Brainfade Posted December 9, 2011 Posted December 9, 2011 According to you, what does that term mean? Answer without looking it up or really thinking about it. Am doing an unscientific informal survey for an argument :-).
Nova Posted December 9, 2011 Posted December 9, 2011 For me it means going to a 3 or 4 year college to get a "well rounded" education which builds a good foundation for success in other areas of life.
Manny_Pacquiao Posted December 9, 2011 Posted December 9, 2011 without thinking: a college dedicated to teaching things that aren't 'technical' in nature
coffee_rules Posted December 9, 2011 Posted December 9, 2011 A college degree that can be shown to people and they will not sneer at you for being only a high school graduate.
Zap_Brannigan Posted December 9, 2011 Posted December 9, 2011 4 year to party and rest of the life to flip burgers
Nova Posted December 9, 2011 Posted December 9, 2011 4 year to party and rest of the life to flip burgers :haha: There is a hamburger university....owned by McDonalds.....
Lurker Posted December 9, 2011 Posted December 9, 2011 lol..I have wondered about it myself. If I had to fathom a guess it would be an institution which has courses that are generally scoffed by mainstream schools like - Michael Jackson's moonwalk...perhaps?
Zap_Brannigan Posted December 9, 2011 Posted December 9, 2011 :haha: There is a hamburger university....owned by McDonalds..... Sorry, my mistake. Its 4 years to party and rest of the life to correcting people to call you a barista or a sandwich artist
surajmal Posted December 9, 2011 Posted December 9, 2011 graduates of liberal arts colleges can be found in occupy wall street kerfuffle. Essentially, they are freeloaders and advocate socialism.
Jersey #10 Posted December 9, 2011 Posted December 9, 2011 A mixture of arts, math and science classes which have no relationship with the real world. It's basically, a degree that would allow you to party 6 out of 7 days of the week while one day you can relax and watch a game or something. It sounds cool to people who don't know much about various college degrees. Telling someone that you are a History of geography major doesn't sound very nice compared to telling someone that you are a "liberal arts" major. It just sounds cool. Most people would believe that "Mechatronics engineering" or "Aerospace engineering" would be a lot harder than the core engineering courses like Electrical, Mechanical and Chemical engineering because they have cool names.
surajmal Posted December 9, 2011 Posted December 9, 2011 A mixture of arts, math and science classes which have no relationship with the real world. It's basically, a degree that would allow you to party 6 out of 7 days of the week while one day you can relax and watch a game or something. It sounds cool to people who don't know much about various college degrees. Telling someone that you are a History of geography major doesn't sound very nice compared to telling someone that you are a "liberal arts" major. It just sounds cool. Most people would believe that "Mechatronics engineering" or "Aerospace engineering" would be a lot harder than the core engineering courses like Electrical, Mechanical and Chemical engineering because they have cool names. <-- I will never believe this, it's false btw if you are wondering, EE and ChemE are by far the hardest engineering programs closely followed by ME. Civil and Environmental are the easiest mechatronics is a combination of mechanical and electrical. (if obtained from a proper engineering school - it is fairly hard) As for aerospace : it is a very broad term (although, primary subjects could be considered as a subset of mechanical). From my viewpoint, Electrical is the hardest (I don't have the aptitude for it). Chemical is for sissies. Only girls go into Chemical. Civil is the easiest. Enivornmental is waste of 4 years (may as well not even bother).
Jersey #10 Posted December 9, 2011 Posted December 9, 2011 mechatronics is a combination of mechanical and electrical. (if obtained from a proper engineering school - it is fairly hard) As for aerospace : it is a very broad term (although' date=' primary subjects could be considered as a subset of mechanical). From my viewpoint, Electrical is the hardest (I don't have the aptitude for it). Chemical is for sissies. Only girls go into Chemical. Civil is the easiest. Enivornmental is waste of 4 years (may as well not even bother).[/quote'] Agree with everything. Mechatronics is fairly hard but still nowhere compares to Electrical. It's more of a combination of Computer and Mechanical I feel. They really never take classes like Photonics, Electromagnetic fields, Semiconductor Devices, Microfabrication etc. They mainly need a little bit knowledge of basic circuits, a lot of logic design, quite a bit of programming and some knowledge of mechanical engineering. I am an EE right now and I know how M************ hard it is. Please understand that my claim is that Mechatronics is not harder than the core courses. I have an understanding that Chemical engineering is hard if not the hardest. Now, if you claim that majoring in Chemistry as a science then yes, it's not the hardest thing to do. Civil is definitely for sissies and Environment is just an excuse. Btw, I would even take it a step further in saying that EE is the hardest 4 year degree.
Zap_Brannigan Posted December 10, 2011 Posted December 10, 2011 I did EE. I must be a genius. I am not
WC2011INDIA Posted December 10, 2011 Posted December 10, 2011 A mixture of arts, math and science classes which have no relationship with the real world. It's basically, a degree that would allow you to party 6 out of 7 days of the week while one day you can relax and watch a game or something. It sounds cool to people who don't know much about various college degrees. Telling someone that you are a History of geography major doesn't sound very nice compared to telling someone that you are a "liberal arts" major. It just sounds cool. Most people would believe that "Mechatronics engineering" or "Aerospace engineering" would be a lot harder than the core engineering courses like Electrical, Mechanical and Chemical engineering because they have cool names. <-- I will never believe this, it's false btw if you are wondering, EE and ChemE are by far the hardest engineering programs closely followed by ME. Civil and Environmental are the easiest Have you taken it or seen the course material? Just because it isn't your cup of tea doesn't mean it is easiest. I took SIX civil courses and can say that it is too easy compared to environmental engineering. Hell, I was allowed to take upto 3 pages of cheat sheet (formulas, sample problems, theory stuff) for every civil engineering course exam. Hardly studied for any of those courses throughout the semester and still got A- or above in each one of civil courses. On the other hand, no cheat sheet was allowed on tests or exams for environmental engineering courses. Had to memorize formulas, derivatives and understand fundamentals. Still got decent grades ranging from B- to A. Not a single A+ in my program i.e. environmental engineering courses....:(( I took 3 mechanical engineering courses and in all of them I got B, B+ and A+ respectively without the need of cheat sheet. I felt that Civil and Mechanical were easier for me compared to Environmental...
Jersey #10 Posted December 10, 2011 Posted December 10, 2011 Have you taken it or seen the course material? Just because it isn't your cup of tea doesn't mean it is easiest. I took SIX civil courses and can say that it is too easy compared to environmental engineering. Hell' date=' I was allowed to take upto 3 pages of cheat sheet (formulas, sample problems, theory stuff) for every civil engineering course exam. Hardly studied for any of those courses throughout the semester and still got A- or above in each one of civil courses. On the other hand, no cheat sheet was allowed on tests or exams for environmental engineering courses. Had to memorize formulas, derivatives and understand fundamentals. Still got decent grades ranging from B- to A. Not a single A+ in my program i.e. environmental engineering courses....:(( I took 3 mechanical engineering courses and in all of them I got B, B+ and A+ respectively without the need of cheat sheet. I felt that Civil and Mechanical were easier for me compared to Environmental...[/quote'] So you randomly took a bunch of engineering courses for fun? I can't believe that you find Mechanical easier than Environmental :haha: I have seen kids cry and struggle to pass their ME classes. Maybe you took some 100 or 200 level classes? the real stuff starts at 300 and 400 level courses, which is essentially the real "engineering" part of the degree. It would only make sense that you took low level engineering courses because to get into 300 and 400 level courses, you would need per-requisits of many 100 and 200 level courses and that is a 1.5-2 years process. Considering all that, you really haven't seen any "real" engineering courses. I am not an environmental engineering major but I have done my research. I could be off a bit but that was not my point to prove anyway. btw, which school gives out A+ and A-? I thought it was just plain old A, B, C, D without the pluses and the minuses.
punjabi_khota Posted December 10, 2011 Posted December 10, 2011 Why the **** are you guys arguing about majors being harder or easier ? Most technical majors can be hard or easy depending on where you study them. E.g. a famous undergrad math class has its own Wiki link. Try topping that It would be very hard to argue that a particular major is the hardest. I would personally think pure Math would be the most kick-ass but a case could be made for Physics,EE,CS easily as well.
Manny_Pacquiao Posted December 10, 2011 Posted December 10, 2011 the baap of all engineering is BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING. vaat lagadi thi chaar saal ke liye baaaaanchod u ppl should not be complaining.
Jersey #10 Posted December 10, 2011 Posted December 10, 2011 the baap of all engineering is BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING. vaat lagadi thi chaar saal ke liye baaaaanchod u ppl should not be complaining. Not really...half the time you are studying bio classes with 50 multiple choices exams. :haha:
Jersey #10 Posted December 10, 2011 Posted December 10, 2011 Why the **** are you guys arguing about majors being harder or easier ? Most technical majors can be hard or easy depending on where you study them. E.g. a famous undergrad math class has its own Wiki link. Try topping that It would be very hard to argue that a particular major is the hardest. I would personally think pure Math would be the most kick-ass but a case could be made for Physics,EE,CS easily as well. This:king: I think core physics would kill anything though. Math is hard but the undergraduate math is not that tough. Here in the US, you take classes like Multivariate, Linear and Differential equations in your third year as a math major but you take the same classes in your second year as an engineering major. I've heard that the first two years in undergrad math are cake walk if you were good at it in highschool. Learning math tricks is nice but the application of them in real world engineering or physics problems is kick-ass
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