Chem Eng./Nuclear Eng. Joint Major at Berkeley?

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Hello all,

I saw that Berkeley offers a ChemE/Nuclear Eng. joint major, and was wondering if anyone has any insight on it (or related joint majors).

http://guide.berkeley.edu/undergraduate/degree-programs/chemical-engineering-nuclear-joint-major/

  1. Does anyone know how selective the program is?
  2. Would you have to be in the College of Engineering or College of Chemistry (or either) to be accepted to the program?
  3. Berkeley says it is feasible in 4 years, but would I still have time to do lab research given its rigor?
  4. How much would AP credit help?

Thank you!

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bump

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Don’t bump a thread that’s only a few hours old. X(

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I’ve also been looking into this, except as a prospective transfer. It seems the department is relatively small, and probably as selective as any other major at UCB, if not more. I believe you would have to be in the College of Chemistry, but I could be wrong.

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http://engineering.berkeley.edu/academics/majors-minors/joint-majors
http://chemistry.berkeley.edu/ugrad/degrees/cheme/joint-majors

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I heard chemical engineering is very relevant with nuclear engineering.

NukE could be a sub branch of ChemE

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Nuclear Engineering isn’t really a sub branch of ChemE. It has more in common with Material Engineering and Sciences…but really, it requires the same core classes as most engineering majors (up to thermodynamics and materials), but has a large series of NE only classes. It usually doesn’t require much more chemistry than a mechanical or electrical engineer…

UC-Berkeley’s “Joint-major” is unique in it’s focus, which is around fuel processing and not nuclear reactor operations.

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I would have said nuclear engineering was most related to mechanical engineering, personally.

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^You can make that argument. Mechanical is as close a match as any. Nukes focus much more on (nuclear) physics and thermodynamics, more than chemistry.