1SmartEngineer
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Would anyone who has had to make this decision tell us how they overcame this dilemma?
I am two semester into my MBA program. I chose this route also because of my interst in buisenss.I was faced with the same decision. Im a Civil Eng. and just finished my MBA. The reason I chose the MBA route was because I had friends and my fiance who got masters or phds in civil. While they were taking the courses, I realized that most of the theory they learned wasn't applied in the real world. The classes that had relevance to their line of work, didn't teach them anything that I didn't know or couldn't figure out on my own. So, I felt I wouldn't get much out of a masters in civil. I also had in interest in Finance.
You need to have an interest in business however, as I had to take 60 credits to get my degree..and it took me almost 3.5 yrs to do it. So, luckily I enjoyed the material.
Physical Education is the one I hear the most.I've heard that some people believe that PE stands for a "professional eater."
Or maybe even impossible, lol.And get it early, I'm 25, but getting married next year...once you get married or have kids...it becomes twice as hard
Yikes. I guess I'm completely unqualified. I guess I should quit my job and surrender my stamp for destruction.Depends on what you want to do. If you ever want to practice as a Professional Engineer or even get an Engineering job in today's morket an MS is a no brainer.
If you *really* want to make the big bucks and work at the highest levels of industry - bite the bullet and get a PhD.
You can always get a job selling Mindys in today's Morket.Yikes. I guess I'm completely unqualified. I guess I should quit my job and surrender my stamp for destruction.
I was wondering why it took so long for someone to point this out too. MS/ME is good for practicing engineer, also with our industry pushing towards a masters becoming a requirement for licensure, for the same reason that you discussed.... the number of hours in undergrad.Depends on what you want to do. If you ever want to practice as a Professional Engineer or even get an Engineering job in today's morket an MS is a no brainer. Unless you go to a real top-notch MBA program and never intend to practice Engineering professionally, I would think twice about an MBA. The market is flooded with them.
Back in the day... when I graduated in 1991... a BS degree in civil engineering required, at a MINIMUM, 153 semester hours. Today that same degree can be had for 125 hours. This is little more than an introductory curriculum and just not enough for professional career in Engineering. In a lot of undergrad programs, basic topics like linear algebra and stress/fem analysis aren't even taught until the grad level. Industry is demanding more from new hires.
If you *really* want to make the big bucks and work at the highest levels of industry - bite the bullet and get a PhD.
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