Engineering degrees ranked by difficulty

[Anonymous]

Electrical Engineering requires the most physics knowledge and is a very heavy theoretical field for an engineering degree. I'd put them "tier 1" before chemical any day

[Anonymous]

I’m hesistant to ask but curious why you are asking, op?

To hound your child into the one perceived as hardest or denigrate your frenemy’s child who is a lowly industrial engineer or whatever?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m hesistant to ask but curious why you are asking, op?

To hound your child into the one perceived as hardest or denigrate your frenemy’s child who is a lowly industrial engineer or whatever?

Why not both? I have plenty of free time after counting my husband's money and telling everyone to address me by my husband's title at work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Electrical Engineering requires the most physics knowledge and is a very heavy theoretical field for an engineering degree. I'd put them "tier 1" before chemical any day

Are you a chemist or do you just assume that everything up don't understand must be easy?

[Anonymous]

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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

I think this understates the differences and may not be correct in terms of the chemistry statement.

Materials is going to take a long hard look at failure analysis.

[Anonymous]

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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

ANd at many schools, if you get a BS in CS thru the engineering school, your kid needs all 4 calc plus Linear/Matrix Algebra (or at least 4 total math classes)

[Anonymous]

EVERYTHING is a contest or ranking. So silly.

[Anonymous]

CE is a weird major that seems to vary by school in content and difficulty. My kid's CE major was almost entirely EE with a few courses switched out. In fact it was one department, ECE. (He did take DiffEq, twice.)

[Anonymous]

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.

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?

CO School of Mines, SD Mines, and someplace in TX. High ROI.

[Anonymous]

Electrical

But my chemical engineering nephew works at a brewery so I’d say that’s the best use of engineering

[Anonymous]

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.

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?

colorado school of mines offers mining eng degree.

I think what math level is required for a CS degree depends on the focus. AI/ML focus requires more math than other types of CS focus: linear algebra, multivariable calc, diffeq -- that's DS's focus. Also helps that DS is a dual math major.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

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?

CO School of Mines, SD Mines, and someplace in TX. High ROI.

+1 think about where we get mineral deposits

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

A lot of nanotechnology is under Materials Science Engineering. Probably the most versatile and hirable degree out there for the next decade. CS is oversaturated; nanotech is the next big thing, for both the corporate and academic-based sectors.

[Anonymous]

What about Social Engineering? /s

[Anonymous]

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.

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

ANd at many schools, if you get a BS in CS thru the engineering school, your kid needs all 4 calc plus Linear/Matrix Algebra (or at least 4 total math classes)

Stanford also requires calc based physics-mechanics and e&m, course in mathematical theory (proofs, discrete structures, math logic..), intro to electrical engineering, and more. CS majors have to fulfill engineering school requirements.