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    Default Extra year of school and get another degree worth it?

    So a little background, I'm a Software Engineering student in my 3rd year. I noticed that the Computer Engineering minor under the Electrical Engineering degree has a lot of overlapping courses with the SENG degree stream. I did some planning and I would have to take 9 electrical courses for me to have a double major in SENG and ENEL with an ENCM minor.

    Only reason I am thinking of this is that some company job postings seem to state explicitly they are looking for Electrical Engineers. These 9 courses would have me graduate a year later but I would have the Electrical Engineering degree with Computer minor for the rest of my career.

    What are your thoughts? Is delaying graduation and losing 1 year of experience worth it to have another degree under your belt? Currently I have a decent portfolio of experience but I have a feeling the ENEL degree would be beneficial down the road.

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    If there are jobs out there that require the second major, I would go for it, it's only a year.

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    Once you have a few years of work experience under your belt, employers aren't going to really care much about the specifics of your degree. Therefore if you can't find jobs with just the SENG major, the yes do the double major. If you can find a job with just the SENG major, then you're better served by that extra year of work experience and income.

    When I was doing my civil eng degree I was in a position to do an accelerated masters that would've added one more year of school, but I found a job easily enough with just my bachelors. I'm much better off having not done it, as that additional year of experience and income far outweighs the possible benefits of a masters.

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    Originally posted by tch7
    If you can find a job with just the SENG major, then you're better served by that extra year of work experience...
    ...that additional year of experience and income far outweighs the possible benefits of a masters.
    This exactly.

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    You should ask yourself what kind of industry you want to work in. I find that as an EE, I have a lot of choice in where I want to work (in Alberta anyways). I am biased though and I'm really happy with where I am at currently in the stage of my career.

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    An extra year I say go for it.
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    Could you get the job you want without it? If so, go get that job!
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    I'm normally against doing more school, but this seems like a good way to open up a lot more potential jobs for you.

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    In this (rare) case, I would say go for it. It would definitely ad to your marketability.
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    Default Re: Extra year of school and get another degree worth it?

    Originally posted by The BMW Guy
    ...but I have a feeling the ENEL degree would be beneficial down the road.
    i think you know what you want to do

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    Originally posted by tch7
    Once you have a few years of work experience under your belt, employers aren't going to really care much about the specifics of your degree. Therefore if you can't find jobs with just the SENG major, the yes do the double major. If you can find a job with just the SENG major, then you're better served by that extra year of work experience and income.

    When I was doing my civil eng degree I was in a position to do an accelerated masters that would've added one more year of school, but I found a job easily enough with just my bachelors. I'm much better off having not done it, as that additional year of experience and income far outweighs the possible benefits of a masters.
    You must be very young.

    I'd take a masters for one year. It could eventually far far outweigh 1 year experience.

    Case and point SVP candidate.
    "The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents... some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new Dark Age."

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    Finish the extra year of school it is a NO BRAINER!

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    Originally posted by Darkane


    You must be very young.

    I'd take a masters for one year. It could eventually far far outweigh 1 year experience.

    Case and point SVP candidate.
    OP isn't talking about a masters. He's talking about basically having a B.Sc in EE and CMPE.

    Doing a masters in a year is very doubtful unless you're dumping ridiculous hours in to do it. You have to take 9 courses IIRC (depends slightly on discipline too I think) as well as do a thesis. Many people I know took 1-2 years just to do their thesis', and they weren't exactly slackers, its just what their topics took because they kept digging more and more into it.

    Only way I could see doing it in a year would be to somehow be doing extra courses in the summers during your Bachelors to free up space and take grad level courses in your 3rd/4th year in preparation.

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    ^^ yeah you bet. I didn't quote the OP.
    "The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents... some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new Dark Age."

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    Originally posted by Darkane
    ^^ yeah you bet. I didn't quote the OP.
    Ah, now I see what you mean. My bad, didn't look at who you quoted.

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    Turns out they require a minimum 12 course difference between degrees to count as a double major. I am not sure why though. If someone has enrolled and passed all the courses that are outlined for that degree's requirements, then they should be able to acquire that degree I would think.

    I think this pushes the time it would take to maybe 1.5-2 years, depending on when the courses are scheduled. Decisions...decisions...

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    The BMW Guy, in order to count as a double major, wouldn't you need to also take the extra option classes? Maybe that's why there is 3 extra classes you need to take. I'm talking about those supplementary courses that don't really have anything to do with engineering.

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    Originally posted by The BMW Guy
    Turns out they require a minimum 12 course difference between degrees to count as a double major. I am not sure why though. If someone has enrolled and passed all the courses that are outlined for that degree's requirements, then they should be able to acquire that degree I would think.

    I think this pushes the time it would take to maybe 1.5-2 years, depending on when the courses are scheduled. Decisions...decisions...
    I think they do that because some of the sciences/arts majors they are so closely related that someone could probably get 3 or 4 degrees in a couple years by taking certain courses that overlap multiple degrees and sort of gaming the system.

    Also they want more money lol.

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    I'm a electrical engineer, enel courses are tough, if you can hack it, another year wouldn't be too bad unless you can find a job now.

    *side note* Are you even allowed to get double major within SENG, ENEL?

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    If it's being stretched out to two years now, and you're thinking of more schooling, I'd go the Master's route instead of the double major.
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