<p>darkmafiaguy:</p>
<p>Just possibly. But likely.</p>
<p>HI jason,
i realy dont know much about Unis so these questions may sound rather strange, </p>
<ol>
<li><p>i applied for mechanical engineering, but im also interested in computer science. Is it possible for me to take a programming computer science course? on the side?? or part of my course? </p></li>
<li><p>as a prospective electrical engineer, what would you say your career opportunities are? how about for a mechanical engineer? </p></li>
<li><p>how hard is it to change major from mechanical engineering to say, computer engineering?</p></li>
</ol>
<p>okay this is a pretty late response lol ... but jas0n when you said you had 33 credits, was that counting ap credits?
oh &if i had taken classes in CC would that be included onto my gpa?
i'm planning in going into nursing, would it be hard to graduate a year early considering i have some college credits ?(14 credits not counting AP credit).</p>
<p>eyebee:</p>
<ol>
<li><p>All engineering students must take one quarter of programming. As an engineer you will be able to sign up for programming classes. Other majors will be restricted until 24 hrs after the last enrollment window occurred.</p></li>
<li><p>EE is a very broad field. My career opportunities are plentiful in my opinion. As of now the tech sector is getting open spots for EE majors. However, ME majors are going to have it tough right now. Boeing just shut down a lot of their sectors down here so MEs are not needed as much. In addition the job spectrum for MEs aren't so great. If you work for, let's say, Cisco Systems, you'll be calculating how many nuts, bolts, and sheets of metal you need to make the encasing of a router box. It's not so fun but they make money.</p></li>
<li><p>Changing major should be a breeze. A lot of the pre-reqs overlap so you'll be fine.</p></li>
</ol>
<p>pol123:</p>
<p>I had a few AP credits in there but they were mainly CC credits. The grades for any class you've taken up til now are NOT included into your university GPA. Graduating a year early will still take a lot of work. In reality, those credits might not transfer to UCI as any pre-reqs or GE courses. All of my CC classes were useless for me...except calculus. Look at the program schedule for nurses in the general catalogue. You can calculate how much work you have to do in 3 years. I'm going to say you will need every summer session known to mankind. Also, you might as well stay in college and take it slow. Trust me, you don't want to gradaute asap. If you really do, the point of going to a UCI and paying twice the amount over a CSU is simply useless unless you take advantage of the things offered no campus instead of making your quarters consist of going to class and doing hw all day.</p>
<p>how do you apply for CHP after matriculation?</p>
<p>gaia87:</p>
<p>Go to the CHP website, download an application, finish first quarter, and submit.</p>
<p>mm why won't they count as pre req's? i checked on assist.org &it said they did ...</p>
<p>oh&also if yr saying that they won't transfer over ... should i even bother taking a CC class this summer? because thats what i had planned..</p>
<p>pol123</p>
<p>the classes may or may not transfer over based on your major. they may give you elective units, or get you out of placement tests and let you skip the first part of an intro series such as chem 1A for example. and even in a rare case you may get to have the grade transfered over, but dont count too much on that, i only mention it since a friend found a way to transfer her grade over for a writing class due to her major and class she took.</p>
<p>pol123:</p>
<p>If it transfers over to cover an actual class offered at UCI and that class fulfills either a pre-req for your major or a GE, then it will count. My friends and I have accumulated from 33-80units upon entering college (with me having the lowest =[ ). We didn't know much about the whole system until senior year but we were taking community college classes because they didn't require making stupid posters all day. It was a more challenging and fun experience to us. However, in the end, most of our classes didn't really transfer for GEs or pre-reqs so we have wasted units.</p>
<p>This may have been answered already...</p>
<p>When I come in, I will be under the physical sciences department majoring in mathematics. My plan is that I want to double major in mathematics and computer science shortly (maybe after my first year or semester) with a minor in physics.</p>
<p>From what I read in UCI's website, I am supposed to submit a form for a double major listing the courses I must take. Now here are the questions:</p>
<p>How difficult is it to get the approval for a change or addition (double major) of a major that is from a different department</p>
<p>Just how long are these "credits"? </p>
<p>Do they mean one semester of a course?</p>
<p>Is it possible to change my major or declare a double major when I'm in freshman/sophomore year?</p>
<p>Jason: thanks for the advice. I have been getting the same response from quite a few ppl i asked, all of them telling me that MEs are getting it tough out there. </p>
<p>another question: i am definitely looking into the tech sector, apart from EEs what are the other kinds of engineering paths one can take? </p>
<p>also: if i am planning to go for graduate school in engineering, does what i take in undergrad matter? </p>
<p>another: what does your schedule look like? what kind of classes are you taking and do you like your classes? is there freedom in which courses you can choose to take or is it set? </p>
<p>lastly: i have near 0 programming experience, is it still okay to switch to EE? is it possible for me to switch once i arrive on campus? </p>
<p>thanks!</p>
<p>BirdKiller:</p>
<p>for a change of major go to this website : <a href="http://changeofmajor.uci.edu/CoM_Engr.html%5B/url%5D">http://changeofmajor.uci.edu/CoM_Engr.html</a> it tells you all the prereq that you need to do before that you apply for a change of major. if you fullfill all the pre req and take the classes and get the grades, there is no reason at all that you dont get into CE. we are also on a quarter system, so one class is one quarter, and usually it takes one year to complete the classes required for a transfer, so check it out, but you can usually transfer after your first year after you have gotten the prereqs done, unless you have outside credit for those classes coming in.</p>
<p>BirdKiller:</p>
<p>Sorry, I haven’t looked into double majoring yet. As long as you are able to plan it out within 4 years and keep up (maintaining a certain GPA), you will probably have no problems double majoring. </p>
<p>Credits are usually referred to as completed units of classes. Refer to Kadya’s post about major changing. BTW, UCI is on the quarter system.</p>
<p>Eyebee:</p>
<p>Before you think of quitting ME because of the industry, try to take into account your interests. Having an interest in your major makes such a huge impact. UCI actually has a lot of research in the mechanical/aerospace sector so you may find a lot of opportunities there. </p>
<p>Because the requirements for each engineering major is so jam packed and all the schools are ABET accredited, you will automatically be taking roughly the same classes at any schools. Knowing this, you’ll be prepared for graduate school by just adhering to the curriculum. However, for the elective courses that determine your emphasis, you may be able to use them to your advantage in admissions at certain colleges. I’m in the process of understanding the graduate world myself so I really recommend just talking to professors/TAs on campus about graduate school. You can pickup a lot of information because the world of graduate education is much different from undergraduate. </p>
<p>As an engineer, my schedule has been pretty set. I do get to choose what breadth courses I want to fill in those spaces throughout my schedule. </p>
<p>Programming experience is not necessary to enter CE, EE, or CS. You will be learning programming on campus. EEs aren’t very centered around programming, though. Computer engineering is available for that. EE has more emphasis in hardware while CE has a hybrid emphasis in both programming and hardware. You can switch majors, don’t worry.</p>
<p>wow Birdkiller...doin same thing as me
wat kinda math r u gonna major in?
im goin for comp science and statistics</p>
<p>ok another question lol ...
about the tuition ... is it a fixed price? or is it dependent on the number of units you take? ..</p>
<p>hey jason i have a quick question--is housing at uci first come first serve?</p>
<p>pol123:</p>
<p>Tuition may change at any time, but it's a fixed price per academic year. You may take up to 20 units under the fixed tuition (unless given permission to go past 20).</p>
<p>xx123xx:</p>
<p>UCI housing is NOT first come first serve.</p>
<p>oh okay thanks!</p>
<p>is there a certain program for freshmans to come a week earlier to meet and get used to the campus?</p>