<p>^ lulz. Maybe finance graduates will start swarming to engineering now, and an anti-sakky will emerge in the business subforum.</p>
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<p>I hope so. More specifically, what I hope is that one day, engineering companies will offer such exorbitantly high pay and prestige that not only will they be considered the premier employers right out of undergrad, but people from other professions will pay small fortunes to attend Master’s in Engineering degree programs in the hopes of switching careers into engineering. </p>
<p>Why not? That’s what happened in finance (and consulting). Why do they get to have all the fun? Granted, maybe it’s ending now (although I wouldn’t count on it), but even so, it was nice for them while it lasted. They’ve had their turn, when do the engineers get their turn?</p>
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<p>"More specifically, what I hope is that one day, engineering companies will offer such exorbitantly high pay and prestige that not only will they be considered the premier employers right out of undergrad, but people from other professions will pay small fortunes to attend Master’s in Engineering degree programs in the hopes of switching careers into engineering. "</p>
<p>Can you get an MS in engineering without getting a BS in engineering first? I mean maybe if the have a BS in chemistry you can get an MS in Chemical Engieering with just a few extra classes, but it wouldn’t exactly lend itself to an Econ major skipping thermo and kinematics and diving right into Masters in Mechanical Engineering! They would have to do a 5 year BS/MS program with no electives what-so-ever! I think if they just went back for a second BS in engineering that would be good enough.</p>
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<p>To get a M.S./M.Eng in engineering with a B.A./B.S. in a math/science field depends on the following:</p>
<p>1) How similar are academic areas of the bachelor and master programs
2) How many of the “core engineering” courses was taken within the bachelor degree
3) Prior work experience (sometimes)
4) Does the graduate school have a “hard requirement” applicants having engineering degrees?</p>
<p>Something like B.S. Math to M.S. Industrial/Systems Engineering or B.S. Math to Software Engineering may be easier to do because of the overlap in courses as opposed to B.S. Chemistry to M.S. Chemical Engineering. A physics major with an emphasis in nuclear physics may have a smoother transition into a M.S. nuclear engineering program than a mechanical graduate engineering program.</p>
<p>Also there a few schools who REQUIRE that the undergraduate degree is in engineering. Some other schools (top schools too) will definitely admin non-engineering math/science grads.</p>
<p>GlobalTraveler, what kind of work do graduates of M.S. Systems Engineering programs do? I want to major in Industrial and Systems Engineering, but there are only a few schools in my state that offer it. I would rather transfer to one of my local universities and major in Computer Science or Statistics, and get an M.S. down the road with an employer.</p>
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<p>Well, I’ll put it to you this way. I know a girl who obtained an MS in engineering from MIT…whose undergrad major was in English.</p>
<p>^ Of course, we’d all do well to remember that “possible” doesn’t mean “likely” or even “feasible”. Indeed, “possible” and “vanishingly unlikely” are not mutually exclusive situations.</p>
<p>Sure, it’s unlikely. </p>
<p>But I think more to the point, if STEM careers paid better, then more young kids would be incentivized to excel in STEM in the first place, thereby preparing them to major in STEM as undergrads. {As opposed to what happens now, when many new college freshmen are simply unready to undertake the rigors of a STEM major.} For example, a major reason why plenty of boys practice sports skills for hours every day is because they see pro athletes on TV drawing 8-figure contracts. Plenty of young girls want to practice singing and dancing because they see Britney and Miley. But what’s the equivalent incentive for young kids to learn STEM?</p>