03-23-2016, 06:53 AM
Hello,
I am currently an Integration Engineer at great aerospace company. I am happy as can be here and plan to stay here a long time, but I want to expand my education for the future and for myself and my company. I have 60 or so credit hours from a community college a long time ago (I'm 29), and need a social science to finish an A. in Machine Tool Technology, about to knock that out (I stopped going to school once I got married 7 years ago and got a good job, yes that was a mistake).
I am currently taking the electronics technician diploma program at penn foster, and I am going to pursue my cert and then bachelors degree. I am looking to get a bachelors degree but prefer one in a technical field so it will help me in my career. The issue is, math is not my strong point. I believe engineering will be out of my reach because of the physics (also they require a lab and since I am in the middle of nowhere, and can only take online college, that kills that anyways). I do a little bit of everything here, machining, welding, electrical, involved with rocket engine testing, etc, so I am technically oriented, but I will never be sitting at a computer doing engineering all day (nor would I want to). I am attempting to expand my electrical skills and focus on that aspect.
I am looking for some advice on which route to go. If I were to ever swap to another aerospace company as an integration engineer or test engineer, I know most of them, at least on paper, specify a bachelors of any kind. Some require a bachelors in a technical field.
The main question here is.......Are there any technically oriented bachelors degrees online that aren't requiring physics? I have to/have had to do simple math, up to trig, for work.....but anything above that never clicked with me in high school. I only had to take "technical math" in college and the last few units of it were killer, I just never had it explained to me to where it clicks.
I also looked at some IT and computer science degrees as they are slightly less "needy" in the math category. That might work as a technical degree that some companies call out. If there are none, I will pursue some kind of bachelors I can test out of, but I would prefer something at least somewhat related to a technical field since that is what I work in.
Anyways, thanks for your advice!
Ian
I am currently an Integration Engineer at great aerospace company. I am happy as can be here and plan to stay here a long time, but I want to expand my education for the future and for myself and my company. I have 60 or so credit hours from a community college a long time ago (I'm 29), and need a social science to finish an A. in Machine Tool Technology, about to knock that out (I stopped going to school once I got married 7 years ago and got a good job, yes that was a mistake).
I am currently taking the electronics technician diploma program at penn foster, and I am going to pursue my cert and then bachelors degree. I am looking to get a bachelors degree but prefer one in a technical field so it will help me in my career. The issue is, math is not my strong point. I believe engineering will be out of my reach because of the physics (also they require a lab and since I am in the middle of nowhere, and can only take online college, that kills that anyways). I do a little bit of everything here, machining, welding, electrical, involved with rocket engine testing, etc, so I am technically oriented, but I will never be sitting at a computer doing engineering all day (nor would I want to). I am attempting to expand my electrical skills and focus on that aspect.
I am looking for some advice on which route to go. If I were to ever swap to another aerospace company as an integration engineer or test engineer, I know most of them, at least on paper, specify a bachelors of any kind. Some require a bachelors in a technical field.
The main question here is.......Are there any technically oriented bachelors degrees online that aren't requiring physics? I have to/have had to do simple math, up to trig, for work.....but anything above that never clicked with me in high school. I only had to take "technical math" in college and the last few units of it were killer, I just never had it explained to me to where it clicks.
I also looked at some IT and computer science degrees as they are slightly less "needy" in the math category. That might work as a technical degree that some companies call out. If there are none, I will pursue some kind of bachelors I can test out of, but I would prefer something at least somewhat related to a technical field since that is what I work in.
Anyways, thanks for your advice!
Ian
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Learn a trade. Gain technical skills. Make money, then use this money to get a degree...if you have the desire.
Learn a trade. Gain technical skills. Make money, then use this money to get a degree...if you have the desire.
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