Britt92

I am stuck at a community college for the fall semester due to changing my idea on my major and college choice in late April. University of Houston's deadline was the beginning of April, so now I want to transfer there for engineering for the spring semester. I'm just taking basic courses the fall sem. and was going to sign up for Chemistry 1 and the lab portion of the class. But on U of H's website I read that if you take all of your chemistry classes at U of H you will get a minor in Chemistry. Should I really wait until I get there to start chemistry or should I just forget about the minor and begin Chem 1 at the community college? I feel like I need to take a science for the fall so I don't get too behind, but at the same time I feel like I'm messing up an opportunity to get a minor. What do you think I should do? Any advice is welcome.

Thanks,
Brittany

NeoDymium

In general? No, it's not necessary. Which major do you plan to have?

Britt92

I'm thinking about chemical engineering but not positive yet.

NeoDymium

Then you definitely don't need it.

Nate09

A major in Chemical Engineering already makes a statement that you've had a good foundation in Chemistry from your undergrad. This means general chem, organic, analytical, and maybe even physical. Most of the time a chem minor is only one or two classes away, but you should only take the additional chemistry courses if you love chemistry (which ChemE's USUALLY do) and want to. Nobody is going to be impressed with a Chem minor as a ChemE major.

And since you seem to be an incoming freshmen, I'll go ahead and repeat the words that's been said by every chemE since antiquity. Chemical Engineering isn't much chemistry. Most ChemE's have a love for chemistry, and it's certainly a subject that you'll get to take quite a bit of, but it won't be very vital in your major classes. Chemical Engineering is a broad discipline that exposes you to a lot of different fields. Chances are good you'll also have to take at least 2 or 3 biology/biotechnology classes.

Nanotech

If you major in ChemE a chem minor would not only be useless, it may be restricted by your program because the classes are so similar. Schools usually restrict minors that have no practical purpose (like business admin and business, etc)