<p>**Which engineering/science major would do the best, or have the easiest time in learning, or succeeding in a field not directly related to their majors? **So examples would be like business, or maybe even another engineering field or another science/math field. Let's make this other field at least slightly quantitative or analytical. So nothing like writer or English professor.</p>
<p>So basically what it should come down to is which engineering/science field will give a person the strongest 'skills' to succeed in something else. Skills include quantitative skills, analytical skills, creativity, abstract thinking, etc. Anything you can think of. *Also notice how its engineering/science, so things like math, physics, biology, computer science also count. *</p>
<p>PS: Now now people calm down. Don't get offended. I know it's arguable, and just because you are in one major and someone else is in another, doesn't mean you are automatically smarter/dumber. This is not about "people" it's more about the major and what it brings.</p>
<p>I wanna say a MechE/EE double major who knows how to program well. In general I think it’s the person who asks the right questions and knows how to obtain answers to these questions.</p>
<p>Come on, all the majors are not the same. Once again, this question is more related to the major then the “person”. All the majors don’t give you the exact same skillset, aren’t as rigorous, etc.
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The question is which major would allow you to be the most successful in a field that wasn’t directly related to your major. **</p>
<p>So which major would give you the best skillset to tackle things directly unrelated to the major</p>
<p>I’d say physics is the best all-round degree. You’ll do mechanics, E&M, fluid flow, programming, quantum/solid state, a lot of math, and have hands-on experience.</p>
<p>Restating it doesn’t make it any less silly. You are asking about two totally unrelated things, like which math class should I take to help me get better in Spanish? ***?!</p>
<p>If you want to know which science course would best help you in business, or which math course would help you in finance, etc. then the questions would make more sense because it’s less vague. However to ask one to make a sweeping generalization about engineering majors and how they pertain to everything non-engineering related is a rather arbitrary function of the individual and has nothing to do with the degree.</p>
<p>I think the question should be more like “which engineering major requires the most classes in different areas?” but again that question would vary depending on which school you go to.</p>
<p>This is my playful guess based purely on the contents and broadness of the subjects at the Masters/PhD level. My reasoning is that the broader your field, the more likely you will acquire skills needed to succeed in other disciplines.</p>
<p>I’d say that nuclear physicists are the most likely to glow in the dark. Second guess is chemists or chemical engineers. Heaven only knows what sorts of radioactive and luminescent ick those guys come into physical contact with.</p>
<p>Math majors. Wading through all that theory is pretty difficult. If you can do that, you can definitely succeed in any engineering/science major.</p>