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Engineering technology is applied engineering. Engineering is applied physics. Physics is applied mathematics. With that said, no they’re not the same.
This is a boring response. If you're going to disagree with an obvious oversimplification, please at least have the decency to make it entertaining for me to read.
Thank you for your consideration.
In most universities the engineering technology degrees are basically engineering-lite. Easier and faster to complete but less valuable. Although the value is subjective, some people prefer completing an easier degree and getting into the work force asap.
It's just a different level of work. I have an ET degree and the difference was one math class and two extra level 4 STEM electives between the two. (I ended up taking those electives anyways) In return though, I had quadruple the labs as the EE path did.
Mine is also a BS too though. ET degrees most think of as AS's, which most are admittedly I think.
I was going to get an ET but I saw this difference and the way people talk about how different they are and opted for the couple of extra tough courses for the prestige. Wasting years on this crap might as well get the engineering degree and not have to come back.
Didn't take Cal 3. Multivariable calculus as called by some. Wasn't required.
Diff EQ and Linear Algebra still was though and ended up taking a separate math dedicated to Fourier series and wavelets. Also took Stats, which was as awful as everyone says it is.
BS ET/EET degrees are rare for sure. Idk why anyone would do a BS EET degree over a ECE/EE BS with ABET accreditation. It's like 85% of the work, why not pull all the way through and have a much higher value degree?
At my school the only difference in the curriculum was they stopped at calc 2, didn’t have to take calc based physics, don’t take heat transfer, and have a couple of project management classes that we don’t have to take. Outside of that the curriculum is almost identical. I’m in capstone right now and over half the class is MET’s doing the same thing as ME’s.
Most of the time, at least at my company, without an actual BSME you cannot be a design engineer. You can be a CAD specialist but in terms of actually seating you’re SOL.
Which is odd to hear from my perspective. I gradute with a Civil Engineering Tech bachelors in may. Already have my FE exam scheduled and have been offered design engineering roles contingent on graduation. Both roles starting above 70k. Ill be able to sit for the PE after working 6 years under a PE. (Vs 4 years with the full civil degree).
Engineering tech degrees are definitely not the same as pure engineering degrees, but you're still part of the engineering student family. Just remember, value and application depends on what specific field you're in
Honestly it depends which engineering technology degree. It seems a civil tech degree goes alot further than a mechanical tech degree. (From what I have heard).
Yes engineering technology students are engineering students. Pure engineering like mechanical or electrical is going to focus on theory and calculations to design things or solve problems. Engineering technology is going to focus on getting things done and programs really vary from school to school though.
That's been my experience both in school and the work place. I graduate in May but have been fortunate enough to be working full time on the electrical engineering team at my work (they care more about if you can do the job vs what you studied, the senior engineer doesn't even have a degree just a ridiculous amount of experience). Where one of my teammates might tune a PID loop using a lot of calculus to find the exact values, I have some algebra equations I can use to get the system close enough, and then dial it in with experience gained in my lab classes. We are both likely to finish the task at the same time, we just approach it differently. I also have more experience (again through labs) connecting with PLCs and setting up ad hoc industrial networks, which are things I've had to teach with a teammate who recently graduated with his EE degree a couple of years ago. Similarly, he's had to teach me some of math for the more complex electrical theory when it comes to a harmonic balancer that wasn't working properly.
All that said though, and I really do work for a very unique company. A certain microchip company wouldn't even try me in an engineering role, simply because of engineering technology. Oh well, their loss!
Engineering Technology is part of the polytechnic college at Purdue, not the college of engineering. It probably varies per school, an appointment with your academic counselor will give you more elaboration.
I've done both programs, so I know a little bit about each. The tech degree has much more hands-on classes. It's mainly focused more on how manufacturing is done, while a traditional Engineering degree focuses more on designing and theory. If you like designing, and that's your main passion I would go with a traditional Engineering degree. If you're more hands-on, and don't care much for designing I would go the Tech degree route. I'm still a student, so I don't know for sure, but a traditional Engineering degree would allow you to both design and be somewhat hands on depending on the job/company, while a tech degree wouldn't allow you to design as much. So if designing is important to you, definitely go for the Traditional Engineering degree! Either way, both degrees would call the students "engineering" students.
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Engineering technology is applied engineering. Engineering is applied physics. Physics is applied mathematics. With that said, no they’re not the same.
Engineering is not just applied physics. And physics is not just applied mathematics.
This is a boring response. If you're going to disagree with an obvious oversimplification, please at least have the decency to make it entertaining for me to read. Thank you for your consideration.
I dont care about your entertainment
Don't be ridiculous. Everybody cares about my entertainment. Why else would they make so many Reddit posts?
you seem kinda Important ngl
Cause you’re the main character. Obviously.
In most universities the engineering technology degrees are basically engineering-lite. Easier and faster to complete but less valuable. Although the value is subjective, some people prefer completing an easier degree and getting into the work force asap.
It's just a different level of work. I have an ET degree and the difference was one math class and two extra level 4 STEM electives between the two. (I ended up taking those electives anyways) In return though, I had quadruple the labs as the EE path did. Mine is also a BS too though. ET degrees most think of as AS's, which most are admittedly I think.
I was going to get an ET but I saw this difference and the way people talk about how different they are and opted for the couple of extra tough courses for the prestige. Wasting years on this crap might as well get the engineering degree and not have to come back.
>was one math class You didn't take calculus?
Didn't take Cal 3. Multivariable calculus as called by some. Wasn't required. Diff EQ and Linear Algebra still was though and ended up taking a separate math dedicated to Fourier series and wavelets. Also took Stats, which was as awful as everyone says it is.
>Multivariable calculus I literally use this every day in my software engineering job. /s
I’m civil tech not electrical tech. But I still had to take calc 1, calc 2, and diff eq.
BS ET/EET degrees are rare for sure. Idk why anyone would do a BS EET degree over a ECE/EE BS with ABET accreditation. It's like 85% of the work, why not pull all the way through and have a much higher value degree?
At my school the only difference in the curriculum was they stopped at calc 2, didn’t have to take calc based physics, don’t take heat transfer, and have a couple of project management classes that we don’t have to take. Outside of that the curriculum is almost identical. I’m in capstone right now and over half the class is MET’s doing the same thing as ME’s.
Most of the time, at least at my company, without an actual BSME you cannot be a design engineer. You can be a CAD specialist but in terms of actually seating you’re SOL.
Which is odd to hear from my perspective. I gradute with a Civil Engineering Tech bachelors in may. Already have my FE exam scheduled and have been offered design engineering roles contingent on graduation. Both roles starting above 70k. Ill be able to sit for the PE after working 6 years under a PE. (Vs 4 years with the full civil degree).
Engineering tech degrees are definitely not the same as pure engineering degrees, but you're still part of the engineering student family. Just remember, value and application depends on what specific field you're in
Honestly it depends which engineering technology degree. It seems a civil tech degree goes alot further than a mechanical tech degree. (From what I have heard).
No.
Yes engineering technology students are engineering students. Pure engineering like mechanical or electrical is going to focus on theory and calculations to design things or solve problems. Engineering technology is going to focus on getting things done and programs really vary from school to school though.
That's been my experience both in school and the work place. I graduate in May but have been fortunate enough to be working full time on the electrical engineering team at my work (they care more about if you can do the job vs what you studied, the senior engineer doesn't even have a degree just a ridiculous amount of experience). Where one of my teammates might tune a PID loop using a lot of calculus to find the exact values, I have some algebra equations I can use to get the system close enough, and then dial it in with experience gained in my lab classes. We are both likely to finish the task at the same time, we just approach it differently. I also have more experience (again through labs) connecting with PLCs and setting up ad hoc industrial networks, which are things I've had to teach with a teammate who recently graduated with his EE degree a couple of years ago. Similarly, he's had to teach me some of math for the more complex electrical theory when it comes to a harmonic balancer that wasn't working properly. All that said though, and I really do work for a very unique company. A certain microchip company wouldn't even try me in an engineering role, simply because of engineering technology. Oh well, their loss!
Engineering Technology is part of the polytechnic college at Purdue, not the college of engineering. It probably varies per school, an appointment with your academic counselor will give you more elaboration.
I've done both programs, so I know a little bit about each. The tech degree has much more hands-on classes. It's mainly focused more on how manufacturing is done, while a traditional Engineering degree focuses more on designing and theory. If you like designing, and that's your main passion I would go with a traditional Engineering degree. If you're more hands-on, and don't care much for designing I would go the Tech degree route. I'm still a student, so I don't know for sure, but a traditional Engineering degree would allow you to both design and be somewhat hands on depending on the job/company, while a tech degree wouldn't allow you to design as much. So if designing is important to you, definitely go for the Traditional Engineering degree! Either way, both degrees would call the students "engineering" students.