<p>so here is the story. Ever since I was a small boy, I've loved math. Now that I've graduated high school, I wish to pursue math as a major in college. However, I wish to open up my job opportunities by majoring in another subject. I now want to go for a PhD in math, and a bachelor's in a second major. I have been researching what I could possibly pair with math. One subject that I came across that I find pretty interesting is chemical engineering. Math seems to be pretty well involved with it. However, it seems that jobs involving both seem more heavily reliant on the chemical engineering degree.</p>
<p>So to sum this up into a question, would chemical engineering pair well with mathematics?
If not, what would be helpful to major in alongside math. Computer Science? Physics?</p>
<p>also, I am thinking that maybe minoring in chemical engineering instead of majoring. If I do that, what other minors should I take to compliment my math major?</p>
<p>I don’t actually have an answer. I would assume it would be a good fit since chemistry requires math. This is also my question. I will be starting college next year and this is what I am considering as well. So if you decide to this please let me know how it goes. good luck!</p>
<p>Chemical engineering typically has a lot of requirements, so fitting in any second major if you do not come in with a lot of useful AP or college credit is likely to be difficult.</p>
<p>Majors that tend to fit together more easily with math include statistics, economics, physics, and computer science, if offered in the same division as math. Of the engineering majors, industrial engineering may have somewhat more overlap with (applied) math than other engineering majors.</p>
<p>I am a senior in chemical engineering right now, not doubling in math but hopefully I can help.</p>
<p>First, I agree with ucbalumnus that other majors like econ and cs are going to be more relevant than and engineering major, except maybe computer engineering. Chemical engineering has math in the coursework, but RARELY will you use math in your actual career as an engineer. The only exception to that would be if you get a Ph.D and become a research scientist or professor. </p>
<p>Second, just to clarify based on micahsj’s comment, chemical engineering is NOT chemistry. If you like chemistry, that’s a good start if you want to do chemical engineering. But most coursework and job work will be closer to a mechanical engineer than a chemist. You are sizing reactors, troubleshooting heat exchangers, designing and cost estimating new processes. Not researching chemial reactions and mechanisms, doing calculus, or finding new ways to synthesize things.</p>
<p>John von Neumann did something like this.
This is a decent choice, but at others have said chemical engineering is a pretty inflexible major so double majoring may be tough.</p>
<p>If you want to study math, then pair it with or major in CS or physics to have a bit more applicability.</p>
<p>A chemical engineering curriculum will include all the math that you need for chemical engineering, and the curriculum is (obviously) not primarily math or even mathematical, but (chemical) engineering and physical sciences, so only a supplementary math minor is at most what you’d be looking to add.</p>
<p>If you’re thinking of a PhD in math, then you might as well stop thinking about engineering, you won’t have time for anything else than math, which is far more abstract than engineering. I.e. focus on the math, not engineering.</p>