Acoustical engineer

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Q. I am a recent high school graduate and about to start the path to true knowledge (ha) I was wondering if anyone could help me out with the path to become an acoustics engineer. As far as what classes to take to get me onto the path of graduate school and that sweet sweet acoustics degree.

A. There are multiple paths you can take, although as far as I know, there aren't any universities that offer a graduate (or undergraduate) degree in "acoustics" proper. A bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or physics will prepare you well, and at the graduate level, you can likely emphasize acoustics in either of those disciplines along with electrical engineering. (At most schools, the graduate coursework in acoustics seems to be spread out across multiple departments.) My undergraduate degree is in mechanical engineering, and my masters degree is in "engineering". (The University of Texas only offers MSE degrees, even though you typically do your graduate coursework in one department. I did mine in the mechanical engineering department, with a couple of electrical engineering classes, so for all intents and purposes, my masters is an MSME.) At the undergraduate level, make sure you take all the acoustics (duh), vibrations, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, mass transfer, and advanced math classes you can, as well as any graduate courses in those subjects your professors will let you sign up for

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