i have a bachelor`s degree in Economics and i`d like to change to Engineering. how do i go about it? i understand that i probably am going to have to start with bachelor`s again, but what will i get credit for and how can i constrict the time needed to complete the bachelor`s? anyone made this transition? thanks.|||Pace Chuckles%26#039; reply, a degree in Technology Management does not make you an Engineer, and most engineers would (privately?) snicker at Technology Management degree holders who call themselves Engineers. MSTM degree holders are %26quot;Technologists%26quot; or maybe %26quot;Managers%26quot; and they can get Certification as %26quot;Technology Managers.%26quot;
The truth is, you will find it very difficult to convert from %26quot;Economics%26quot; to %26quot;Engineering%26quot;. The math is much harder, and it has to be sequenced from the first year to the fourth year. It would probably be a difficult three year effort, or two years and a summer. If you do insist, your best chance is to take the branch called Engineering Management.
I recommend a different path: a degree in Engineering Technology. You could almost for sure earn this in two years at an accredited college 鈥?and maybe eighteen months at DeVry (going year-round). It MAY also be possible to be admitted into a Master%26#039;s degree in Engineering Technology. Wayne State has a very good MSET degree, with liberal entrance requirements. It%26#039;s true an Engineering Technology degree is not an Engineering degree, but it is close enough so that Technologists can be promoted to be Engineers without prompting snickers. Also, in some states BSET/MSET grads can take Engineering License exams and become PEs.
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%26quot; in my daughter%26#039;s case this did lead to a PhD in Civil Engineering she starts this fall.%26quot;
I hope to hear of her passing the EIT/FE and PE exams so that she can legitimately call herself an Engineer...|||Go to grad school and get a masters in Technology Management. My daughter did this (with an economics undergrad degree) specializing in Transportation. She will be in charge of engineers and will be making an engineer%26#039;s salary and then some. That Masters has led to offers for a fully funded PhD in Civil Engineering which she starts this fall. In the coming year, between what she is getting paid to go to get her PhD and part time consulting work she will make over $50K. And remember she will be getting her tuition comped as she is being paid to get her PhD.
Starting over with another bachelor%26#039;s degree is a waste of time when in 2 years you can have a masters degree that will do you just as well and likely better.
To PE2008 - I never said a person with a Technology Management Masters is an engineer. Just that they often end up in charge of engineers and they can make the same salary as an engineer. And that in my daughter%26#039;s case this did lead to a PhD in Civil Engineering she starts this fall. On the other hand if you are not careful it can lead you into being DIlbert%26#039;s boss.
