whats an engineer (1 Viewer)

[toisthbe]

ok..so u've finished u've completed the course..
u got the certficiate, bachelor of engineering...ifink...

then...wat?

wat do u do? like wat do engineers do?

 

[SoFTuaRiaL]

what engineering are u talkn about? different engineers are involved with different things ... u could be a bit more specific on what major u want to know ...

 

[toisthbe]

i dono..
like say civil engineer....
wat? u design buildins? wtf?



also, do u actually get a job being an engineer...?
man u walk on the street...no ones an engineer...
where do u work? in the country?

 

[SoFTuaRiaL]

engineers are not ppl on the street .... engineers usually take up management level positions, they tell the ppl on the street what to do ... a civil engineer wil be responsible for making sure that the buildings are built smoothly with no hassles ... they dont go and build the buildings. they dont eactly design buildings ... but they are involved with the designing and approval of the dsign process.
it is because engineering requires knowledge on a huge variety of tasks that they do more subjects at uni ... and a huge variety of subjects too ...

 

[toisthbe]

right, i refer to civil engineer again...the UAI is like 75..

so there must be so many civil engineers out there..

will i get a *decent paying* job as a civil engineer by the time i graduate, if i actually do this course next year??

hard question, ikno.

 

[SoFTuaRiaL]

i'd refer u to the thread on jobpays

 

[Generator]

A civil degree would prepare you for a wide variety of careers, given its general nature. It would be a good choice.

 

[Lexicographer]

But beware! Engineering summons a degree of comfort with MATHS

 

[SoFTuaRiaL]

not true for software engineering though ... in seng, u do just 4 maths courses throughout ur 4 yr degree ... which isnt much ..
1. maths 1a
2. discrete maths (EEK!)
3. finite maths (EEK!)^2
4. any 2nd yr stats subject

 

[McLake]

Originally posted by Da Monstar
4. any 2nd yr stats subject

Any? Are we not forced to do MATH2859???

 

[SoFTuaRiaL]

Originally posted by McLake
Any? Are we not forced to do MATH2859???

2859 or 2801 or 2901
actually, i think its 2859 for those doing single degrees.
when i was with ken (for quite some time) discussing my actuarial degree, he suggested i do 2901 .. so yea ...

 

[SoFTuaRiaL]

infact, this is the reason why : in order to do 2801/2901, u should have math1b, but seng students dont do 1b. for those enrolled in be/bcom, math1b is not a prereq for 2801/2901. chk out the prereq part of http://www.student.unsw.edu.au/handbook/courses/MATH2901.shtml which says (or in program 3653, math1131, 1141)
program 3653 = be software / bcom

 

[Lexicographer]

Ah, unitalk

 

[SoFTuaRiaL]

Originally posted by Lexicographer
Ah, unitalk

this IS the uni forum u know ....

 

[toisthbe]

me does 4unit maths.. hehehe..so no worries..

hey, which engineer requires MOST maths?

 

[SoFTuaRiaL]

elec ortelecom

 

[LaZy_KoReAn]

if you dont know what a civil engineer does by now, i don't recommend it

it doesn't matter if you do 4 unit maths, it seems it wont fit into your interest category

to succeed, you must know what you are really interested in

most engineering courses are boring and tedious, which is why courses such like civil engineer have very high drop out rates

and another thought, dont just look at UAI's, you will regret that you got into any course just because you have a low UAI and this is all you can get into

 

[routemarker]

well civil may have a low UAI but its one of the most rigorous courses out there. Most ppl drop out at the end of first yr due to the heavy physics and mathematical content.

 

[toisthbe]

ok...so i'm confused...

the UAI for civil engineer is low bcause?

they need more ppl in it?
or they don need more ppl?


cos i thought low UAI courses mean the demand for this work is low...
and if its high, the demand is high...

 

[SoFTuaRiaL]

civil has a lower uai partly because they take in more ppl into the course ... i'd say the no.of of ppl doing civil wud be 3 times the number of ppl doing software or bioinformatics (which have the two highest uai cut offs at unsw for engineering)