<p>A lot of engineers take two semesters of Chemistry, but not everyone has to take the second lab. Most people take the first semester of chemistry first semester freshman year, then the second first semester sophomore year, but it looks like they want you to take both freshman year. I’d say that the 2006 listings are relatively accurate for at least freshman year, but emailing the chemical engineering adviser can’t hurt.</p>
<p>I hated multivariable. Some people didn’t have that much of a problem with it though, but it is a pretty hard class. On the flip side of that, I thought that differential equations was the easiest class I had in college (I spent more time studying for a one credit pass/fail art appreciation class than for diffeq), while some struggled with it, so I guess everyone is different. If you’re not going to take CalcII in college I’d certainly take Multivariable first semester freshman year.</p>
<p>Your second year looks about as hard as mine was. O-chem, p-chem, physics II (electromagnetic physics mostly,) and whatever Mass and Energy Balance is a pretty daunting gauntlet, and getting Multivariable out of that year is going to help a lot.</p>