whats the difference between bachelors of science and bachelors of engineering for those students who are majoring in civil/mechanical/electrical/etc... in school

With becoming an engineer, you must have a bachelors degree in engineering - plus 4 years work experience under a professional engineer (p.eng). It will vary depending on where you are from, I'd imagine, so if you are interested you should call into some of the local engineering firms and ask for some advice, I'm confident they would give you some support!

I am not an engineer, I am a Civil Engineering Technologist, and for what my ultimate goals are (construction project management) I have decided it is not worth it for me to spend the time and money (2 years of university, 2 years work experience).

So, I am not trying to talk you out of your engineering degree, but I would like you to take some time to think is this really what you want to do (if it is then great!) it is an awesome career, that is very rewarding - and with more and more experience, there will be more opportunities that open up, and different career paths you will be able to venture down - Construction, project management, consulting, teaching etc..

Here is an article I skim read through, because I am at work right now: http://www.differencebetween.net/miscellaneous/difference-between-bsc-and-beng/

Hope this helps, and good luck in your engineering

Not sure why it double posted..

Sorry.

This post was edited by wooly23 on Jul 2 2015 10:58am

"plus 4 years work experience under a professional engineer (p.eng)."

If you want to be a PE, which many do not.

Why would you get an engineering degree to not be a professional engineer, doesn't make sense to me.

Might as well go into a technologist position and save lots of time, money and effort.

Because you can do a shit ton of engineering related things without actually having a PE certification?

Many engineers in engineering positions are not even licensed through the FE exam. It is not required by many fields, not the case for civil engineers though.
And, even less will become PE's or currently are. Doing a quick search, many websites throw out a 20%.

You don't need a PE to to work in most engineering positions, it honestly would be bad/unproductive to have all PEs working in a group.
They usually earn more money, but not by much (5-10%). A PE position has added liabilities, which is not necessarily desirable. The current system usually has several engineers working under a PE who can sign off their work, and most small companies will have very few PE's.
after most people get their B.S, they are simply burnt out and are happy with their position/pay.

*there is always the thinking that companies are actually less likely to hire you because you have a PE <-- not really
*I don't think it's 4 years under a pe if you passed your FE, believe internships can count some too

This post was edited by saber_x3 on Jul 2 2015 05:40pm

I'm sure it all depends on where you are from, and where you end up working.

I know a few EIT's who have put off their p.eng because they don't want to do the other requirements, but they usually end up getting their ring anyways.

Maybe I was wrong with my statement, and that may be simply because I have 0 intentions on ever becoming an engineer.. I was just trying to offer this fella some advice!

Thanks for the advice guys. My school also offers masters of engineering and masters of science, are they similar to the bachelors version of it?

From where I'm from, u need FE , 4 years of experience or 3 years + masters degree for PE

Pretty sure an engineering degree is just, Bachelors of Science in BLANK Engineering. Just looked at my degree to confirm (I'm an Electrical).



Honestly not much point to get one, unless you're civil of course. Having it doesn't even get your brownie points for jobs.