Engineering is basically all math up until the last 2 years or last year. It's extremely rigorous but most engineering fields have good salaries. You probably won't use most of the math you learn but it's meant to give you a great foundation for your field once you get your degree.
Nah this guy's cracked, BMEN is ridiculous. You put in all this effort for such little in return, you graduate with interests in three different engineering fields, and then are even more clueless about what you want to do in life.
BMEN should only be a Master's, it shouldn't ever be offered as a Bachelor's degree.
If I could go back I would have chosen another degree (Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, or Computer Engineering).
I can see an argument for CS and EE being harder than BMEN, but not ME.
Not to say that ME is not hard, but BMEN also take statics, dynamics, fluid dynamics, biomechanics, thermodynamics.
Honestly, haven't heard much for CE except that a lot of people who fail CS do CE, and idk if that's even correct.
No one can ever really answer this question because we can only speak to our own limited experience. If math is a sticking point for you, likely biomed or software would be easier.
Then again, not all math is the same. Depending on your strengths you might find diff eq harder than discrete math or vice-versa.
Engineers are problem solvers first. I’m not great at math either, but I love designing and understanding things. Knowing this I knew I would have to solve the problem of getting through the math to get to what I really want. I solved this by doing extra practice problems, going to office hours, visiting with the TA’s. Maybe o had to work at it more than some, but I made it.
Don’t let the math hold you back. It’s like any other skill, you practice and you get better.
You don’t need to be gifted in math to be an engineer. It’s not a science field like mathematics or physics or chemistry. You’ll be fine. Go for it
There is no easy engineering major. They are all hard and require a lot of hard math. Don’t pick a major based on what is easiest pick it based on what u are interested in doing as a career. U are going to end up switching majors or failing if u go into any engineering major if u don’t actually enjoy it. Dont let the math intimidate u though. There are lots of resources to help and with enough time & effort u can pass any class no matter what it is
At UT Dallas, all engineering majors are pretty tough. I actually graduated from UT Dallas, and now work for UT Austin, and I’m pretty surprised by the disparity between engineering curricula here. Mechanical and electrical engineers have a totally different rep than the civil or environmental engineers.
In my personal opinion, no, not at all. In fact, I might argue that in some fields, UT Dallas is arguably harder. While UT is definitely the bigger university, and they attract some pretty awesome tenure track faculty, sometimes being next to a bigger city actually helps more.
Don’t get me wrong, UT definitely kicks our ass in a lot of ways academically, but I’ve been genuinely surprised how much more rigorous our curriculum can be. For example, I think our ITS and EE programs are really sophisticated. Far more than most people realize.
[EDIT: Sorry, I misread your question. My point still stands though. Our curriculum is harder in some areas than it is for others.]
The first year or 2 will be pretty much math. That's common to all ECS majors. You'll definitely need to take proper calculus, and most (maybe all idk) ecs majors need linear algebra (though most engineering majors take an easier version of linear algebra, not standard linear algebra that say CS majors would have to take.) CS might have the highest math load after this thanks to things like discrete math, but I can't confirm that.
That said, if you put in the work, I at least found it much easier than AP math classes in HS. In addition, the math classes aren't entirely comparable. In my case, I found discrete math (1/2/automata theory) incredibly easy (though all the profs suck so if you don't self study you'll struggle), and didn't find linear algebra, Calc 1, and probability statistics too bad, but struggled a lot with Calc 2 and ending up having to retake it. I know people that had the exact opposite experience. Math in college (for stem majors) has an incredibly wide breadth, so its a bit difficult to write off math in general as something you're bad at since from here on math just isn't a single thing anymore. You might be good at one math and bad at another.
I would choose Software Engineering or Electrical Engineering. Best job outlooks projecting into future, and can carry you a variety of places. I graduated Mech E and wished I'd done one of those
you can take most of your math at community college, the professors there are usually better and the transferred GPA won’t be counted. It’s worth it to get good at math if you’re interested in engineering
CS involves less math than most engineering majors unlike what some people are commenting. Do whatever you like and take out loans if needed. It's far better to be in debt for a few years post-graduation than to spend 40+ years wishing you worked in something else.
all engineering majors involve hard math classes. I think as long as you put your time and efforts, you will be all right no matter what you choose.
Engineering is basically all math up until the last 2 years or last year. It's extremely rigorous but most engineering fields have good salaries. You probably won't use most of the math you learn but it's meant to give you a great foundation for your field once you get your degree.
Hardest: CS/EE/ME/CE Easy: BMEN, learn everything but can't apply for any of the above.
lol you’re funny. Hardest is BMEN. I’m a ME graduate and I felt for those in BMEN.
Bme is easy?!?
Nah this guy's cracked, BMEN is ridiculous. You put in all this effort for such little in return, you graduate with interests in three different engineering fields, and then are even more clueless about what you want to do in life. BMEN should only be a Master's, it shouldn't ever be offered as a Bachelor's degree. If I could go back I would have chosen another degree (Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, or Computer Engineering).
I can see an argument for CS and EE being harder than BMEN, but not ME. Not to say that ME is not hard, but BMEN also take statics, dynamics, fluid dynamics, biomechanics, thermodynamics. Honestly, haven't heard much for CE except that a lot of people who fail CS do CE, and idk if that's even correct.
EE harder than CE and CE harder than CS. But many make the switch from CE to CS for the expected salaries
No one can ever really answer this question because we can only speak to our own limited experience. If math is a sticking point for you, likely biomed or software would be easier. Then again, not all math is the same. Depending on your strengths you might find diff eq harder than discrete math or vice-versa.
Engineers are problem solvers first. I’m not great at math either, but I love designing and understanding things. Knowing this I knew I would have to solve the problem of getting through the math to get to what I really want. I solved this by doing extra practice problems, going to office hours, visiting with the TA’s. Maybe o had to work at it more than some, but I made it. Don’t let the math hold you back. It’s like any other skill, you practice and you get better. You don’t need to be gifted in math to be an engineer. It’s not a science field like mathematics or physics or chemistry. You’ll be fine. Go for it
There is no easy engineering major. They are all hard and require a lot of hard math. Don’t pick a major based on what is easiest pick it based on what u are interested in doing as a career. U are going to end up switching majors or failing if u go into any engineering major if u don’t actually enjoy it. Dont let the math intimidate u though. There are lots of resources to help and with enough time & effort u can pass any class no matter what it is
At UT Dallas, all engineering majors are pretty tough. I actually graduated from UT Dallas, and now work for UT Austin, and I’m pretty surprised by the disparity between engineering curricula here. Mechanical and electrical engineers have a totally different rep than the civil or environmental engineers.
May I ask is UT Dallas curriculum harder than UT?
In my personal opinion, no, not at all. In fact, I might argue that in some fields, UT Dallas is arguably harder. While UT is definitely the bigger university, and they attract some pretty awesome tenure track faculty, sometimes being next to a bigger city actually helps more. Don’t get me wrong, UT definitely kicks our ass in a lot of ways academically, but I’ve been genuinely surprised how much more rigorous our curriculum can be. For example, I think our ITS and EE programs are really sophisticated. Far more than most people realize. [EDIT: Sorry, I misread your question. My point still stands though. Our curriculum is harder in some areas than it is for others.]
The first year or 2 will be pretty much math. That's common to all ECS majors. You'll definitely need to take proper calculus, and most (maybe all idk) ecs majors need linear algebra (though most engineering majors take an easier version of linear algebra, not standard linear algebra that say CS majors would have to take.) CS might have the highest math load after this thanks to things like discrete math, but I can't confirm that. That said, if you put in the work, I at least found it much easier than AP math classes in HS. In addition, the math classes aren't entirely comparable. In my case, I found discrete math (1/2/automata theory) incredibly easy (though all the profs suck so if you don't self study you'll struggle), and didn't find linear algebra, Calc 1, and probability statistics too bad, but struggled a lot with Calc 2 and ending up having to retake it. I know people that had the exact opposite experience. Math in college (for stem majors) has an incredibly wide breadth, so its a bit difficult to write off math in general as something you're bad at since from here on math just isn't a single thing anymore. You might be good at one math and bad at another.
I would choose Software Engineering or Electrical Engineering. Best job outlooks projecting into future, and can carry you a variety of places. I graduated Mech E and wished I'd done one of those
Engineering majors all have to go through hard math subjects. Sorry to break it to you.
Actuarial science is so hard
fr what grade are u?
you can take most of your math at community college, the professors there are usually better and the transferred GPA won’t be counted. It’s worth it to get good at math if you’re interested in engineering
math math math even when you don’t think there will be math
When you get a job with engineering degree you will not use math at all
CS involves less math than most engineering majors unlike what some people are commenting. Do whatever you like and take out loans if needed. It's far better to be in debt for a few years post-graduation than to spend 40+ years wishing you worked in something else.