BE/ME Electrical Engineering vs B Engineering/B Commerce (1 Viewer)

[Sp3ctre]

Hi, I'm currently doing electrical engineering (BE/ME) at UNSW, but I'm not sure if I should continue with this or transfer to a dual degree in electrical engineering and commerce. Would a master's degree or double degree be better in this case for job prospects and what sort of jobs am I more likely to find with each degree? Also there should be no problems with the internal program transfer since the courses I'm doing this year are the ones which I would've done if I had chosen the dual degree this year too. Thanks in advance!

 

[mantequilla]

Less range, but better engineering jobs with the master's. Do the commerce if you're not certain you want to do engineering.

 

[Sp3ctre]

Less range, but better engineering jobs with the master's. Do the commerce if you're not certain you want to do engineering.

Right, so if I was certain in doing engineering would commerce be kind of useless to study? Thanks for the reply

 

[mantequilla]

Pretty much. Obviously having a commerce degree would be helpful, but not as much as a master's. From what I've read, having a master's is when you get to the interesting stuff. You can also get a master's later but that would take even longer. You're options are wide open, but yes, basically if you definitely want to be an engineer you should do the master's.

 

[Sp3ctre]

What do you even want to work as? Why Commerce?

BTW, you can get into most business roles without a commerce degree as they have no requirements of majors.

Engineer, I thought commerce would be useful for having a degree in any situation but apparently that's not the case

Now I understand most people do engineering and commerce because they are still unsure of what they want to do after uni