So would getting a BS in engineering and a masters in architecture be redundent or would it be beneficial salary wise?
2006-10-18 14:35:38 · 6 answers · asked by rogue chedder 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
Concentrate on getting your PE license. That is what will open the doors for you salary-wise. A master's degree in architecture is not going to count as experience towards getting your license.
2006-10-19 05:37:42 · answer #1 · answered by Stan the Rocker 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What kind of architecture are you talking about? Some rchitecture is, in sarchitecture schools offer more design-based architecture, while others offer more engineering-based architecture. I'm sure that since you have a BS in civil engineering that architecture would be less of a stretch, but depending on the school you go to, be prepared. Architecture can be really rigorous not only in the amount of work, but also in the amount of intense thinking to create a concept and design that are compatible and influence each other well.
Regardless, I don't think it would be redundant. Architecture focuses on all different kind of buildings, rather than public works. I think the thinking required also differs. Even though design-based architecture would probably differ more for you than engineering-based architecture, architecture in general does have an emphasis on design. (It's just that some schools emphasize it more than others.) It would only be redundant to get another BS in engineering.
Having a masters in architecture would open the door to you for more job opportunities. I'm not too sure about salary, but it would also allow you to have an edge over other people. You could be chosen over someone else because you have a background in civil engineering, and the firm could find that appealing.
2006-10-18 14:51:14 · answer #2 · answered by can_u_still_feel_the_butterflies 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
On the whole, I agree with Daedgewood, but am certainly not offended by Wendy, as she is correct that Enginners tend to facilitate the Architects desires... at least when it comes to building design. Engineering can of course be a creative process, as much as Architecture can be a technical drudge.
Basic advice is not to mix the diciplines.
You could have a BS in engineering and a masters in architecture and be of little use on a commercial basis. I am a structural engineer and employ engineers. Although I would be impressed with a Masters in Architecture, I would inevtably ask myself how it would benefit you as a practicing Engineer. The answer is, not as much as a masters in Engineering or some practical experience.
Go for the field you really enjoy and good luck to you.
2006-10-19 08:12:59 · answer #3 · answered by the bald one 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As an engineer, having practiced structural, surveying and civil engineering, I have to take offense with Wendy about the creative comment. Are you an engineer? I have to giggle sometimes.
Anyways.
It is my recommendation to get your B.S and the M.S. in the same discipline. Why get a masters in a subject you have no fundamentals in?
Engineering is not architecture. The architect can do some engineering, and the engineer can do some archetecture. However, in my opinion, once an idea is arrived at, architecture is mostly trying to meet the building code, satisfy ingrees/egress specs, window types, firewall requirements and other mundane things. Engineers take ideas and figure out how to support them, and transfer all forces on and to the ground. And since ground is so variable, so is every structure.
In any event, you would have to get your BS in engineering first. You couldn't go to grad school in engineering if you only had a BS in architechture. You would never catch up.
Choose one or the other.
Bottom line, any engineering firm would wonder why you got your MS in architecture and they would have wished you got it in geotechnical, structural, hydraulic or transportation engineering instead. Unless you went to work for an architect as a civil/structural engineer, there would be no benifit.
That is my opinion. I get $100/hr here. I will send you my bill.
2006-10-18 20:21:29 · answer #4 · answered by daedgewood 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
It would definately be beneficial. They are not the same thing. Architecture deals more with the creative aspect, while Engineering is the technicalities, telling whether the architect's blueprints for something will actually work.
2006-10-18 14:44:11 · answer #5 · answered by Wendy L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can search in goggle but I think its better to buy some books on Architecture and Engineering. Pen & Ink book would help you a lot.
2016-03-28 01:05:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋