OK, here it goes. I am currently a freshman Computer Engineering major. I was/am thinking about changing to Engineering Management, because I think there is a better chance of getting a job with Eng Management than Comp Eng and I also enjoy business in general.

However, I spoke with my advisor (Dr. Kumar) about it on Monday and he said that Comp Eng is will have more job oppurtunities and also a higher salary. Other prople have told me otherwise. Is he just biased because he is a Comp Eng prof. or is he right?

He also told me that I can't take two econ courses (macro and micro) and get credit for both of them. Im taking macro right now, i wanted to take micro next semester, but evidently now I can't. That really dosen't seem right.

Thanks to anyone in advance for replying.

I can't give much advice on your career choice, but if you take Micro next semester, it will not count as credit towards your major, but could count as one of your electives. If both interest you, you may want to consider a minor or double major.

Thanks md, If I do end up majoring in Comp Eng, I am planning to do a minor in something like economics so I will take micro anyway next semester.

Just a tip. I am currently a dual major in EE (somewhat similiar to Cmp E I know) and E man. All you have to do if you can get a cool advisor who really works with you is add about 30 hrs for the second degree. You can even in theory get it down to closer to 24 if you try hard enough. My point though is you can get out in less than a year more with both degrees.

If you're talking about Dr. Arvind Kumar, he's not a Computer Engineering professor, he's a Nuclear Engineering professor (and the Department Chair, at that).

As for the two majors, it depends. EMan is the easiest engineering major here on campus, with "No Sweat" Met being second. Comp E is in the upper half. So if you want an easy major, EMan is the logical choice.

As for job demand, I'd say both are pretty much equal. There's plenty of demand for both if you know where to look at. Although I'd imagine you'd have better luck finding a job as an EMan simply because if nothing else you can take a good managerial position at a business (or start your own business).

Salary-wise, Comp E's will traditionally start off with a much higher salary. In fact, from my experiences with talking to EMan's in my Fraternity, EMan's usually start off really low in salary. But due to their "experience," the employees usually rise in rank much faster and therefore end up with a much higher salary after 10-15 years.

For the Econ thing, if you really like both, just do what you were thinking and minor in Economics. Having a minor in Econ would be good in conjunction with an EMan degree simply because the two merge really well.

Do what you like, not what pays well. You will get a decent salary from UMR. My major has about the lowest starting salary out of all of them but it should still be plenty of money, and much more than your run of the mill business or liberal arts major could make starting out.

Thanks Swirls, Actually my advisor is Dr. Kumar (Venayagamoorthy) or something like that, and we met in the EE building so I assumed he was CompE or EE. I didn't know EngMan was the easiest, but I have heard about it being "looked down" on by other students. If it's easy I really don't want to take it. Thanks for the clarification on everything. I think I will take that minor in Econ now.

luckcp: Haha, I know somebody was going to say that, but i think I like working with computers and business the same, and Eng Man had a technology career path that looked interesting. Anyway, it dosen't matter now, I think im sticking with CompE with a minor in econ.

DONT LISTEN TO THAT ASS RAT KUMAR, HE IS TROUBLE!!!

He was my first advisor and I wanted to kick his face in ever since, he was never helpful and didnt do his job. When I was aking him about classes, he didnt have a clue to what he was talking about, and he was only there for a signature. Never returned any of my calls or emails when I needed help. Get out of that major as fast as you can!

Wow, my first impression of him wasn't THAT bad, I really don't think just because I have a bad advisor I should go for a different major....is there anyway to change advisors?

I assume you're technically a freshman engineering student right now since you're a freshman. As soon as you get admitted to the computer engineering department you'll get a new advisor, so don't sweat it. Your advisor for the first year doesn't really matter anyway.

However, since you are in fresh eng, it is real easy to change advisors. Walk in to BE office in the BE building and talk to Patricia Robertson, the is the BE secretary and tell her your name and that you want to change advisors, and if you know who you want to change to, give her the name, she'll write it down her sheet and next advising period, you'll have that advisor.

Also, get rid of your current one like a bad habit. I'm a civil, so I've had no personal interaction with him. But when the advisor says something to the effect that you souldn't take a class because you too the equilivant- he is full of bull shit. Degrees have like 3-4 classes of free electives in them.

I am junior majoring in Computer Engineering. I originally was going to go to business school but I decided to do engineering instead because it has much more opportunities. I’m just started my upper level CpE courses and I hate them. I’m also pursuing a business and economics minor. That keeps me going and interested in school. I thought about switching over to a business major but I decided that I should just stick out CpE for a few more semesters and then get an MBA down the road. Shoot me an IM or e-mail if you want to know more about business, econ or CpE courses are UMR.

Someone who obviously isn't a Met....

True, like what I said about EMan, my info came from numerous Met students in my house. All of them called it "No Sweat Met" and said it was the easiest engineering major on campus following EMan.

I'm a Nuke, and I can tell you for damn sure that it's pretty bloody hard.

I don't know what you guys are talking about but i just checked my CAPS and Comp Eng required 1 semester of econ. (121 or 122)