<p>For one, is it worth it and doable?</p>
<p>Two, what kind of other majors would go with it? I figured Chemistry is one, but how about math?</p>
<p>Worth it? Only if you're truly interested in chemical engineering as well as a 2nd major. Even if that's the case, I'd recommend just taking courses in that area instead of taking on a 2nd major. You won't get any benefits professionally because of a double major in engineering.</p>
<p>Doable? Very difficult.</p>
<p>It won't be worth it if you're trying to take extra classes at the same time you're taking engineering classes. If your GPA suffers because of it, then it's not worth it. Any double major with ChE besides chemistry is probably out of question in the first place because there is simply no space for electives.</p>
<p>Is it possible to do a Chemical Engineering major while trying to complete Pre-Med require courses? Wouldn't one just have to use their electives for Biology?</p>
<p>It is definitely possible and you're right on about the bio part. All of the chem, calculus, and physics courses are covered in ChemE and the bio classes are the only classes that you have figure out how to squeeze in. You could consider taking summer courses.</p>
<p>Most of my engineering pre-med classmates studied chemical engineering.</p>
<p>Thanks for the info guys. Summer courses would seem to be my best bet.</p>
<p>My son is a ChemE and only gets exactly 4 GE electives over his entire 8 semesters. </p>
<p>Ques.: How can anyone double major in engineering major without hanging on, I.E., degree as an under grad in less than 5/6 years?</p>
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<p>Overload on courses.</p>
<p>You could double major in Applied Math. Physics and Chemistry would take more time. </p>
<p>On a side topic: If you had a choice of taking two or three extra classes for a Math or Physics minor, which one would you choose? Naturally, a minor isn't worth too much, but if it didn't take much to get, why not?</p>
<p>I'd choose Math to add variety since I'm doing Physics all the time. I'd take Applied Math or Stats courses, which can be a nice complement to the engineering curriculum.</p>
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<p>I would imagine so but if you plan on going to medical school I wouldn't suggest doing engineering as an undergrad.</p>
<p>Yeah, it's possible.</p>
<p>Take 18 semester hours every regular semester, and that's 144 hours. For a double major (not a dual or double degree), you would probably have something like ~120-125 hours in the primary major and ~20 hours as your double major. That's ~144 hours, taken together. And if you do a single Summer semester somewhere along the line, you could either lighten the rest of your load or throw a minor on the top.</p>
<p>If you got what it takes, it's doable.</p>
<p>^but that does not take into account that most engineering curriculums have a fairly ridged path (IE, you take these courses this semester, and these this semester, and these this semester, and if you fail this class, your set back maybe a whole year).</p>
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<p>At my school if you fail a class you are usually allowed to take the next class in the sequence along with retaking the failed class. </p>
<p>Otherwise what you are saying is correct. Engineering curriculums basically follow a sequence of classes that you can't skip over. Then you usually have a senior design project that requires a certain number of major classes to be completed before starting.</p>
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<p>What is your goal here? Do you want to take courses useful for your major, or are you just interested in learning more about math and physics? Personally, I would take some math-major math classes like analysis, topology, or algebra.</p>
<p>Berkeley offers the following double majors with chemical engineering:</p>
<p>Chemical Engineering + Materials Science and Engineering
Chemical Engineering + Nuclear Engineering</p>