Biomed/eng vs. comm/eng

[98.40_for_sure]

What jobs would come out of these two? Which one has better job prospects? Synergy between the two courses?
I've asked a lot of people but still can't decide. Wondering what the people of VN think.
Biomed/eng seems to gear students towards biomedical engineering (designing medical machines, prosthetics etc) which isn't really where i wanna head. And in terms of pgrad med its kinda hard to get a high enough GPA from what i hear about 3rd and 4th year eng being insanely hard. I find biomed interesting but if it doesn't go anywhere in the end then maybe its better to use the 2nd half of the double degree in comm. Not sure what to major in with comm, was thinking actuarial but that doesnt have anything to do with eng.

Thanks for any opinions

[taiga]

Well cant you do Commerce/Biomedical Eng ?

[98.40_for_sure]

Triple degrees dont exist in the real world :/

[TrueLight]

which isn't really where i wanna head. And in terms of pgrad med its kinda hard to get a high enough GPA from what i hear about 3rd and 4th year eng being insanely hard.

well it looks like u dont really want to do biomed so i reckon for good job prospects go for commerce/engineering
u can do a chemical engineering stream from the eng side and something else for commerce

[TrueLight]

check these out... not sure if anyone on here is doing those two combos right now
biomed/eng
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/1536357
commerce/eng
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/1564907
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/1342825 talks about commerce majors
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/690880

[98.40_for_sure]

check these out... not sure if anyone on here is doing those two combos right now
biomed/eng
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/1536357
commerce/eng
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/1564907
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/1342825 talks about commerce majors
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/690880

Thanks for that TrueLight. From what those guys have said, i'm now contemplating doing single degree eng since many have said that a 2nd degree has done absolutely nothing for them but waste an extra 1-1.5 years at uni and waste of money. Also the benefit of single degree eng is the common first year, which may be good for me since i'm not sure which specialisation i wanna go into. What do you think? I'm a person driven by motivation and interest, which would mean i may blow my brains out from boredom in commerce. So i'm tossing up between biomed/eng and single eng which both have their own respective advantages. Thanks again for your help, it's much appreciated. You can tell i change my mind hourly since you probably remember helping me when i was thinking about sci/eng

[taiga]

Triple degrees dont exist in the real world :/

Isn't there a course called Biomedical Engineering?

http://www.eng.unimelb.edu.au/Undergrad/commerce.html

[98.40_for_sure]

Triple degrees dont exist in the real world :/

Isn't there a course called Biomedical Engineering?

http://www.eng.unimelb.edu.au/Undergrad/commerce.html

Oh, i'm only looking into courses at monash. i did look into melb at one stage but all the pgrad stuff made my head spin

[Russ]

Isn't there a course called Biomedical Engineering?

http://www.eng.unimelb.edu.au/Undergrad/commerce.html

There's a bioengineering major within a science/biomedicine (and apparently commerce!) degree but that masters course you linked is postgraduate

[taiga]

I'm not sure what 99.95 wants to do. I think getting an Engineering/Biomed Degree just with the hope of postgrad med is not the best idea :X

So Comm/Eng would be the best in my opinion, if you do that, and a postgrad degree in one of the two, I think that sets you up (with a bit of hard work) for a job in the management team in an engineering firm.

[98.40_for_sure]

Management doesn't require commerce right? Isn't it if you've got experience working, they train you to become a manager. Comm/eng takes 5.5 years, whereas eng takes 4. Is the 1.5 years of experience in the workforce worth more than a comm degree? less uni fees and making money earlier, but just wondering about in the long run whats the adv and disadv.

[TrueTears]

Better to generally have double degree, I wanted to drop Bsc and just self study maths as a hobby but then I asked around and a double degree generally seems to boost up your status etc

[98.40_for_sure]

Has anyone here picked up a double degree from a single? I know it's easy to drop but not sure about the other way around. Was thinking maybe do single degree eng for the common first year, then in 2nd year maybe pick up something else

[jimmy999]

As long as you have the marks, picking up a double degree in 2nd year is possible. However this may add 1 year or 1 semester onto the length of the double degree, depending on what one you do. If you picked up sci/eng, then you would have covered some first year subject equivalents in eng

[angelboykevin]

What jobs would come out of these two? Which one has better job prospects? Synergy between the two courses?
I've asked a lot of people but still can't decide. Wondering what the people of VN think.
Biomed/eng seems to gear students towards biomedical engineering (designing medical machines, prosthetics etc) which isn't really where i wanna head. And in terms of pgrad med its kinda hard to get a high enough GPA from what i hear about 3rd and 4th year eng being insanely hard. I find biomed interesting but if it doesn't go anywhere in the end then maybe its better to use the 2nd half of the double degree in comm. Not sure what to major in with comm, was thinking actuarial but that doesnt have anything to do with eng.

Thanks for any opinions

for Bio/Eng, if u dont wana head in there, dont do it cos its very likely that u will drop out.

For Com/Eng Com part, the only major got to do with Eng i guess is management, if in the future if u get in senior position in a Eng firm, u do need some management skill, and if u had a management degree, its likely of promotion into senior too.

by the way, for Com/Eng, if u major in civil for Eng, it only take 5yr to complete, and that is what i do. the length depend on the major, u can find out the length from the course hand book