[YTNUKLR]

Re: taking a wide swath of courses or buckling down on Engineering prerequisites...

-Always wanted to take some upper-division Economics classes

All the Engineering Math, Computer and Physics classes are offered over the summer at Berkeley, and through community colleges.

Do I get ahead on Engineering while still at UCB, or take the upper division Econ. courses here that I cannot take over the summer (after graduation)? Taking Econ next year would add 6 months to 1 year to my plan to get an Engineering degree, i.e., 3.5-4 years from now.

What do I really want to be doing? Something related to building things--Engineering, of some sort. Business, I think, eventually, but I'll work before doing the MBA. I wouldn't mind building computers, working for a major car company, or even running my own business.

The reason I did Cognitive Science is that it is an interdisciplinary major--so far, I have taken courses in 17 departments on campus. I could not have done that many if I had been working on Engineering this whole time. I am very glad I have gone this route, despite the fact it is a little more circuitous to getting an Engineering degree.