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Originally Posted by AmyPrib
I was just looking at Purdue's website under Interdisciplinary Engineering, and they have a discipline called Engineering Communiation. I don't know what all that involves, but it's got to have writing in there.
Also, fyi for everyone, there's a discipline called Robotics, which includes Mechanical and Electrical engineering.
https://engineering.purdue.edu/IDE/About/
They also have Inventive Design Engr which combines art and engr.
I don't think they list all the IDE degrees on that page.
I'm not trying to sell Purdue, but I've seen a number of threads asking about different options in Engineering. I'll bet a lot of engr schools have this, if not more, variety.
Here's a list of most of the engr degrees at PU.
http://www.adpc.purdue.edu/DataDiges...ist_majors.htm |
Amy, I don't know if you remember me, I'm 461s coach, we met and talked for one of our rounds at GLR, anyways...................................
Amy is right, Purdue does offer a unique blend of classes through IDE. The downside to that is none of the majors through IDE are accredited majors. This means that the American Board of Engineering and Technology does not consider those majors accredited. Personally, I think it is extremely important that you graduate from an ABET Accredited program (for engineers). However, there are a lot of ways that you can persue engineering and some other sort of major as well, such as writing or arts. One of my roomies is in civil engineering and he has taken a bunch of technical communications writing classes. There are majors on campus that focus on technical communications through the communications department. This is what I would do if you are really passionate about writing and engineering. Just do both....as an engineer, I keep using Purdue as an example because I go here and know the setup and structure, you have to take various general education classes. This is a perfect place to take those writing type classes that interest you, or art, or whatever it may be. Personally, I have always loved biology, so all of my electives are biology classes. You could also go for the minor in english and get the best of two worlds. It all depends on how you want to do things. Having engineering as a major, there are alot of minors you can get, but it's impossible, to my knowledge and in my oppionion not worth it, to major in english and get the minor in ME. Just my two cents.