i'm studying mechanical engineering but i want to be a landscape architect or agriculture?
Next year I will graduate with a bs. in mechanical engineering, what advice can you give me if i want to become a landscape architect or an agricultural engineer( courses i can take ,or ways i can squeeze into these fields etc. ), note that I know a good deal about both fields due to my interest in them .Detailed answers are appreciated (but others are welcome )
2012-06-09T07:57:03Z
how about irrigation ? ....and astrobuff i'm interested in working in an outdoor(green ) setting
2012-06-09T07:58:06Z
and not an industrial setting
astrobuf2012-06-09T07:23:40Z
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Landscape architecture is dramatically different than is Mechanical Engineering. To move into a LA career, you would have to get a 2nd degree and probably take another 2-3 years of classes.
Agricultural Engineering is not too different than ME. Most of the companies who would hire AgE's would also hire an MechE. I'd just look to work int he industry, Join John Deer or your other favorite equipment manufacturer in the Ag biz and have a great career.
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