<p>There are 2 very tough majors but which do you think is harder?</p>
<p>Well, this is going to start a flame war, but for me, engineering is harder. I often wish I had gone with business, because I have excelled in the few classes I took in that area.</p>
<p>Think about the classes you need to take for each major, and compare them in difficulty. Go look at sample assignments for an engineering class (maybe thermodynamics or solid mechanics), then do the same for a business class. Chances are, you’ll find that the engineering work demands more.</p>
<p>I ask because people say accounting and finance are pretty difficult and challenging while some engineering majors are a joke like civil, industrial, environmental, etc.</p>
<p>^I think it depends where you go to school for that particular major.</p>
<p>Whenever I ask an engineer drop out what he took they always say business. So there’s your answer.</p>
<p>Is this a question?</p>
<p>“while some engineering majors are a joke like civil, industrial, environmental, etc.”</p>
<p>Hmmmm…I sure don’t agree with that statement.</p>
<p>I would like to add that it is a very subjective question in another way. Consider this:</p>
<p>In general, engineering requires more time and work than most if not all business degrees, but for me personally, business would be harder. This is because, with my interests and goals, I would have nearly an impossible time motivating myself to care in any business-related class, whereas in my engineering classes, I have a lot of work to do and it is sometimes very challenging, but I genuinely enjoy the courses and topics. So for me, engineering is easier. However, stick someone else into this example and you might get the opposite result.</p>
<p>Really, you need to ask yourself what your interests are. What is your ultimate goal? If you want to be a “businessman,” keep in mind that nearly as many come from engineering backgrounds as they do business backgrounds, so neither option closes the door on that, especially if you do an MBA later.</p>
<p>civil engineering degree requirements include linear algebra, three semesters of calc, differential equations, two semesters of physics, at least two semesters of chemistry, not to mention all the upper-level engineering courses.</p>
<p>business degree requirements include, well, none of those, except for maybe a semester or two of calc, which all the business majors endlessly complain about as being so hard.</p>
<p>there is no comparison in difficulty between these two, as they are located at almost opposite ends of the spectrum in terms of workload and intellectual challenge, in general.</p>
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<p>You are a joke if you believe this.</p>
<p>Business is probably harder. Math is easy if you’re good at it*… but being good at business takes a lot of work no matter who you are, and a lot of luck.</p>
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<li>Plus, not that many engineers are even very good at math, really… in my experience, naturally.</li>
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<p>“Math is easy if you’re good at it”</p>
<p>Hahahahahahahaha. So is throwing a football. So is anything.</p>
<p>A phrase I’ve heard numerous times: “engineering is pre-business,” and I know a few students personally who couldn’t handle the demands of engineering and switched to business–then graduated. When I was an engineering undergrad, a fair number of students took accounting and finance courses alongside engineering courses, and found the business courses to be comparatively easy. Arguing about which engineering major is “hardest” may be trivial, but I think it’s safe to say that on average, engineering is more demanding and challenging than business.</p>
<p>If you received an engineering degree you probably wouldn’t find the business curriculum too complicated. The concepts and material is not overly difficult to grasp.</p>
<p>However, if you received a business degree chances are you will still find engineering curriculum to be difficult.</p>
<p>I’m not sure if that answers which is hardest. However, engineers learn a lot of material that is applicable to business, or at least make understanding business concepts easier, while business majors do not learn a lot of material that is applicable to engineering.</p>
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<p>You are absolutely right. Civil, industrial, environmental engineering are a joke. Business is way harder, and people seem to think highly of business majors. Most of students think that business majors are more intellectual than engineers anyway.
So please do me a favor and go with business majors. :)</p>
<p>Civil engineering is a joke? great, that’s what I’m going to grad school for :(</p>
<p>It’s akin to clown school, don’t ya know?;)</p>
<p>No engineering major is a joke.</p>
<p>"No engineering major is a joke. "</p>
<p>Except for EE.</p>
<p>""No engineering major is a joke. "</p>
<p>Except for EE. "</p>
<p>Damn straight! EE is like basket weaving.</p>