In order to pick up an EE degree as a CPE major, I add one EE elective (makes sense) and one technical elective (why?). Technical electives are classes from MAE, ISE, NE, etc.

I haven't asked Townsend to explain why, but she said my plan was correct. I still have a hard time believing it though because it doesn't make any sense.


[Edited on December 29, 2011 at 12:12 PM. Reason : can you move this to study hall]

12/29/2011 12:11:19 PM

I got those degrees

maybe one day I'll use them

12/29/2011 12:12:20 PM

just do it and be able to get a job later on.

12/29/2011 12:12:58 PM

Because every engineering major requires tech electives. There is no explanation. Just like how we're forced to take 21 CHASS hours. Go with MAE206 statics, your easiest option.

12/29/2011 12:15:53 PM

thats what I did, what an easy course compared to all the other horseshit I had to go through

12/29/2011 12:21:01 PM

Go with ne419. My roommate hadn't even matriculated and he got an A+ in there

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12/29/2011 12:30:27 PM

ahhh, statics. what an easy class. set everything equal to zero and go

12/29/2011 12:37:42 PM

NE419 and MAT200 are the easiest, without a doubt.

Do it for sure. A lot of people don't really understand what computer engineering is so having an EE will provide you with more opportunities.

12/29/2011 1:05:46 PM

thanks, I'll check those out - I had heard ISE is easy also?

12/29/2011 1:28:05 PM

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"Because every engineering major requires tech electives. There is no explanation. "

Picking a major isn't the end of your engineering specialization. You should have a direction or an area of interest more specific than your major. Such an area of interest would ideally touch on a real industry that you can get a job in.

Any engineer who has a clear direction will have a long list of inter-department engineering classes that are be relevant to their interests.

But to the extent that students still take NE 419 because a friend told them it was easy, I agree, this is bull crap.

12/29/2011 1:28:27 PM

^ Normally, I would agree with the above but I think its different for CpEs. The reason being is that they have already had classes in both electrical engineer, computer engineering and computer science. This influence provides more experience than these other electives in terms of identifying a field and industry in which they can work.

12/29/2011 1:35:50 PM

I'm still 2 classes away from a CPE degree I'd never use.

oh well.

12/29/2011 1:39:00 PM

CPE is essentially EE with a specialization in computer. I'm going to be in the navy for 5 - 10 years after I graduate so I'm not real concerned with targeting a specific job, I was thinking I'd go to grad school after navy before I do any engineering

[Edited on December 29, 2011 at 2:00 PM. Reason : so NE419 and statics is the concensus? ]

12/29/2011 1:58:38 PM

do mat200 (intro to material science) instead of statics.

I took 3 cross engineering electives and those are the two i liked the most and found the easiest.

12/29/2011 2:03:30 PM

I don't think MAT200 is a possibility, I might just do ISE 311 because econ is interesting.


Subject Nbr Description Units
ISE 311 Engineering Economic Analysis 3.00
MAE 301 Engineering Thermodynamics I 3.00
MAE 302 Engineering Thermodynamics II 3.00
MAE 308 Fluid Mechanics 3.00
MSE 201 Structure and Properties of Engineering Materials 3.00
NE 418 Nuclear Power Plant Instrumentation 3.00
NE 419 Introduction to Nuclear Energy 3.00

Collapse section CE 214 or MAE 206 ( Maximum Units Allowed: 3 )

CE 214 Engineering Mechanics-Statics 3.00
MAE 206 Engineering Statics 3.00

Collapse section CE 215 or MAE 208 ( Maximum Units Allowed: 3 )

CE 215 Engineering Mechanics-Dynamics 3.00
MAE 208 Engineering Dynamics 3.00

12/29/2011 2:09:08 PM

I took NE419 as well and hated it, it was taught terribly and the book was pretty awful

chances are the guy I had it with retired/died though, so ymmv now

12/29/2011 3:07:37 PM

Take ise311, shit is easy and knowing basics like net present value, future present value, etc, will most likely be something you'll never use.

12/30/2011 2:20:40 AM

Take ne419 with whoever taught it this fall. His hw / exams are the same questions every single semester with different values + some very easy conceptual questions. He is more concerned with students learning basics than anything else. Take material science 201. These are the easiest. If you by chance are retarded and decide to take statics, do not take pour-ghaz. He is the worst teacher I have ever had in any subject. He wastes class making us try to figure out shit he hasn't explained yet and then emails handwritten definities of shit scanned for the hw that is due. Btw in statics there are 3 hws a week. I got an F in the class, but I stopped going after like september and didn't take the final. Fuck that class. The others are easy I believe the ne dude is nissard

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12/30/2011 7:41:32 AM

statics gives me a woody

12/30/2011 8:33:01 AM

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"MAT200"

This is that materials class, isn't it? FUCK THAT SHIT. It's only easy because they give you old tests from which the questions will be pulled.

12/30/2011 9:37:15 AM