Career Opportunities
ENGINEERING
A degree in engineering from Andrews University prepares you to choose from a wide variety of employment opportunities:
Computer system developer
Electronic equipment designer
Embedded system designer and programmer
Test engineer
Mechanical system designer
Process control system developer
Quality assurance engineer
Control system designer
COMPUTING
Whether you lead research and development teams in a high-tech lab or care for the databases and networking needs of a corporate clientele, Computing is certainly one of the most marketable disciplines in today's fast-paced, technological world.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has actually predicted a workforce crisis over the next decade due to the above average employment growth and a shortage of labor in computer related fields (www.bls.gov). According to the online 2004 statistics, system administration, support specialist, and similar computer related occupations account for seven of the top ten fields for the fastest employment growth. With the computer as the indisputable tool of the future, you couldn't pick a field with more career options than Computing.
If you want to be versatile and marketable, Computing is the perfect choice, as one of the most dynamic and applicable fields. It can open up job opportunities in so many different work environments that the selection is often overwhelming. In today's world, it's difficult to find a corporation that does not have a team of computing professionals behind it. A Computing degree, therefore, enables you to work in virtually any field you like.
Here are a few of the employment options you'll have:
Computer Programmer
Application Software Engineer
Computing Teacher
Networking
System Administrator
Computer Systems Analyst
Database Administrator
Web Application Developer