How easy is it to change majors within a college?

Jweinst1
Fri, 18 Apr 2014 16:25:52 +0000

First of all, you can easily switch to chemical engineering since many, many people drop out of the CoC as a whole due to not surviving the Chem 4A-4B series, so there are a surplus of open spots in almost all CoC majors.

Chemistry and Chemical Engineering are extremely intense majors, with many students having to take 3-4 chemistry/physics/math classes each semester. In your junior year as a Chem E major you would have to take 5-6 engineering/chemistry classes per semester. There are very few pre-meds in the CoC. This doesn’t mean it’s a bad idea to major in chemistry if it’s your passion, but be aware that there are bio-chemistry tracts within the MCB major that teach you lots of organic chemistry and biochemistry techniques and concepts with much less rougher course requirements.

Also, look up the Chem E 4 year curriculum to get a sense of it. Also, this is something that will be obvious to you once you look at a Chem E schedule is that, they have almost no time to take non-science courses outside there major. This is true from the 20+ Chem E students I know that have never taken a course not involving Math or Science. Just something to keep in mind.