<p>I'm going to be majoring in General Engineering with a concentration in mechanical engineering. I don't like chemistry much and am not very good at it. How much does this matter with regards to my major? How important is chemistry in mech engineering and general engineering?</p>
<p>Chemistry is not important for most engineering majors. Most ME and General Engineering curricula either require one chemistry course or none at all.</p>
<p>Chemistry is not very important in mechanical engineering. It comes in a little bit in Thermo (Combustion) but most MEs enjoy it a lot more in that application. All ME programs are required to have at least one Chem course (ABET), but it is usually something that is done in the freshman year and forgotten. I would imagine most general engineering programs would require some Chemistry.</p>
<p>I wouldn't sweat not liking Chem, many engineers would agree with you.</p>
<p>That's certainly nice to know! :) Thanks im<em>blue and dr</em>reynolds!!</p>
<p>My son thought he really disliked chem, but when he took his freshman engineering chem course, he discovered that he actually kind of liked it! Maybe you will too!</p>
<p>For all engineering programs at U of I chem 102/103 and chem 104/105 are required for mechEs and GEs. Not that bad just gen chem. At least 102/103 is required for everyone. Just get through it and it's over.</p>
<p>Yeah my school is same an Bravo's.</p>
<p>Every engineering discipline takes general chemistry 1 and 2.</p>
<p>I absolutely hate it. It's the most boring stuff ever. I'm going into MechE, and there's some thermodynamics, but not really too much chemistry after first year.</p>
<p>man, that's weird, chemistry is such a fun class...I don't quite like physics, but chemistry is my favorite so I choose to go chemE major</p>
<p>The only real things I use chemistry for are corrosion, metallurgy, and thermo, and it's pretty much the same for mechs. Only orbitals I've encountered since my junior year in high school have been in NASA articles, and haven't had anything to do with electron placement around the nucleus.</p>
<p>Having a good working knowledge of how to mess with stuff in a chemistry lab is a good thing, and having an overall working knowledge of why things generally behave in a certain manner (eg, conductivity of metals, metallic crystalline structure, ductility, what acids do to various things and why, etc...) helps you come to correct conclusions when troubleshooting.</p>
<p>Other than that, equilibrium reactions will more or less be a thing of the past for you once you get past frosh chem.</p>
<p>Well I took A-level chemistry in high school which is quite rigorous already. I hope college chemistry doesn't extend much beyond that! if there's any 'logic' in organic chem, it eludes me!</p>