Alexis, Schenectady AddedTuesday, June 3, 2014 at 2:59 PM Drawing and Engineering Hi, my name is Alexis and I'm 20 years old. I'm trying to figure out what I want to do in life and I remember taking a class called Design Tech in high school and I loved being in that class drawing things and then turning them into mini prototypes but I just mainly liked drawing... is there a specific major that deals with drawing and engineering? Related to Choosing a Degree, Engineering Skills Reset Sort By Default Hannah Noll , ATI Answered Tuesday, June 3, 2014 at 2:59 PM I’ll start by listing several engineering disciplines you’ve probably heard of that might include drawing: civil, architectural, and mechanical. In civil or architectural engineering, you might design and make drawings of buildings or road systems and bridges. Depending on your focus in mechanical engineering you might design and draw parts for engines, structural parts for aircraft, or even entire pieces of machinery. However, there are several colleges that offer a degree in Industrial Design. An industrial designer would design the product/user interface, for example: what and ipod looks like and how the user interacts with it, or the colors, shape, and styling of a washing machine. While an industrial designer will work mostly with the aesthetic and user-interface aspects of the product, a design engineer (which can either be an actual major or a focus under majors like mechanical engineering or interdisciplinary engineering) works mainly with the functionality, however, both of these fields can overlap significantly and one person might do both! Although industrial design doesn’t have “engineer” in the title, engineering problem solving is used and a background in engineering would be very helpful. I recommend looking into industrial design or engineering design if drawing and engineering are the two things you’re most interested in.