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help me find an interesting major...

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Darien

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well, I have no clue whatsoever what to major in.

I enetered USC as a business major (had no clue back then as well, so i picked what they were good at), but that was quite boring. Hmm..econ was a bit interesting though, but wasn't really "fulfilling."

So I figured I'd just be an EE. CompE was the major i picked for all the other colleges (because SC engineering isn't really all that great unless you're a grad student. with the exception of ee here...)

EE is...pretty boring.

CS is interesting, but I'd rather not major in CS.

What I like:
1. Art (Drawing)
2. Science
3. Writing

So what combines art and science? At first I thought "hmm...I should've been an architect," but after looking over what my friend does, not too much science taken.

So thinking a bit more, i thought of civil engineering. SC offers a bunch of emphasis areas with civil engineering, including information management (lotsa programming if i do this one...)

following are acredited programs by ABET @ SC:
Aerospace Engineering (BS) [1960]
Chemical Engineering (BS) [1950]
Civil Engineering (BS) [1942]
Electrical Engineering (BS) [1942]
Environmental Engineering (BS) [1998]
Industrial and Systems Engineering (BS) [1957]
Mechanical Engineering (BS) [1942]

any civil engineers here? do you guys get to apply some art skills with science and come up with interesting things? or do any of the other ones do that?

(architecture is a big no no for me, as it costs too much to go to this school already, and it's a 5 year program. i'd rather not stay in college for 6 years).

Thanks
 
i am a cs/math major, but i would guess you could use some art/drawing skills with Aerospace Engineering (depending on what you are doing). if you designed planes or parts of planes you would probably need to draw.
 
Perhaps you could work to be one of those guys who draw pictures and/or type transcripts/summaries of court cases & meetings based on a specific topic. You could be the in-house lawyers' science expert for reference.

Edit: How about Architecture?
 
You have to know how to sketch in engineering for concept development, though drawing well isn't really required.

Art and science don't really combine in all that many fields. Decide on something that you can do for a job, it doesn't have to be what you love. Though architecture might give you the most opportunity to be artistic, though the depth of science isn't that great.
 
i think i commented earlier that architecture would be a huge financial burden? not sure, don't remember.

thanks for the comments guys 🙂

so...no civil engineers here have anything to say??
 
i say you major in mechanical engineering, and then work for approtec. i'm not going that route, but it does seem pretty appealing to me. i like the simplicity of their solutions, and how effective they are.
 
since you listed art as number 1 in your list I don't think you will find you enjoy the mechanical engineering curriculum. Mostly it's doing problem sets with some design mixed in, it can be incredibly dry.
 
ok.

i think i found something that should fill my needs: civil engineering - building science.

it's basically civil engineering and architecture mixed together. I like buildings a lot more than designing gates and all that good stuff that EEs do (i always want to shoot myself in that class).

hmm..still no sign of a civil engineer here.

so if i do this, does this mean that i'll be the first civl engineer here????
 
usc class '01
major: gerontology (health science track)
minor: bioethics
regrets: none🙂

gerontology is a very different from a cs or engineering major, so i am not going to push it on you. but, it's a great major/minor to consider because of its breadth and near infinite application. afterall, an age-aware approach can be adopted to suit just about every potential profession, including cs, ce, architecture, medicine, and social work.

please feel free to email me if you have any questions.
 
[perv]pssssst. hey buddy! can I interest you in a couple of minors???[/perv]


good luck in Civ Eng!!!

It's alot harder than play Civ II on it's hardest settings.

The Statics class nearly kicked my ass. But I got a B and I'm very proud of that grade.

A history minor (especially in the periods of urban/metropolis expansion) would give you a deeper understanding of humanistic interactions.

 
thanks guys 🙂

gerontology...hmm...maybe minor?

but i'm leaning toward an architecture minor if i do this. i see what you mean when you say gerontology has nearly infinite applications.

as for history, i'm not a big history fan. i liked the late 1800s (antitrust stuff begins) though.

again, thanks 🙂
 
i was a civil engineering major but decided that i didn't like it. you said you like science but you need to be more specific. civil engineering is really heavy on physics. if that's the kinda science u like then maybe it's for you. as for drawing, it actually depends on which specific category of civil engineering you want to get into such as structural. i believe structural civil engineers work with architects but i'm not sure if civil engineers actually get to draw. they're more into the making calculations to be sure a building won't collapse under certain circumstances. even if they do draw, it would be on the computer, not pencil and paper. that is probably the case with any other profession these days.
 


<< So what combines art and science? >>

Have you considered medical or scientific illustration? Medical illustrators draw anatomical pictures of human subjects, while scientific illustrators tend to cover nonhumans (animals, plants, misc test subjects). The pay's not great but that can be said for most art-related fields. If you enjoy the work maybe it's worth it.
 
I'm considering Aerospace Engineering. It just seems so fascinating, and even if you can't get a aerospace specific job at NASA or Boeing or someone, when the economy turns around, you'd still get a lot of offers with all the engineering/physics/math backround that comes with it. That what it seems to me anyway, it's possible I'm wrong.

If you like art that much then mabey Web design?
 
my friend's mother's boyfriend designs prosthetic limbs. He makes a pretty good living. Thats job has both elements of art and science.
 
mechanical engineering and architectual drawing are not good majors unless you actually enjoy what you are doing in them, just like any other major, but moreso for those two, from my experience at least
 
Used to be Psychology, but I'm going to change it to Philosophy now . . ..

Every organized group has a philosophy of some sort - you might find an interest in the field - not, that it'll land you any jobs, but that's what "rich wife/husbands" are for, right? 😀
 


<< Used to be Psychology, but I'm going to change it to Philosophy now . . .. Every organized group has a philosophy of some sort - you might find an interest in the field - not, that it'll land you any jobs, but that's what "rich wife/husbands" are for, right? 😀 >>



way to be a whore 😀
 
Avoid interesting majors - I majored in Spanish and History in undergrad.

Those two majors should be renamed Pre-Unemployment. 😉

Engineering is a good choice. Pure science is generally a bad choice, unless you are going to graduate school (or law school 🙂 - mmmm Patent law) 🙂 Business can be feast or famine. Avoid majoring in management or general business, unless you want to manage a Wal-Mart.

Liberal Arts are to be avoided like the plague. ...unless you are going to law school.

Fortunately, that's where I am 😀 T minus 6 weeks to graduation!
 
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