Comments on: What is Engineering Technology – Design Concentration? And is engineering very difficult? http://date-kate.com/engineering-technology/what-is-engineering-technology-design-concentration-and-is-engineering-very-difficult Mon, 10 May 2010 19:29:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: lovefriction http://date-kate.com/engineering-technology/what-is-engineering-technology-design-concentration-and-is-engineering-very-difficult/comment-page-1#comment-1461 lovefriction Wed, 20 Jan 2010 03:35:59 +0000 http://date-kate.com/engineering-technology/what-is-engineering-technology-design-concentration-and-is-engineering-very-difficult#comment-1461 I actually graduated with a 4 year degree in mechanical engineering technology. The biggest difference between Eng. Tech and Eng. is the math. As an ET, you'll have less math - Eng students go well into calculus - ET's just scratch the surface. The other big difference is that ETs learn more of the application side of engineering, rather than the theoretical side. You'll still learn a little bit about the theory, but only as background. I chose the ET program because I wanted to go into manufacturing (which I did not end up doing and am now in consulting). It just made sense to me at the time. If I had to go back and choose, I would pick the Eng. program. You'll end up learning the same stuff, so why not challenge yourself a little bit. Plus you'll have wider options when you graduate - some employers see the ET degree as lesser than the Eng. Also, your pre-requiste classes from the Eng. program should work for the ET program. That way if you change your mind and want to do ET, you won't need to retake math classes. It doesn't work that way if you start in the ET program and decide to move to Eng. program.<br><b>References : </b><br> I actually graduated with a 4 year degree in mechanical engineering technology. The biggest difference between Eng. Tech and Eng. is the math. As an ET, you’ll have less math – Eng students go well into calculus – ET’s just scratch the surface. The other big difference is that ETs learn more of the application side of engineering, rather than the theoretical side. You’ll still learn a little bit about the theory, but only as background.

I chose the ET program because I wanted to go into manufacturing (which I did not end up doing and am now in consulting). It just made sense to me at the time.

If I had to go back and choose, I would pick the Eng. program. You’ll end up learning the same stuff, so why not challenge yourself a little bit. Plus you’ll have wider options when you graduate – some employers see the ET degree as lesser than the Eng.

Also, your pre-requiste classes from the Eng. program should work for the ET program. That way if you change your mind and want to do ET, you won’t need to retake math classes. It doesn’t work that way if you start in the ET program and decide to move to Eng. program.
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