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MathGangsta
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A little background: I'm finally going back to school to finish my degree. I'm a sophomore and need to decide which path will be the most valuable. I'm a practical person with a Physics/Math envy. I understand the material most when I get to the experiment. Endless book learning will make me never actually learn something. I've met some people that are the opposite in my classes. They understand the most from the theory and despise experiments. They also tend to be Math/Physics majors. So I absolutely *need* an experiment for my own benefit.
I know there is a blurred line of certain areas of Electrical engineering and Physics. Specifically, Optics, Semiconductors, and various EM fields. At my school, there are several professors that I know that got an Physics B.S. but have EE PhDs. Also in the Physics department there are several professors that got their B.S. in EE.
With that said, what would be the advantage of changing from EE to Physics or doing the opposite?
Also, I don't know if I will ever go for a PhD or not. It's too early to decide that. This question is merely out of curiosity as to the advantages of changing fields later on.
I know there is a blurred line of certain areas of Electrical engineering and Physics. Specifically, Optics, Semiconductors, and various EM fields. At my school, there are several professors that I know that got an Physics B.S. but have EE PhDs. Also in the Physics department there are several professors that got their B.S. in EE.
With that said, what would be the advantage of changing from EE to Physics or doing the opposite?
Also, I don't know if I will ever go for a PhD or not. It's too early to decide that. This question is merely out of curiosity as to the advantages of changing fields later on.