Comment Re:Good...maybe they'll fix a major problem. (Score 1) 423
At least pertaining to my school you couldn't be farther from the truth. I go to bucknell university, and we are required to take many electives outside of our chosen engineering field. Admittedly, these requirements aren't as big as the ones college of arts and sciences have to go through, but we DO have to take 3 courses in writing / communication skills, 4 humanities, etc. The writing and communication is really understated with just 3 classes, every lab we take has a presentation at the end to show some of our independent work, and we have to prepare reports / keep journals as if "manager types" (not dilbert but still not too savvy) were reading them.
As for physics being the same material as engineering... i know you know this but i still can't help but say that physics is the science and engineering is the application. Of course they cover the same material... but their goals are radically different. As for in depth... lets just say that no one is required to take as much calculus at my school as engineers. More than even the math majors!
And not knowing how something works really hurts electrical engineering, i dont know about any of the others (/me eyes mechie's suspiciously) but if you didn't understand the fundamentals behind electromagnetic radiation, for example, you would never be able to understand antennae. The curriculum is very thorough.
Actually what scares me is programs at some state colleges, which will remain unnamed, that don't do any actual engineering until junior year. One of my high school friends didn't do any civil engineering until then... how was he supposed to know if he would like it or not? By then it was surely too late.
As for physics being the same material as engineering... i know you know this but i still can't help but say that physics is the science and engineering is the application. Of course they cover the same material... but their goals are radically different. As for in depth... lets just say that no one is required to take as much calculus at my school as engineers. More than even the math majors!
And not knowing how something works really hurts electrical engineering, i dont know about any of the others (/me eyes mechie's suspiciously) but if you didn't understand the fundamentals behind electromagnetic radiation, for example, you would never be able to understand antennae. The curriculum is very thorough.
Actually what scares me is programs at some state colleges, which will remain unnamed, that don't do any actual engineering until junior year. One of my high school friends didn't do any civil engineering until then... how was he supposed to know if he would like it or not? By then it was surely too late.
