Will I be accepted by my male peers in engineering as a female?

[Shahil]

Mining areas in India , Africa do not allow girls , I have heard.Dont know about US.

Africa...I didn't know the entire continent was still one country...

Anyway, that's a load of ... I'm in South Africa and I think they've been allowing girls into engineering since, um, a REALLY long time ago. I've yet to see a class photo from way back when where there weren't any girls...ok I lie, there have been years without girls but if this was the case, I did find another photo from an earlier year that had girls.

Anway, there's only bout 8 girls in my 3rd yea EE class though about 25 or so started with me in 1st year. Theres about 180/200 or so people in my 3rd year class altogether. It's odd though, girls do find eng much harder to grasp initially than boys. Once grasped, I think it's a level playing field though coz the girls in my class are just as good (if not better in some cases) than most of the boys.

At my varsity there are a lot of girls doing chem eng comparitively. However, from the workload and all that goes with it (ie. time dedicated to design and the level of work that you're expected to grasp) chem eng is much easier than the others even though the entrance requirements are much higher.

 

[Shahil]

What on Earth is Women's Studies and why do we need it ?

We really don't. I really think that such courses, which promote one cause over the other are full of prejudice. I'm sorry for "offending" anyone but a degree in this is just absurd. A minor, on the other hand, that, I would say, is important as coupled with your other courses, I'm sure a course like this shall inform you and when coupled with your other choen courses, you can come up with your own conclusions. Geddit??

If stuff like "women's Studies" can be still kept as part of a curriculm 5 years into the 21st century, why not introduce "Terror Studies" to give you a perspective of the world from that of a terrorist..! I think it's the same principle really.

 

[Nomy-the wanderer]

It's true that in the faculty of engineering there r mostly guys, but there are plenty of girls there..For ex I'm a girl who is interested in nuke eng.
Girls form approx 50% of the EE dept...

So i think there's more appeal for girls to study engineering, due to their wild imagination and creativity

 

[Diencephalon]

Yeah, engineering chicks kick ass. I mean there's not a horribly large amount of students in Nuclear Engineering, much less the male to female ratio so I have to wonder if my classes are going to be like the LAN parties I go to in that respect... :P