<p>Has anybody done it and has it proven helpful for jobs or grad school?
I wouldn't imagine that doing this would be extremely hard since there would be a lot of overlap of knowledge.
I'm a chem e major right now. I'm thinking about going to grad school and do more research that's oriented more around applied technology than something like the relativistic effect of electrons in Hg. I think doing a chem major might help me for both personal gain as well as getting into a good grad school. Kind of like how a com sci major would double up in math</p>
<p>anybody who’s done it</p>
<p>care to tell me about it?</p>
<p>I’m just a freshmen, so I still have time to mess around with my options</p>
<p>Talk to your counselor. Depending on how your school treats these programs, you might need two degrees, not two “majors”. Many colleges will not allow you to use the same credits for two different degrees.</p>
<p>what’s the point of two degrees? it’s extra work for what a double major would offer.</p>
<p>are you saying that some colleges don’t allow double major in chem e and chem?</p>
<p>Yes. Some colleges do not allow a double major. The reason is that two degrees might be so close, that every student would double major rather than single major. That could put too much of a strain on university resources. </p>
<p>Personally, I think that if you are equally qualified to go to graduate school in either field based on coursework, you should be allowed. But not every college agrees…</p>
<p>just out of curiosity. Is it a trend that the more prestigious universities put these restrictions on the students? or is it completely random</p>
<p>I’m not sure ChemE and Chemistry are close enough to preclude double majoring.</p>
<p>For instance, at my institution, the rule is that there must be 20 hours of hours in the 2nd major NOT used for anything (besides free electives) in the 1st major, and you have to take all the in-major courses in the second major (and anything you need to take those courses, etc.) So for ChemE and Chemistry…</p>
<p>Looking at the bulletin, it appears that Chemistry makes you take 41 hours more Chemistry than Chemical Engineering makes you take. Therefore you’d not only be able to get a double major, but you’d be able to do a double degree as well.</p>
<p>Of course, this all hinges on one’s willingness to take lots of classes, perhaps stay a little longer, etc., but my University would allow one to double major or get a dual degree in ChemE and Chemistry. They’re really quite different after all. After organic chemistry, the ChemE’s are pretty much done.</p>
<p>The difference is only 14 hours at Georgia Tech. The ChE’s take instrumental analysis, p-chem 1 and 2, and synth lab after the two o-chems.</p>
<p>I know at UC Davis that’s not possible. Even a minor in chemistry wasn’t allowed since the two majors closely overlap.</p>
<p>I guess it depends mostly on the institution and how closely the majors overlap.</p>
<p>I’ll go crazy here and look at Iowa State to see…</p>
<p>Well, I only count a difference of 13 there. This was a very rough analysis and it’s still possible the programs could be made to differ by a wide enough margin, but it wouldn’t be as easy as it would be at Auburn. It appears the main difference is that the Chemistry majors here take a preposterous number of courses when compared to those from Iowa State.</p>
<p>So it looks like the OP might have trouble doing his stuff at Iowa State.</p>