<p>yea as the title asks...</p>
<p>more chemistry or more physics?</p>
<p>what is harder?
chemE or physics</p>
<p>well chemE is defnitely harder, it consists math, chemistry, physics and now even biology. well i think chemistry is still the most mainly stuff. I am going to UCSB for ChemE, I am also worrying about is it going to be very hard.</p>
<p>Engineering is applied physics. Chemical Engineering certainly has Chemistry, but not as much as what most people think.</p>
<p>Idon't think that there is as much physics in chemistry engineering than other engineering majors.</p>
<p>ABET requires at least 2 semesters and a lab of physics. Take that as what you will...its less than ME/EE's but more than CS majors...</p>
<p>i had the chance to work closely with a ChemE at carnegie-mellon last summer and you'll always use things like fluid dynamics and even a bit of electrical knowledge but the time you spend calculating the force of the ball hitting the ground isnt very much...</p>
<p>Motion is only one small part of physics.</p>
<p>I just wrote about chemE in another forum check it out. Insanely hard but deep down I actually like it. Also it's not really either chem or physics (a weird amalgam of both plus a dozen other things like differential equations). I know that's hard to understand if you've never taken an engineering course and if you sat in on one unprepared you'd probably have nightmares. It's not that hard but if you aren't ready for it, it would unnerve you with all of the variables and abstractions.</p>
<p>it's more physical chemistry i guess which = thermo</p>
<p>so if i wanna do chemical engineering, and I had to choose between AP Physics C and AP Chemistry for my senior year I should take AP Chemistry?</p>
<p>Take AP chem and place out of Gen chem 1.Dont place out of physics though.</p>
<p>yes, AP chem is better. the gen chem classes at most colleges are pretty bad, but the physics ones are rigorous but u should take them since they set a better foundation than ap physics c</p>
<p>hmmm...I am taking second year of AP Physics C which is E+M and I got a 4 on mechanics last year...Should I skip the E+M and Mechanics? I never took AP Chem and i only took high school chem, i kinda regret for not taking AP chem..and I am going ChemE major in UCSB</p>
<p>Dont regret it AT ALL. General chemistry is just a waste of time(easy and easily self-taught),thats why it's a better idea to use AP chem to place out of it-Well, the FIRST part of it(gen chem 1).</p>
<p>You just need to do some research.Check out the course syllabi of some of the mechanics professors at UCSB and compare them with the topics you've covered in your first year of AP physics.Peruse the text books the school uses for mechanics,etc. If after all this you dont think you need to take the mechanics course,place out of it and take electricity and magnetism-Which is the second and last physics course you have to take for chem E(at least in my school).</p>
<p>I dont think you need to take E MCH for chem E-I dont have to...but i'm not sure what the UCSB curriculum looks like.In other words, you probably wont be able to place out of anything with the AP credit from your second year of AP physics.</p>