<p>hello all I'm new to this site and have been looking at it for help for a while now. Here's my problem I am currently in my first semester community college and scheduling for next semester is already happening and my counselor said I have to take a science course. Well I never took chemistry in high school ( instead took 2 years of bio, geology, and a physics course all at the high school level i.e. no AP ) and I was always okay at math - currently taking Calc 1 and not too bad - and I don't know what to take next semester College Chemistry 111 or University Physics 231. I will be taking Calc 2 but I don't know which science course to take if you guys could give me some information and why I should take one first instead of another one. Okay thanks.</p>
<p>Do you want to transfer to a 4 year school for engineering? Look at the prerequisites for the upper division courses you need to take. Do any require that physics course as a prereq? I think most engineering courses list physics as a prerequisite, but not chemistry as a prerequisite, although it is a requirement.</p>
<p>Are you transferring to a state school where it is very hard to get into a chemistry course? I read that state schools have a problem with this, and would then recommend chemistry be taken in cc. </p>
<p>Also look at any transfer requirements to the 4 year program you want to attend. What do you need for transfer?</p>
<p>Before you register for next semester, you should have a tentative plan for every semester of community college that will have you ready for transfer and to take upper division courses when you get there.</p>
<p>If you intend to transfer to a four year school for engineering, the most critical courses are:</p>
<ul>
<li>Two years of math: freshman calculus, multivariable calculus, linear algebra, differential equations.</li>
<li>One to two years of physics for scientists and engineers: mechanics, thermodynamics, electricity and magnetism, possibly modern physics for some majors.</li>
</ul>
<p>Unless your intended major is chemical engineering, physics is likely more critical than chemistry to start the chains of prerequisites for engineering. If it is chemical engineering, you may have to take both physics and chemistry, along with math.</p>
<p>Each major will have other requirements as well (e.g. computer science, statics, electronics, materials, etc.). Check the four year schools you want to transfer to in order to see what the lower division requirements for your major are, and which community college courses are equivalent to those courses.</p>
<p>Engineering majors also have to take English writing and humanities and social studies breadth courses.</p>
<p>yes I plan on transferring after 2 years and under the requirements it is said I need Calc 1, Calc 2, and Vector Calculus and it’s recommended to take one more Upper Division math class for the math part of my plan while for the science I need both College Chem 111 and two semesters of University Physics 231 and 232. By the way I am looking at doing Electrical Engineering so which one would be more important to understand?</p>
<p>The physics is going to be more important to an EE, but it will probably require more math. You might want to take the Chem first. Or you could take them both. Go talk to a professor in the physics department and ask him if you have had enough math to do well in the physics class. He might recommend that you wait until you are done with Calc II.</p>
<p>For EE, the physics sequence (particularly the course that includes electricity and magnetism, though that course may require multivariable calculus (= calculus III) also) is most important than chemistry as a prerequisite for later EE courses.</p>
<p>For math, in addition to three semesters of calculus, take linear algebra and differential equations (if these are two separate courses, take both).</p>
<p>You may also need to take an introductory electronics / circuits course and some computer science courses. You may also have to take additional science or math of your choice.</p>
<p>What target four year schools are you trying to transfer to?</p>
<p>Physics. At the lower level chemistry is all about memorization, but physics will be about problem-solving. You’ll use those skills forever, but having memorized the electron configuration of Boron won’t have helped you.</p>