plc_user1973
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Greeting!
After doing some research through Google, this forum and others, I am ready to announce this observation. A bachelor's degree in EET isn't really that much different that an EE degree. I have searched and searched and really tried to make a distinction between the two and when it comes right down to it, electrons are still electrons.
After reading such opposition to the EET, I started looking at programs. The programs at Devry, Purdue and Milwaukee University of Engineering all show the appearance of educating a student in the field. They appear just as in depth as an EE degree.
I know, I know, the old complaint is: EET degrees are not calculus based. I find that to be disingenuous. All of the above programs cover the major topics in calculus. The Devry program in EET gives the student the opportunity to take classes that are equivalent to Calc 3 and Diff. Eq. if they wish. Although the timing of the material maybe different. The EET degree puts you in the action from the very beginning of the curriculum. (By the way the Devry program is ABET accredited.)
I can see how an EE degree gives you a theoretical approach to the field, but how many here on a daily basis are really forging new territory in the field. I mean some new theoretical energy supplying device, etc. A look on youtube and Itunes brought forth a series from MIT on Circuits and Electronics. In that series, I forget which lecture, I can find it if you wish. The professor said out right he would rather a student solve problems with their intuition rather than perform calculations based around a differential equation. By that, I mean analyze and build circuits based on gut feels instead of the tortuous math. This is MIT mind you. What am I suppose to feel? I think most of the EET program is built around intuition.
Furthermore, I had a professor here at my local small university say that Ohm's Law doesn't change from one school to another. He was a graduate of MIT also. The laws of Physics are the same whether you are at Cal Poly Tech or the University of B.F.E.
When I was a much younger man, I attended martial arts classes. I learned many different styles. I moved from one teacher to the next learning all I could. One constant thing shined through every time I tried a new style. They all said, "they had the best system." I got caught up in that train of thought. After years, I finally came to this conclusion. Its not the system that gives you the tools to defend yourself. For they all had plus' and minus', but it was how well you learned and applied yourself. Learning how to give a swift kick in the groin will put any man down, no matter what the system.
I guess, what I am trying to say is; don't judge a book by its cover. I feel that EET graduate and a EE graduate will be able to do the same job. Correct me if I am wrong.
Regards
After doing some research through Google, this forum and others, I am ready to announce this observation. A bachelor's degree in EET isn't really that much different that an EE degree. I have searched and searched and really tried to make a distinction between the two and when it comes right down to it, electrons are still electrons.
After reading such opposition to the EET, I started looking at programs. The programs at Devry, Purdue and Milwaukee University of Engineering all show the appearance of educating a student in the field. They appear just as in depth as an EE degree.
I know, I know, the old complaint is: EET degrees are not calculus based. I find that to be disingenuous. All of the above programs cover the major topics in calculus. The Devry program in EET gives the student the opportunity to take classes that are equivalent to Calc 3 and Diff. Eq. if they wish. Although the timing of the material maybe different. The EET degree puts you in the action from the very beginning of the curriculum. (By the way the Devry program is ABET accredited.)
I can see how an EE degree gives you a theoretical approach to the field, but how many here on a daily basis are really forging new territory in the field. I mean some new theoretical energy supplying device, etc. A look on youtube and Itunes brought forth a series from MIT on Circuits and Electronics. In that series, I forget which lecture, I can find it if you wish. The professor said out right he would rather a student solve problems with their intuition rather than perform calculations based around a differential equation. By that, I mean analyze and build circuits based on gut feels instead of the tortuous math. This is MIT mind you. What am I suppose to feel? I think most of the EET program is built around intuition.
Furthermore, I had a professor here at my local small university say that Ohm's Law doesn't change from one school to another. He was a graduate of MIT also. The laws of Physics are the same whether you are at Cal Poly Tech or the University of B.F.E.
When I was a much younger man, I attended martial arts classes. I learned many different styles. I moved from one teacher to the next learning all I could. One constant thing shined through every time I tried a new style. They all said, "they had the best system." I got caught up in that train of thought. After years, I finally came to this conclusion. Its not the system that gives you the tools to defend yourself. For they all had plus' and minus', but it was how well you learned and applied yourself. Learning how to give a swift kick in the groin will put any man down, no matter what the system.
I guess, what I am trying to say is; don't judge a book by its cover. I feel that EET graduate and a EE graduate will be able to do the same job. Correct me if I am wrong.
Regards