Aerospace Engineering Course Analysis

Aerospace engineering fascinates me because it combines a lot of the topics I am best at and is most interested in. The job requires a lot of knowledge in complex math and math is hands down my strong point. Ever since I was a little boy I loved math. From that long lasting love for the subject I always knew in my mind that I was going to pursue in a career involving math.
Then with it being an engineering job, there is work on computers and being able to draft out an idea and transfer that onto a computer software. I have been exposed to this task from taking engineering/cad at the career center. In this class, we went through two different computer softwares and done handful of lessons on them both. Within this course, I was required to do 30 lessons on AutoCad and the introduction and advance assignments in SolidWorks. As well as, being told to make an object, like a top or ring, and creating it in a 3D software then taking that design and 3D printing it. This class was a great …show more content…
Facts from CareerCruising show us this, in 2016, there were 69,600 aerospace engineering jobs available in the world. With the old aging of the job and the advancement in technology, from 2016-2026 the estimated increase in employment is 6%. So theoretically, aerospace engineering should have 73,800 employees in 2026. In the state of Michigan there are only two schools that has aerospace engineering. Those are University of Michigan Ann Arbor and Western University. Both schools have a great program for this field and are top schools in the whole nation to attend for this field. With both of these programs it will either take 4 or 5 years to gain my degree. I can either take a loaded schedule and finish up all the classes in 4 years and only focus on school. Or, I can take the same program over the course of 5 years and have less schooling per year, but have the ability to have a working job or