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Hello. I am going to Algonquin College in September and I am curious what the employment possibilities are after graduation with this program? Also is it a competitive job market?

Go to www.monster.ca and do a search for "mechanical engineer" to get a current idea. Triple the number of jobs that turn up to get a number available when you graduate.

Overall, this is a good field to get into.

I know they’re totally different

Those are terms that are typically used to describe a course of study in a university or a technical school.

A person enrolled in computer engineering is probably in a 4-year program that will result in a bachelor of science degree. (or possibly longer, for an advanced degree) Upon graduating, he/she will work as an engineer in a corporation or an engineering firm. He/she will be paid in the form of an annual salary, and will probably not have to punch a time clock. This is a professional job, and is not unionized.

A person enrolled in computer engineering technology is probably in a 2-year or shorter program of study. Upon graduation, he/she will work as a technician, under the supervision of engineers. A technician is paid an hourly wage. In many locations (but not everywhere), technicians are represented by a union.

Hello there,
I have applied for aircraft engineering in serveral unis 4 this year.
I have got a reply from a uni which is gd news but, I have applied there for Aircraft Engineering BEng however they have invited me to do Aviation Technology BSc. Can anyone help me with which course is better? I also would like to know what sort of jobs available with aviation technology, and is which is a higer degree BEng or Bsc?
Can anyone please help me?

thank you for your time!

in engineering you learn about the inner workings of the engineering and the design decisions that go in the making of aircraft. This involves a lot of mathematics physics and a lot of engineering aviation related courses.

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Thank you.

I think "Computer engineering technology" isn’t full on "computer engineering." Links to the College Board site below for all three, and further links to programs at DeVry and a Michigan CC.

My analysis: CET is a mishmash, with bits of circuitry, networking, programming, and testing; this prepares students for technician-type jobs around networking or hardware or software support and testing. The College Board says CETs can "help computer engineers" and topics include "computer installation and testing, and report writing," but they don’t list any "Related Careers" as for other majors.

Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, and Computer Engineering are probably more academic programs.
In a CS program, you should learn how the hardware works, but focus a lot on learning what you can make it do, and how to write and analyze programs. CE sounds somewhere between CS and EE.

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I’m taking about changing my major to something that has to do with computers and i want it to be an AS so I cant get computer science. Anyways, I want to know what can you do with this degree and what kind of jobs can I get? Oh and how much money will i make?

Well I dont know bout how much money you make but you can get a job working on/building computers or even go into business for yourself doing this. an ideal job, easy and some businesses make good money doing it

My local Tech School offers a 2+2 program with a local 4 yr college.
The program interest me, but I am not sure exactly what you can do with this type of degree…Can someone provide me some job examples, or a website with this major and examples.

Thanks!

There are a lot of jobs in industrial manufacturing.

I work for ArcelorMittal (a steel company) and we have lots of Electrical Engineers (a good number of whom have degrees in Electrical Engineering Technology).
Most of them work in Maintenance, which involves troubleshooting and repairing electrical equipment. Many of the engineers plan and run cost analysis on new equipment

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An Engineering Technology degree is usually for people who probably won’t go further with their education, i.e. get an associate only and not go on to a bachelors or masters. Engineering Technology tends to be more hands on. For example at Arizona State University the Mechanical Engineering Technology degree has three courses that are different than the Mechanical Engineering degree. In MET you don’t take Differential Equations and Calculus III, but you take an additional materials course and two machine shop courses. So for the most part, they’re the same, but how the information is taught. There’s also a bias in the industry and in higher education against Engineering Technology degrees. A lot of people feel that some one with a MET degree is not as good at engineering then someone with a ME degree. So you might not earn as much money or get a prestigous job.
Also at the community college level, if you think that you might transfer to a four year college, don’t take engineering technolgy or any degree with the word technology at the end of it. It won’t transfer and you’ll have to repeat those two years with different classes, but with the same information.