<p>What classes are recommended for my major? I have to take math and chemistry for sure, but is there anything else I need? Physics? I was thinking physics and chemistry together in first quarter would be way too much for me to handle, especially with the involvement of calculus. Anyone have any suggestions?</p>
<p>You could refer to these sites:</p>
<p>“INTERDEPARTMENTAL PROGRAM IN CHEMISTRY/MATERIALS SCIENCE”
[New</a> Page 1](<a href=“http://www.seas.ucla.edu/chem-mat/]New”>http://www.seas.ucla.edu/chem-mat/)</p>
<p>[UCLA</a> Chemistry and Biochemistry](<a href=“http://www.chemistry.ucla.edu/pages/programs]UCLA”>http://www.chemistry.ucla.edu/pages/programs)
- Includes a list of commonly asked questions
- Recommended you download the “Undergraduate Handbook”</p>
<p>[UCLA</a> Registrar’s Office: General Catalog 2009-10](<a href=“http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/catalog/]UCLA”>http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/catalog/)
- Download the General Catalog (pdf), which includes course descriptions about is basically learned in Math 31A, Chem 20A etc</p>
<p>[UCLA</a> Registrar’s Office: General Education Requirements](<a href=“http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/GE/]UCLA”>http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/GE/)
- Download the GE Requirements for the school that you’re in.</p>
<p>[UCLA</a> Department of Physiological Science Undergraduate](<a href=“http://www.physci.ucla.edu/ugrad_major_plan.php]UCLA”>http://www.physci.ucla.edu/ugrad_major_plan.php)
- This may or may not be helpful. (I’m not really sure what Physiological Science is >.<; so this could or could not apply to you. I think this is for the College of Letters & Science, but not sure…)</p>
<p>That’s about all I can help you with now. I’m likely to be a Chemistry major, so I just happened to have these sites fresh on my mind and some actually open on my browser. (Still unsure if I would pursue a career in it though…)</p>
<p>So you’ll be pursuing medical school?</p>
<p>Nah… nothing like that. (If I became a doctor, I’d most likely work in a free clinic with not enough money to pay off student loans. I’m somewhat of an idealist… Besides, my friends say I’m most likely to be sued by malpractice anyways. lol -kind of an inside joke-) </p>
<p>I just like Chemistry, kind of as a mild hobby but I don’t know if I REALLY like chemistry to spend the rest of my life with it. Plus, I don’t know if I would like doing research, because that’s where most chemists end up. (So typical, but I want to travel the world and stuff like that. ^_^; )</p>
<p>Oh, to answer your more original question, I think it’s more a question of your skills to adapt to new environments and study habits. My brother took Physics, Calculus, and Chemistry one semester at his college, and he did fine (I think B average), but that’s because he had NO life.</p>
<p>What kind of career, if you major in chemistry, would allow you to realize your dreams of traveling? Oh, and one of those links gave lead me to <a href=“http://www.chemistry.ucla.edu/file-storage/publicview/pdfs/2008-2009Handbook.pdf[/url]”>http://www.chemistry.ucla.edu/file-storage/publicview/pdfs/2008-2009Handbook.pdf</a> which gives me an outline of how I should plan these science courses. Now, i guess I need to choose a general education class to take. Damn, then I have to plan the scheduling and classes.</p>
<p>None that I can think of, unless I learn another language and work in another country possibly. (But I’m terrible at languages.)</p>
<p>But then again, I probably haven’t done enough research on careers.
(Some of my friends have told me I should abandon my “mad scientist goal” and just do psychology, but I dunno… Heh, I’m pretty indecisive for CC lurker but whatever.)</p>
<p>Hey, just curious, happen to know the difference between the Chemistry major and the Chemistry/Materials major? What would you do with your major?</p>
<p>I’m not really too certain, but I think it just gives more background on the interactions between objects, their creation, developing newer materials. When I asked my high school chemistry teacher about it, he said I could possibly go into fiber optics, aerospace, and nanotechnology. I have no idea whether I’ll like it though, as i’ve never done any scientific research. Most people haven’t before entering college.</p>