<p>I know UCSB offers strong MSE major but it seems like bachelor degree in MSE is not offered. I found that UCSB offers a five-year programme for MSE, can someone tell me how this programme is like and the quality of this programme compared to other colleges' MSE undergraduate education? THX</p>
<p>You would be majoring in a different engineering major (chemical, electrical, or mechanical) while taking materials electives and then take graduate level materials courses in the fifth year.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.materials.ucsb.edu/pdf/BSMSProgramBrochure10.pdf[/url]”>http://www.materials.ucsb.edu/pdf/BSMSProgramBrochure10.pdf</a></p>
<p>Note that the sample schedules do average more than 15 units per quarter in the junior and senior years, so it can be expected to be a higher workload than average path.</p>
<p>If you’re interested in MSE for undergrad, major in MSE. Don’t do a different department, you’ll hate it all the way through.</p>
<p>It sounds like MSE courses are very intensive and rigorous?</p>
<p>I think most of MSE is actually pretty simple once you grasp the main ideas. The answer is just about always “minimize free energy,” so you just have to figure out exactly how that’s going to happen (which isn’t always as obvious). There’s a fair bit of math that goes on, but it’s not usually as much as EE or ChemE.</p>