Are mechanical and civil engineering courses good for girls? What career prospects do they have?

Question

5days r left for iit counselling. can anyone help?

Answer 1

yes,

there are very few women in the engineering field. so be warned, if you go into it you will be surrounded by guys, they will be rude crude and offensive right in front of you

If this doesn't bother you then you are fine.

There are many efforts to get more women into the engineering fields. you will have no disadvantage with getting into college or finding jobs (in fact you will have an advantage over men, its not fair but that's the way it is).

The job market for engineers is red-hot, starting salaries for mechanical engineers are $50-$60k/year, and Civil is $40-50k/year. These are just the starting salaries with no experience, and go up pretty quickly.

Check out www.swe.org (society of women engineers)
for more info about being a woman in a field that is mostly men.

there will most likely be many scholarships and grants available for you as a woman in the engineering field.

Good Luck.

Answer 2

Civil Engineering Career Prospects

Answer 3

My daughter and I are engineers. Any engineering career is great for girls. They represent disproportionally smaller % in the field. Big and small corporations are always looking for women engineers. Civil and Mechanical are the two fields in demand in any part of the country, sometimes even in small towns. You can always take a break from the career to raise children and go back to your career. The pay is good, starting with about 40 to 45 K for new graduates. Once you have the degree, you can pursue your other passions such as photography, art, acting etc. that may or may not be successful for all.

Answer 4

At the end of the day it will all depend of the aptitude of the individual and if they are up for being in a classroom in which they will typically be one of a small number of women or possibility the only one. That said, there tends to not be any ill-will towards women in engineering courses and the men will judge you just as they judge the other men - on the quality of your work and knowledge.

As a career choice, mechanical and civil engineers are always in demand in part due to the fact that colleges tend to have a high attrition rate from them due to the complicated nature of the classes and not everyone that enrolls graduates.

Answer 5

I'm a recent graduate of Civil Engineering and had in classes many women in Mechanical and Civil disciplines. They are both very lucrative right now especially Civil. They are also the more popular Engineering curriculums for women. All that aside, it's not a matter of you being a girl or not. I have always encouraged women to get into engineering, but if it interests you you should do it and not let others make assumptions about you because of your gender. Go for it!

Answer 6

This is a dumb question. If you like these areas then you take the classes. If they are dull then do not take them. Those that major in engineering know what they want to do. No one has to tell them is they are interested.
You will have to take algebra, advanced algebra, trig, and pre calculus. At that point you will be ready to take the first math class required of four at least to get the degree. You will be required to take three semesters of physics and one of chemistry. The rest of the classes will be applied science and math.
These classes are tough. To get on the honor roll at my old school you had to have a GPA of 2.8.This is not for those that want to party.
Your question indicates you have no hunger for this field. Those that have the hunger would not wonder if it has classes that are good for girls.
Major in communications of liberal arts. Go to the frat and sorority parties and keep up on the latest fashion. There is nothing wrong with that path. I would be willing to bet that you have a hunger to party more than become an engineer.
In America it is inevitable that there will be more women engineers as well as having college degrees in general than men becase the beliefe that you are not putting a boy at risk by rasing them without a father. In a generation men will be more likely to be on probatin than have a college degree. My answers are gnder neutral and I would have this opinion even if you were a man.

Answer 7

Women seem to do best in chemical or electrical engineering once they are out in the working world.

It would be nice to be able to say that it makes no difference what field you go into as a woman, but in reality it does.

There are too many "non-feminine" aspects involved in much of the work in the fields of mechanical, and civil, or structural engineering, particularly in regard to the conditions under which many of the mechanical, civil and structural engineers have to work. Many of the jobs in these fields involve working in production plants, fabrication shops and on construction sites in all kinds of weather.

I definitely do not want to discourage you, but i have been in this business for many years, and I have seen women engineers just walk out on some of these jobs and not return.

Answer 8

Any Engineering course is good for girls. In my Chemical Engineering graduating class there were about 40 women out of 106 graduates. I remember that there was a lower percentage in Mechanical or Electrical and more in Industrial. Engineering is a great field, and companies are always looking for women to balance out their workforce. My classmate that works for Lilly loves her job.

Answer 9

ABSOLUTELY. Do not let your gender decide on your career choice. There are many female civil engineers in my town. You would have excellent prospects as a female engineer. They are in demand all over the country.

I am a civil/structural engineer and I have over 30 years experience.

Answer 10

Those classes are good for anybody. But you will be one of a very few number of girls in the engineering classes. My electromagnetics class had 50 people in it, 2 of them were girls. But that might be a good thing.