<p>Thanks, everyone, for answering these questions while I was busy sweating this weekend. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>How would you compare UC Davis and UCLA’s Aerospace Engineering Programs? I would like to stay near home and go to UC Davis, but I don’t want to if it means sacrificing a good engineering program and a considerably more marketable degree. Do you think UCD students still be competetive for internships, jobs, etc.?</p>
<p>hey…do you think if an international student graduates from UCLA engineering with a good gpa,good EC’s etc…do u think he’ll be able to find a good job in LA…???</p>
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UCLA is much better for Aerospace Engineering. UC Davis is more known for Biomedical Engineering. :rolleyes:</p>
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Yes. Companies such as Microsoft are sponsoring UCLA Engineering international graduates for H1-B work visas. However, you can pretty much rule out the aerospace industry and related contractors which require U.S. citizenship for new hires. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>hey thanks alot for your help flopsy…:)</p>
<p>Thank you for the info on CS32 midterm, Grapesoda and MadeInChina.</p>
<p>I actually had Rohr for CS31 last quarter… I found the midterm to be impossible to finish, but I finished the final early. I should try to pace myself during the upcoming CS32 midterm.</p>
<p>pacing yourself is definitely key for all CS exams - it’s great that you finished the final early.</p>
<p>i remember (clearly) what the CS32 final was like, so i’ll give you an more in-depth answer when the time comes :). but good luck!</p>
<p>PAT, come to ucla. i got accepted to ucd for aeronautical engineering, and ucla for aerospace engineering. i’m going to ucla, because it’s a very good program and in a nice location.
I’m a transfer student from a semester CC. is it advisable i take 12 units in my first quarter at ucla. i was looking at the aero curriculum for ucla, and i’d like to know? is MAE102 statics and strenght of materials the same as a typical engineering statics class in a CC, will i have to request a course evalution? and also is this a good first quarter for as a junior transfer for FALL, PLEASE RATE DIFFICULTY (OUT OF 10)</p>
<p>MAE 182A math of engineering
Materials science and engineering 104
MAE 105 thermodynamics OR Computer science 31</p>
<p>if MAE102 looks like a class you took already, then you can go ahead and try to get credit for it. check if it’s already on this list though: [HSSEAS</a> OASA | Engineering and CS Course Equivalents](<a href=“http://www.seasoasa.ucla.edu/current/eqlist.html]HSSEAS”>http://www.seasoasa.ucla.edu/current/eqlist.html)</p>
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MAE 102 is not statics and strengths. MAE 101 is statics and very elementary strengths. MAE 156A (not required for aero) is more advanced strengths of materials and solid mechanics.</p>
<p>MAE 102 is dynamics or non-rigid and rigid bodies.</p>
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<p>Difficulty:</p>
<p>MAE 182A: 5/10
MSE 104: 5/10
MAE 105A: 6.5/10
MAE 105D: 9/10</p>
<p>Many defense and aerospace engineering job / projects require Security Clearance, but not all do. Which mean you must be US Citizen. There are different tier of clearance. You need a company sponsor to get that and it is lengthy and costly. Top Secret Clarence is good for 5 years, secret 10 years etc. If you got it, it is worth GOLD and usually receives higher salary. During the investigation, they literately call; visit your work site, home, churches etc and look at EVERYTHING. If it is your first job, they probably will call the U. So don’t lie, as they can even request for sealed doc.</p>
<p>[Security</a> Clearances help in obtaining a job](<a href=“Security Clearance Information and Jobs - Top Three Tasks When Applying for a Security Clearance”>Security Clearance Information and Jobs - Top Three Tasks When Applying for a Security Clearance)</p>
<p>How would you rank these courses:</p>
<p>Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 107/107L – Introduction to Modeling and Analysis of Dynamic Systems/Laboratory 4</p>
<p>Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 131A – Intermediate Heat Transfer 4</p>
<p>Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 157 – Basic Mechanical Engineering Laboratory 4</p>
<p>Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 156A – Strength of Materials 4</p>
<p>Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 171A – Introduction to Feedback and Control Systems 4</p>
<p>Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 183 – Introduction to Manufacturing Processes 4</p>
<p>How crowded are office hours? I’ve heard it said many times, “go to office hours,” so I’m under the impression that lots of students take advantage of this resource.</p>
<p>Are the professors almost always willing to help you clarify any questions you may have concerning a subject matter that’s not well understood? I ask this because I have a physics teacher here that tells us to go “shoot ourselves,” or that we should be “shot” for not understanding some concepts he covers. I would hope that the professors at UCLA don’t go to that extent to ridicule their students, or make it hard for their students to approach them with questions.</p>
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I don’t want to generalize, but no one ever goes to professors’ office hours in Computer Science unless it’s regarding a grading dispute, or it’s for CS 31/32/33 where the specifications aren’t quite clear. I can’t speak for the other engineering departments, so I’ll just leave it at that… :rolleyes:</p>
<p>MAE 131A: 5/10
MAE 157: 10/10
MAE 156A: 7/10
MAE 171A: 7/10
MAE 183: 1/10</p>
<p>Note that a lot of the rankings are purely on personal experience and can change depending on which professor is teaching the course. MAE 131A is considered one of the hardest courses so it should be 10/10, but the professor that taught it last quarter was ridiculously easy. MAE 157 would be lower depending on which professor teaches it.</p>
<p>I think 107/L is the one of the worst in your list. You’ll have the advantage in 107, because by the time you take it, it might be with people in the catalog year graduating in 2010.</p>
<p>CS 31 was replaced with MAE 20, and 107 has a lot of Matlab involved. Really makes a lot of sense, right?</p>
<p>And a question for zero: Is 157 that bad, besides the length of labs per week? What is involved n the labs? I think that 171A is just like 107 is you don’t like Matlab. Also, is the manufacturing class that easy? Sounds like a lot of modeling to me.</p>
<p>Office hours in the MAE dept. It really depends on which professor it is. When you step in, some professors are delighted that you came by. While some professors are like… *** you stupid or something?!..I went over this in class WHY DIDN’T YOU ASK A QUESTION! I’m just exaggerating, probably only 1-2 professors are like that in the dept</p>
<p>Can someone who’s taken CS 33 before rank the difficulty of the each project?</p>
<p>Although the CS 33 projects change from quarter to quarter, Projects 1 and 2 are 3/10 in difficulty while Projects 6 and 7 are 10/10 in difficulty. :rolleyes:</p>