<p>Thanks Ralph4 for all the helpful info. As it turns out, the only real difference between 1st qtr chemistry and 1st qtr MatE is intro to MatE, which is a 1 unit class. He will probably be registered for chem 127 as a chemistry, but Engineering advising said its interchangeable with chem 124 which is what most engineering majors take first quarter. We are planning on “crashing” some of the MatE and EE events for Open House so that he will get a better feel for the two departments. Thanks again for all the helpful info. Don’t know what we’d do without this site.</p>