Advice for Freshman undergraduate Computer Science Major planning to transfer into Computer Eng

Colleges and Universities A-Z Rutgers University
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<p>Hello, I made this discussion in order to see if I am able to get some input into what I should do during my freshman year to be able to transfer to the Engineering Department. Just in case, my apologies if I am creating this post in the wrong section, and if I am, please tell me so that I can delete the post.</p>

<p>For starting, I am an undergraduate freshman student in Rutgers's Arts and Sciences Department. I am in the Computer Science department, however, I wish to transfer to Computer Engineering. Unfortunately, I was only able to place into Pre Calculus (115) for my freshman year in the placement test. So, things have gotten a little complicated. I originally was planning to take:</p>

<p>Calculus I
Expository Writing
Gen Chemistry
Analytical Physics</p>

<p>However, due to placing in Pre Calculus, I am unable to take Analytical Physics nor Calculus I. Thus my current schedule is something like this:</p>

<p>Pre-Calculus 115
Expository Writing
Gen Chemistry</p>

<p>So I was wondering if anyone that has previously gone through something like this has any advice for me. Just in case, the requirements to transfer from SAS to the Engineering Department are:</p>

<p>Calculus 1 and 2
Analytical Physics 1
Gen 1 and 2</p>

<p>Also, I am worry about the difficulty of the task of taking these courses so if anyone has any advice on that too, please do tell me.</p>

<p>Again, if this is the wrong section for this, I will erase the post if necessary</p>

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<p>With your current schedule, there is no way you will meet the requirements for transferring to engineering before sophomore year, so you would be looking at taking 5 years at the minimum to do engineering. What you could do is take Pre Calc at a community college during this summer so that you can then take Calc 1 and Physics in the fall. That way you can then take Calc 2 in the spring and meet the requirements for transferring. Keep in mind that a typical engineer’s course load is pretty much 17-18 credits every semester, with the occasional lighter course load.</p>