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Depends on the school. Some universities, by policy, will not award multiple bachelor's degrees.
Assuming that a double major was allowed, it will take more than an extra 1 or 2 semesters. Just because you think the coursework is similar does not make it so.
Depends on the school. Some universities, by policy, will not award multiple bachelor's degrees.
Assuming that a double major was allowed, it will take more than an extra 1 or 2 semesters. Just because you think the coursework is similar does not make it so.
In Europe we have something called Mechatronics Engineering which combines both. Maybe there is something similar in the US too.
So do they combine all aspects of mechanical, electrical etc. etc.; or do they only implement specific elements from each individual engineering discipline cited in the link?
Sounds like a degree program I would actually be interested in if I could just get my slow-brain out of the "mathematics kiddie-pool".
The talk about how things work and how they're created is enough to spurn my interest.
Since you're pretty much on the right track with one degree right now, I would definitely go about seeing if it could actually be done with no issues on the "academic red-tape" side of things.
I've heard stories of kids over at Cal Poly Pomona and such doing the exact thing you're wanting to do!!
I wonder if it is worth it strictly from a dollars and cents perspective. How much more money do you expect to make versus the additional time you aren't working because you are in school? It might be better to pick one major, finish it sooner and get into the working world sooner and start investing sooner. Besides, for most people, your first job sort of sets a path into the field you'll spend the rest of your career. If you EE then get an EE job for five years, at the end of that fifth year you'd be an EE with five years experience and you'd also be an ME with zero years experience.
I wonder if it is worth it strictly from a dollars and cents perspective. How much more money do you expect to make versus the additional time you aren't working because you are in school? It might be better to pick one major, finish it sooner and get into the working world sooner and start investing sooner. Besides, for most people, your first job sort of sets a path into the field you'll spend the rest of your career. If you EE then get an EE job for five years, at the end of that fifth year you'd be an EE with five years experience and you'd also be an ME with zero years experience.
Exactly, it's not worth it. The ME curriculum doesnt allow for hardly any elective coursework as an EE program would (specilize in say digital, analog, electromagnetics, DSP, etc). If you really think you might want to do electronic/electrical engineering at some point, go get the ME degree, I've found it to be the most versatile degree given that rigid coursework.
I personally wouldn't put myself through that much pain, electromagnetics, signal processing, etc AND thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, etc? No thanks!
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