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[sanantone]

@armstrongsubero, thanks for providing more details of what "Engineering Specialty" it is within Electrical Engineering.  I wouldn't go straight to a blue chip or big international company as a start, I would apply to positions acceptable to you and then work your way up to your desired position.  While working, you can use that to fund the final year or two of your Engineering Specialty at one of the ABET institutional providers.

Hmm, well, I guessed both of your states... I knew it would be a southern US state, and I had 6 in mind - California, Arizona, Texas, New Mexico, Georgia and Florida, the reason is the climate is similar to your current location... since you're still working, I would finish the TESU Comp Sci/Math ASAP and decide on your future.  

How young are you? Do you have other commitments that would cause you to "stay" in your city and is holding you back from moving to the US?  I would obviously get a contract job/internship or research associate offer before I move, and keep the current job on "hold" for a year at most.  

I see that your passion is in application, embedded development and you want to be the engineer for those type of systems.  A few of the Electrical Engineering programs I've seen in the past only have 1 course/lab with embedded systems.  The majority of Electrical Engineering programs are split into different specialties/concentrations to choose from.  And that is where you need to decide which one would be more of a fit for you.  

Your category/specialty would probably best be served with a Electrical Engineering degree with a Software Engineering specialty, as what you mentioned - VDHL, Verilog are programming languages, the more software development/programming skills, the easier it'll be to pick up the skill set required for your future positions.

When you're about done your degree, or when you are finished with your current degree goal, you can look up a few ABET degree programs, such as Arizona State Electrical Engineering or Software Engineering, Penn State Software Engineering, Temple Electrical Engineering and so on, again - ABET separates their degree programs, "software engineering isn't located in Computing/IT" it's filed under Engineering not Computing/IT - even though the majority of the classes are computer science related instead of engineering.

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I could understand this recommendation if the OP expressed an interest in software engineering, but the OP's interest is in electrical engineering. This is very different different from computer science. You asked a question that the OP already answered.  EE is electrical engineering. Even if you aren't familiar with that abbreviation, the original post makes it clear that electrical engineering is the specialty of interest.

@sanantone, Thank you for your post - I'm sorry, I got confused for a moment reading this. I don't know why I received this message but I was asking a question to get more information and to have more clarity.   If you have advice and recommendations for the OP, please advise them directly.  Quoting me for some reason or another and saying that it's been answered is incorrect.  There are so many specialties in any profession/school, specialties in Electrical or any type of engineering.  

This is "Deja vu" from a previous Dfrecore post and it fits this situation, as I am looking for an answer from the OP and not directly from someone else, and I know what the OP said is EE. - http://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/showthre...#pid246085

The OP specifically said that her son was looking at getting a degree in hardware.  I would like clarification from her directly, since I don't understand what that means TO HER (or her son).  Having someone else explain what he THINKS she means isn't helpful at all.



Now if you didn't know, for programs in Electrical Engineering - we can take a look at some of them.  Let's take Temple for example. they've got a plain Jane Electrical Engineering, Bioelectrical Engineering and Computer Engineering.  They're not all the same!  I looked at the webpage from MicroChip Technologies, they are an Electrical Engineering company that specializes in so many different areas.

So, if I don't ask a question to get more details, I may provide him the incorrect or a worse answer than I already provided him, for instance, he's looking into Embedded Systems which is software used to control hardware.  If for some reason he applies for a job at Microchip and they only have a position to Biomedical devices, will he get the job?  Sanantone, they need specific specialties matched before they would hire the person.

I like to gather more info and then come to a viable option/solution, I am not like one of those "5 minute surgeons" who looks up a patient info, without asking anything and does the surgery.  That's how the "Wrong leg" got amputated for people in one US hospital.  There was another case of a "5 minute physician" who diagnosed someone as having a bad cold/flu and yet, they died the next day of severe Meningitis.  I like to keep accountable and provide work done well, I am here to see things done properly and that's my advice to him.  

Lastly, If you have further advice or other recommendations, please inform the OP, not tell me that I am repeating my question that's been answered.  It may be sufficient for others, but for me, the more I know what they need, the more I can get them to that goal.

That situation with Dfrecore doesn't apply because your assumptions were way off base. Dfrecore asked what was meant by hardware, and you answered by saying that the OP wants to transfer certifications. The answer didn't match the question at all. Plus, you can't get a degree in hardware. Computer science is not electrical engineering. Plain and simple. A CS program doesn't even come close to preparing someone for a career as an electrical engineer. Even after the OP told you that a computer science degree will not work, you're still recommending it. Giving you "clarification" served no purpose.

Finding an appropriate masters in electrical engineering is going to be even more difficult than finding one at the baccalaureate level. It's also likely going to be more expensive to get a BA in math/CS and a master's in electrical engineering. What if the OP can't immigrate to the U.S. or Canada right away? Then, he or she will be stuck with an unwanted degree.

Bioelectrical engineering is a rare concentration. Companies would have a tough time finding qualified candidates if they required a concentration in bioelectrical engineering. Look at how many jobs ask for bioelectrical engineering. That should give you the answer to how unimportant that concentration is. Regardless, you're recommending math and CS, which has little to do with bioelectrical engineering or electrical engineering, period.

By the way, biomedical engineering is not the same as bioelectrical engineering. If they want an electrical engineer to work on biomedical devices, then an electrical engineering degree will suffice. When you went to the Microchip Technology website, did you even both to look at their jobs and what they require?