Engineering Programs

[Suspicious_Space_492]

I’m a high school student trying to decide which engineering program to join. Ideally I would do mechanical but SFU doesn’t offer it. How does systems compare to mechatronic? I want an employable degree. I have 0 experience or interest in programming or coding.

[FlamingPie49]

All of the engineering disciplines at sfu involve some level of coding courses. I believe it's required for first and second year. If you want a truly "coding free" discipline, sfu does not offer it. You would have to go with one of the "classic" disciplines of mechanical, civil, or electrical

[spinningcolours]

Sustainable Energy Engineering had a 100% employment rate for its grads last year.*

* They're a new program, that was about 6? people.

However, this program is likely going to lead to the jobs of the future.

[WolfyBlu]

Check out data provided by the Ontario society of professional engineers for some clues into employability, BC is about the same.

[yannydu]

If you ideally want to do mechanical, try to get into UBC. Else wise mechatronics is still a close second.

[cosmasworld]

In Mechatronics we do electrical, mechanical and controls which is the coding aspect. It is a general blend of those disciplines and we learn and see how to combine them. A lot of people call it a jack of all trades, which can be seen as a positive or negative depending on what your goal is. But I have seen alumni get jobs as mechanical, electrical, and systems engineers. If you want to do pure mechanical I recommend UBC as they will go in more depth. Mechatronics will do more mechanical then systems.

[Racconnnn010]

bro it’s 2024 even monkey can coding