<p>Man! Got in the fourth best undergraduate nuclear engineering program in the nation, Berkeley! I would like to do a joint major at Berkeley.
Please provide the pros and cons of each option
Electrical/nuclear engineering
Mechanical/nuclear engineering
Material/nuclear engineering</p>
<p>What aspect of nuclear power and radiology are you most interested in?</p>
<p>Or which departments have the courses most interesting to you?</p>
<p>[General</a> Catalog - Nuclear Engineering Courses](<a href=“http://general-catalog.berkeley.edu/catalog/gcc_list_crse_req?p_dept_name=Nuclear+Engineering&p_dept_cd=NUC+ENG]General”>http://general-catalog.berkeley.edu/catalog/gcc_list_crse_req?p_dept_name=Nuclear+Engineering&p_dept_cd=NUC+ENG)
[General</a> Catalog - Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences Courses](<a href=“http://general-catalog.berkeley.edu/catalog/gcc_list_crse_req?p_dept_name=Electrical+Engineering+and+Computer+Sciences&p_dept_cd=EECS&p_path=*]General”>http://general-catalog.berkeley.edu/catalog/gcc_list_crse_req?p_dept_name=Electrical+Engineering+and+Computer+Sciences&p_dept_cd=EECS&p_path=*)
[General</a> Catalog - Materials Science and Engineering Courses](<a href=“http://general-catalog.berkeley.edu/catalog/gcc_list_crse_req?p_dept_name=Materials+Science+and+Engineering&p_dept_cd=MAT+SCI&p_path=l]General”>http://general-catalog.berkeley.edu/catalog/gcc_list_crse_req?p_dept_name=Materials+Science+and+Engineering&p_dept_cd=MAT+SCI&p_path=l)
[General</a> Catalog - Mechanical Engineering](<a href=“http://general-catalog.berkeley.edu/catalog/gcc_view_req?p_dept_cd=MEC+ENG]General”>http://general-catalog.berkeley.edu/catalog/gcc_view_req?p_dept_cd=MEC+ENG)</p>
<p>Compare with the courses listed in the degree worksheets for NE and the joint majors:</p>
<p><a href=“http://coe.berkeley.edu/students/current-undergraduates/pagewithsidebar.2009-03-24.9443551818[/url]”>http://coe.berkeley.edu/students/current-undergraduates/pagewithsidebar.2009-03-24.9443551818</a></p>
<p>I can tell you one thing from the few people I know who are doing the joint majors - there is no time to take ‘free’ electives since your schedule is set up for the next 4 years. In fact, you are expected to take at least 4 technical classes every semester so you can graduate in time which is a ton of work. If you want to do one of the joint majors, you must be determined to do it and definitely pick the joint major you want.</p>
<p>There is no pro/con for each; it comes down to do you want to do it and do you have the skills and time management to do it.</p>
<p>Thank you for your reply.
I will attend Berkeley this fall. I am in the College Advantage Program, in which I can attend college classes while I am in high school. Therefore, I will complete about 50 community college units by the end of my senior year. Do you think it will give me enough time to do a joint major (+minor, what do you think?)?</p>
<p>Thank you very much for your information.
I am interested in nuclear fusion and reactor design. The EE courses look very interesting, however I don’t think I have enough info to decide. </p>
<p>My biased list is:
EECS/NE - eecs is important in many engineering careers.
MS/NE - good for core design?
ME/NE</p>
<p>Please enlighten me.</p>
<p>Another option is plain NE, with appropriate electives in other departments if desired. (are you currently in plain NE?)</p>
<p>You may want to check the degree requirements to see if you can construct a frosh / soph schedule that will allow you to change into one of the joint majors (if you are admitted to the joint major) in order to keep your options open.</p>
<p>Can you explain about the frosh / soph schedule? My major is currently nuclear engineer. I intend to complete a joint major at Berkeley.</p>
<p>NE and its joint majors all require the following lower division courses:</p>
<p>Math 1A, 1B, 53, 54
Physics 7A, 7B, 7C
Chemistry 1A/1AL or 4A
E 45 (prerequisite is Physics 7A)
EE 40 (or 100 if not EECS/NE) (prerequisite is Physics 7B)
NE 92 (or E 10 for ME/NE)</p>
<p>Where they differ:</p>
<p>NE: E 7 (corequisite is Math 1B)
EECS/NE: CS 61A, 61B, EE 20N (prerequisite is Math 1B; Math 53 and 54 helpful)
MSE/NE: E 7, ME C85
ME/NE: E 7, 28, ME 40 (prerequisite is Physics 7B and E 7), ME C85 (prerequisite is Math 53 and 54 and Physics 7A)</p>
<p>What you probably want to do first semester is the following:</p>
<p>NE 92 (1 unit seminar about what nuclear engineers do)
E 92 and/or EE 25 (1 unit seminars about what engineers do; optional)
Math course: see <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-berkeley/1305840-freshman-math-faq.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-berkeley/1305840-freshman-math-faq.html</a> .
Science course: Physics 7A if you are in a math course higher than Math 1A; Chemistry 1A/1AL or 4A otherwise, unless you have a 3 on AP chemistry.</p>
<p>and two (or three if you are in Math 1A but have AP credit for chemistry) courses from the following:</p>
<p>E 7
E 28
CS 61A
Reading and composition course
Other humanities or social studies course
Chemistry 1A/1AL or 4A (if you are in Physics 7A and do not have AP credit for chemistry)</p>
<p>Thank you very very much for your information.</p>
<p>So these are the classes I have completed or will complete by the end of my senior year: (all college and AP courses)
Cal AB (I took the BC exam and got 5), Cal 2, Multivariable cal, Stats
Physics 4A, Physics 4C
AP Chem (5)
English 1A
Polit 1, Micro Econ, AP english (3), AP US history (3)</p>
<p>I also plan to do summer bridge.</p>
<p>So what classes should I consider this freshman year? Will I be exempted from the GE’s?</p>