Engineering degrees ranked by difficulty

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I am curious about material engineering, I don’t totally understand how it is different from chemical

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Anonymous wrote:Software engineering is not an engineering degree. Computer science degrees typically require calc I and calc II while real engineering requires calc I, calc II, calc III, and differential equations.

All top schools require this of all engineering majors

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Anonymous wrote:I am curious about material engineering, I don’t totally understand how it is different from chemical

It is not. Only 1-2 classes different. Both have orgo and analytical chem; both have physics multiple semesters

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^at Ivies/Mit/cmu, top schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Software engineering is not an engineering degree. Computer science degrees typically require calc I and calc II while real engineering requires calc I, calc II, calc III, and differential equations.

Kid doing CS is required to also take linear/matrix algebra

True, but I took that class and didn't consider it to be as difficult as the calculus progression so I didn't include it. For that matter, computer science majors also have to take discrete math which is quite difficult for many but these are not engineering classes and computer science is not an engineering degree. Computer engineering does typically include these classes because it's a blend of computer science and electrical engineering.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Software engineering is not an engineering degree. Computer science degrees typically require calc I and calc II while real engineering requires calc I, calc II, calc III, and differential equations.

Kid doing CS is required to also take linear/matrix algebra

Does he/she have to take Introduction to Quantum Mechanics? Linear algebra is a requirement for QM.

Also, mining engineering? Who offers that degree?

DP. Quantum Mechanics is not typically part of the computer science curriculum. It's probably something a physics major would take.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Software engineering is not an engineering degree. Computer science degrees typically require calc I and calc II while real engineering requires calc I, calc II, calc III, and differential equations.

Kid doing CS is required to also take linear/matrix algebra

Does he/she have to take Introduction to Quantum Mechanics? Linear algebra is a requirement for QM.

Also, mining engineering? Who offers that degree?

Apparently some school does. 121 credits, highest level of math is ordinary differential equations.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Software engineering is not an engineering degree. Computer science degrees typically require calc I and calc II while real engineering requires calc I, calc II, calc III, and differential equations.

All top schools require this of all engineering majors

Every accredited university in this country requires the four calculus classes (I, II, III, DiffEq) for engineering. Computer science only requires I and II (along with linear algebra and discrete). It's an understatement to say the computer science is far easier (though not necessarily easy).

[Anonymous]

Biomedical at 9. Interesting.

[Anonymous]

How about all those housewives who wanted to be called domestic engineers?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Software engineering is not an engineering degree. Computer science degrees typically require calc I and calc II while real engineering requires calc I, calc II, calc III, and differential equations.

All top schools require this of all engineering majors

Every accredited university in this country requires the four calculus classes (I, II, III, DiffEq) for engineering. Computer science only requires I and II (along with linear algebra and discrete). It's an understatement to say the computer science is far easier (though not necessarily easy).

Hmm, unless MIT just lost their accreditation, they didn’t require DiffEQ for my engineering degree.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Software engineering is not an engineering degree. Computer science degrees typically require calc I and calc II while real engineering requires calc I, calc II, calc III, and differential equations.

All top schools require this of all engineering majors

Every accredited university in this country requires the four calculus classes (I, II, III, DiffEq) for engineering. Computer science only requires I and II (along with linear algebra and discrete). It's an understatement to say the computer science is far easier (though not necessarily easy).

Hmm, unless MIT just lost their accreditation, they didn’t require DiffEQ for my engineering degree.

You should keep up with your alma mater then, because they 100% do require DiffEq outside of Computer Engineering (which requires even more rigorous coursework in Dynamical Systems):https://catalog.mit.edu/degree-charts/aerospace-engineering-course-16/. I don't know how someone can do physics or engineering without differential equations knowledge.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Software engineering is not an engineering degree. Computer science degrees typically require calc I and calc II while real engineering requires calc I, calc II, calc III, and differential equations.

Kid doing CS is required to also take linear/matrix algebra

Does he/she have to take Introduction to Quantum Mechanics? Linear algebra is a requirement for QM.

Also, mining engineering? Who offers that degree?

DP. Quantum Mechanics is not typically part of the computer science curriculum. It's probably something a physics major would take.

Or electrical engineers. Ask me how I know.

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Anonymous wrote:I am curious about material engineering, I don’t totally understand how it is different from chemical

In a nutshell, it's hard stuff rather than liquids or gas. It's a lesser known field, but the ratio of jobs to applicants is very favorable - you are very versatile, less funneled into one narrow path. At most schools, you'll benefit from smaller classes and lots of faculty attention and research opportunities once you've made it out of the Intro to Engineering type classes. Worth checking out.

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I worked with some chem engineers and they are extremely smart. It doesn’t surprise me they are Tier 1.