Chemistry vs. Chem Engineering Majors

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<p>What's the difference between chemistry and chemical engineering majors? How different are the typical courses in each major, and in what way? What sort of jobs can one get with a chem engineering degree? Are job prospects for chem engineering majors as bad as for chem majors?</p>

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<p>I’ll just put it this way: ChemE is straight up superior to Chemistry. People say, ChemE learn different skills. No they don’t. They learn superior skills.</p>

<p>Here’s what ChemE have to take.</p>

<p>1 year general chemistry, 1 year organic chemistry, 1 year physical chemistry, all their labs, math/physics prereqs, 1 year of mass balance + thermo, 1 year of transport phenomena, 1 reaction kinetics class, 1 process dynamics class, 1 design class, 1 separations class, 2 labs, 3 electives and a senior design off the top of my head.</p>

<p>Chemistry takes the exact same:</p>

<p>1 year general chemistry, 1 year organic chemistry, 1 year physical chemistry, all their labs, math/physics prereqs</p>

<p>but needs only 2 classes of theoretical inorganic chemistry/lab, 2 classes of instrumental analysis/lab, and 5 electives selected from Chemistry, Chemical Engineering or Physics, 3 of which must be Chemistry, 2 of which must be labs and 2 of which must be lectures.</p>

<p>ChemE needs 16 classes beyond the gchem/ochem/pchem/math/physics core. Chem needs 9 classes beyond the gchem/ochem/pchem/math/physics core. They’re not even on the same level.</p>

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<p>Job and career prospects are much better for chemical engineering graduates than for chemistry graduates.</p>

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