, the business/efficiency/etc aspects of technical fields are more interesting, and in your case it seems like a fit.</p>
<p>That was the first thing that came to my mind but I told myself that it couldn't be something this lame, but apparently it is.</p>
<p>To the OP, instead of engineering, you can pursue areas where math is applied in a business setting. One thing I can think of is math and economics for your undergrad years, and financial engineering/mathematical finance for master's.</p>
<p>dang ISE it is! thanks for your helpful post guys</p>
<p>Every now and then I feel the need to defend systems engineering. (Actually, my field is OR, but it's close enough.)</p>
<p>Mechanical, electrical, and computer engineers focus on designing the system right. Systems engineers focus on designing the right system. We have a wide range of tools to help optimize this design process. These include some of those big-boy mathematical functions. In the past few months, I've had occasion to work with the Hessian, the Jacobian, and the Reimann Zeta function. We, too, eat z-transforms for breakfast.</p>
<p>Of course, to gravitate toward math-intensive solutions is a typical rookie mistake. My clients and customers have problems that quickly exhaust the tools of closed-form mathematics. You try to write the Lagrangian as part of solving for the Kuhn-Tucker conditions, but it just doesn't reduce to a workable set of equations. Modern complex adaptive systems need and use numerical approaches such as systems dynamics, and advanced simulations like agent-based models.</p>
<p>Any large-scale enterprise needs both component engineers and systems engineers. Both are necessary, neither is superior. If you arrive in the workforce with that chip on your shoulder, you will not build an effective team. You will lose out to teams that are built on mutual respect. </p>
<p>Is there a market for systems engineers? A search of the Washington Post last month showed over 700 vacancies that listed "systems engineer". </p>
<p>My son followed my advice, and will soon graduate with a degree in systems engineering. (It did not take much: he enjoyed the field and he doesn't read CC). Tomorrow morning he will go to his tenth interview. He is struggling to choose among an embarrassingly wide range of different specialties.</p>
<p>A search of salary.com shows that "operations research" job title peaks out at $125K, far above other engineering titles. </p>
<p>So, call us what you will. We're "ISE'ing" all the way to the bank.</p>
<p>thanks redbeard, I made up my mind to do IE:OR</p>