Generally, is it easy to change major within school of Engineering i.e. from Environmental Engineering to Biomed Engr? I heard that the first year courses are basically the same, no matter which engineering you major. Is it true?
<p>yeah it's true.</p>
<p>Hmm. If i'm not sure which Engineering I want to major in, what should I do?
I want to major in either biomed or environmental engr..I'm not sure about putting down undecided engineering, cuz I know that I'm nost intrested in EE or ME.</p>
<p>I would just put undecided engineering. I don't think it really matters either way.</p>
<p>(EE rocks by the way!)</p>
<p>it all depends on what college you attend, so you're not going to find a definitive answer here. </p>
<p>At UC schools like UCLA, for example, it can be difficult to change majors even within the school of engineering. I know a guy who could have gotten into any engineering major out of HS, and put down ChemE. After 2 years he realizes he'd rather be in EE. However the EE dept only takes a few xfers because the major is popular, and he didn't have the grades to make the cut. Ironically had he started as EE he could have easily switched to ChemE if he wanted since there is less demand there.</p>
<p>At most schools, you will be in "freshman engineering" during the first year. Most of your courses will be math, basic science, English, etc. You will probably have a seminar about the different engineering disciplines to help you narrow down your choice. I highly recommend that you stop by the different engineering schools and talk with the students and professors so you will find out more about what their area covers. </p>
<p>It becomes more difficult to transfer after your second year. Only perhaps half of your sophomore courses will transfer from one engineering discipline to another. In your junior and senior years, most of your courses will not transfer to another engineering discipline.</p>
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<p>Mikemac is spot on - it depends on the school. Some schools will let you change to whatever major you feel like changing to. MIT, Stanford, Caltech and many others are like this. Other schools, like UCBerkeley, are far tougher, especially as regards to transfers to oversubscribed engineering majors (like EECS). And, like mikemac said, this leads to gaming the system where getting admitted as an EECS student at Berkeley puts you in the most flexible position for you can basically transfer out of EECS to almost any other major (not just any engineering major, but any major at Berkeley period, except for the ones that accept only juniors, like bus-ad). So even if you're not sure you want to study EECS, it may be advantageous for you to be admitted as an EECS student, so you can reserve your spot as an EECS student should you decide that's what you want to study. Of course, applying for admission to Berkeley as an EECS candidate is the most difficult admissions road into Berkeley, so there is no free lunch here.</p>