<p>I want to major as a Petroleum Engineer Major or Mechanical Engineering, and wanted to know which school has better engineering program, UCLA’s Samuel Henry School of Engineering or University of Texas’s Cockrell School of engineering? Any inputs are also welcomed. I’m looking to work abroad and wanted to know which degree would be more valuable and more reconizable, UT’s or UCLA?</p>
<p>You should do your own research.</p>
<p>This is a UC forum on college confidential. You think the people here are concerned with anything but prestige?</p>
<p>Prestige? MIT. ;)</p>
<p>from a “name recognition” perspective I would say UCLA (especially from an international perspective) would carry more weight. However, I’m not sure UCLA offers pertroleum engineering, if that’s what you really want to do.</p>
<p>what is if I apply as an Econ major get accepted can I then switch to an engineering major if I have majority of my calculus physics and calculus done?</p>
<p>Before you would even be considered, you would need all three semesters of Calculus for engineering majors, plus courses in Linear Algebra and Differential Equations. You would need all three semesters of Calculus based Physics, two semesters of General Chemistry with lab and probably at least one semester of Geology with lab. There are probably also Engineering requirements you would need to take. </p>
<p>While UCLA is probably better known among the general public internationally as a university, I am pretty sure that in in the petroleum sector the University of Texas is better known.</p>
<p>If i have all the way up to multivariable calculus (calculus 3) and upto physics electricty and magnetism they won’t let me switch out of my econ major even with a 3.9 gpa?</p>
<p>If you want prestige, aim for Berkeley’s Mechanical Engineering. It is no doubt among the ELITE. You said either petroleum or mechanical, so this is why Im suggesting this.</p>
<p>BTW, you cant get in under econ and then switch. Especially at UCLA. If you get into Econ, you are stuck there bud.</p>
<p>It sounds like you have had three semesters of Calculus and two semesters of Physics. What were the textbooks you used for those courses? At a minimum, for petroleum engineering you would need two more semesters of math; Linear Algebra and Differential equations which is offered at most CCCs, Another semester of Calculus based Physics with lab, two semesters of General Chemistry with labs and a semester of Physical Geology with lab. In addition there are no doubt lower division general engineering courses you would have to take. This probably means a minimum of an extra three semesters in CCC.</p>
<p>This is a very competitive major, particularly at the University of Texas which has the top rated program in the world, which is not surprising since petroleum engineers receive higher starting salaries than any other area of engineering.</p>