<p>Hey guys, right now im undeclared in L&S starting in the fall semester.
I'm looking into computer science and hopefully i have interest in the field and can get good enough grades to transfer into EECS. this is my planned schedule</p>
<p>physics7a
math54
cs61a
some decal/seminar</p>
<p>If i find out i'm interested in CS, but can't get good enough grades to transfer, then i probably will stay in CS in L&S. However, if i dont have interest in CS, i might switch into ChemE. Am i in a bad position if i switch into ChemE later on since im not taking chem4a?</p>
<p>Do you want to emphasize EE and take fewer upper division CS courses? If not, then switching from L&S CS to EECS is not really worth the trouble.</p>
<p>Yes, not taking Chemistry 4A now will make it difficult to graduate on time, even if they let you into the major (seems unlikely). The crucial prerequisite sequence is:</p>
<p>Chemistry 4A
Chemistry 4B
Chemical Engineering 140
Chemical Engineering 150A, 141, 185
Chemical Engineering 150B
Chemical Engineering 154, 160, 162</p>
<p>This is six semesters long, leaving no room for scheduling error.</p>
<p>Contact the College of Chemistry advisers for more information:
[College</a> of Chemistry - University of California at Berkeley - On Campus Transfers](<a href=“http://chemistry.berkeley.edu/student_info/undergrad_info/policies/change_of_college.php]College”>http://chemistry.berkeley.edu/student_info/undergrad_info/policies/change_of_college.php)</p>
<p>i was thinking about switching into EECS because i heard that big name companies like facebook, google, intel, ebay, etc hire EECS grads and not CS grads. At least the “What you can do with your major” student survey shows that.</p>
<p>Check the past years. Also realize that L&S CS is smaller than EECS, so by chance it is more likely to one year’s L&S CS graduates to not go to a particular company than EECS graduates.</p>
<p>But the real recruiting advantage of being at Berkeley is that you are more likely to have access to numerous smaller unknown companies, rather than just the big name companies that send recruiters everywhere.</p>
<p>Thanks ucbalumnus. since the opportunity is about the same between EECS and CS, i might drop physics 7a and take japanese 1a instead. Do you think learning japanese is beneficial compliment to a CS degree?</p>
<p>If you plan to work in Japan or do work involving Japanese companies or customers.</p>