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What is a minor in mechanical engineering good for?

What should I minor in with a Mechanical Engineering major?

  • I plan to major in Mechanical Engineering after high school (I'm currently a senior), I would like to work for companies such as Lockhead Martin, Ratheon, NASA, Boeing etc.. What should I minor in for companies like I mentioned to want to hire me? The college I plan to attend has aerospace engineering but only for completion of a 4 year AFROTC course, which I would rather not take. Now I'm not 100% sure I'm going to major in Mechanical Engineering so the doors open for a second opinion on that as well.

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    Business would be the best. No matter how talented or competent an engineer you are, you can't get anything done without under standing how business are run, and how to talk to managers. For example, you could have the best idea to improve your company's product line, and can get it to market with $x,000,000 in three years, but management may decide its more important to buy a new computer inventory and shipping system to make distribution more cost-effective, and a new computerized sales and accounting system to bill customers quicker and track delinquent accounts and cut off non-payers, and replace worn out production machinery with easier to maintain machinery. Or, use surpluss earnings to lbuy out a competitor and gain his customers. All engineering eventually has to justify it's cost-effectiveness.

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Philosophy. Because your major already guarantees that you'll have the skills necessary to find a job. Your other classes should be ones that challenge you and teach you how to think, how to analyze problems from different angles, how to challenge your own points of view, et cetera. But if you're strictly interested in money making and not learning, then minor in business as others have suggested.

dorbrendal

I like the suggestions of business or electrical engineering. Like they mentioned, if you eventually plan to get out of the production or research/design, business would probably be best. Also, you can easily add a class or two and minor in math if your curriculum is anything like mine was. When I graduated with BS in EE, I already had a minor in math. Good Luck

bkc99xx

Simple. Minor in electrical engineering. Most of what you need to know will come easily because of your ME classes sometimes similar to electrical theories.

OLLIE

i suggest you take business... why?? you answer it yourself. i will never interrupt your judgement...

helmi h

Physics. Strong mathmatical skills. Logic. Problem solving, Relation between energy and matter - a good match - but hard.

Dr Dave P

Business finance, they both go well together. You can get any job you want then.

cateyes

Something related to robotics would be a good complement to mechanical engineering.

Joseph Binette

UCSD (univ of cal san diego) has an open aerospace engineer program . . . can you go there ? Or minor in electrical engineering ?

kate

Business, so you don't have to pay someone to run your company once you come up with a great idea.

moonman

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