Thread: WPI to offer 1st major in robotics
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Re: WPI to offer 1st major in robotics
So, aerospace engineers, automotive engineers, biomechanical engineers (and the like) are becoming saturated, and can't find new jobs? As with most undergraduate degrees, I think you spend 80-90% of your college career learning the core material. The rest of your degree you can "specialize" in one concentration or another. Since I haven't seen WPI's curriculum, I can't comment on what the program offers, but I'd be fairly certain that the education goes a bit beyond FIRST robotics and simple automation.

Your degree out of college, specifically with respect to engineering, does not limit you to one job for the rest of your life. A specific degree certainly helps you get a specific job you're looking for, but it's not going to limit you by any means. In fact, I wish I learned more about circuits, programming, and EE-type basics back in school (I'm an ME.) It definitely would have made me much MORE marketable coming out of college.

If anyone has anymore information about WPI's robotics program, I'd love to hear more about.

BEN
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