<p>First of all, I hope I'm posting this in the right section, if not, I will move it to its respective location; I wasn't able to find a more suitable location however.</p>
<p>I am going to be enrolled at Berkeley for Chemical Engineering for Fall 2012 as a transfer, and I have a few questions regarding the courses. I noticed that as a transfer, they expect us to complete our major in 2.5 years, rather than 2 years. I'd like to complete it in 2 years if possible, but I'd like some input from those here about the first few classes. </p>
<p>I have already completed one year of Organic Chemistry and Biology 1A. Additionally, I have completed Physics 7C (I think that's the title of it at Berkeley). Mostly, I'd like to see if it's possible to take Engineering 7, 45, ELE 100, CEng 140, and Ceng 185 my first semester. If not, and there's some other preferable arrangement, I could try that as well. </p>
<p>If it is doable for the first semester, I would spend a good portion of my spare time this summer preparing for the classes via studying and such.</p>
<p>My CC offered Eng 45, but there were time constraints that prevented me from taking it. I'm just curious if the course load will be impossible. I'm not going to try to shoot for the stars if anyone here doesn't recommend it. If someone says it isn't worth attempting, I'm more than willing to listen. However, the only way I could possibly know is if someone's already familiar with the work and is willing to give me their input. Any response would be much appreciated :)</p>
<p>The schedule you have proposed is probably doable if you are a very motivated student, but I would highly recommend pushing one of the classes to the following semester. None of the classes you’ve listed are particularly difficult, but they all take quite a lot of time. E7, E45, and EE100 all have pretty time-consuming labs, and ChemE 140 takes as much time as a lab course.</p>
<p>You could still graduate in 2 years if you push one of those classes. My choice would be E7, because it is taught by the Civil Engineering department in the spring, and by the Mechanical Engineering department in the fall, meaning that the workload is 2-3x as much in the fall as in the spring. </p>
<p>This would be my recommendation for your 2 year plan:</p>
<p>Fall 2012: E45, EE100, ChemE 185, ChemE 140
Spring 2013: 150A, 141, Chem 120A, E7
Fall 2013: 150B, 142 + remaining science/engineering electives
Spring 2014: 160, 162, 154 (those three will be very time consuming, but doable as long as you don’t take much else in that semester).</p>
<p>Superb, I appreciate your input. I just checked and I couldn’t find any sort of discrepancies with prerequisites and such. I remember earlier that there was a class that required E7 and ChemE 185 as a prereq, but I can’t find it anymore so I was probably hallucinating
I’d be sure to spend my summer studying beforehand throughout my internships to be prepared for the upcoming course work in each respective fall semester. Either way, I rather appreciate your input since it’s impossible for me to make an informed decision myself.</p>
<p>Yeah, E45, EE100, ChemE 185, ChemE 140 is a great 1st semester schedule for a transfer. Most of your work will come from EE100 and the E45 lab reports. But E45 is a definite must-take next semester for anyone who hasn’t taken it yet, since professor Gronsky is teaching it and all. The workload for ChemE 140 should be only one pset(~5 probs) a week, but you’ll need to dedicate proper time to learn the material.</p>
<p>I apologize for the late reply, but is ChemE 140 a prereq for ChemE 185? I just noticed that recently and want to confirm the schedule is at all possible.</p>
<p>It might be listed as a prereq, but it definitely is not necessary for the class. Prereqs are not enforced at Berkeley. They are probably just trying to prevent non-chemEs from taking the class.</p>
