Sophmore Year Chemical Engineering schedule: Too Hard ?

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<li>math 5B (Vector calc I)</li>
<li>MCDB 1A (molec, cellular, develop bio)</li>
<li>MCDB 1AL (Lab ^)</li>
<li>Physics 3 (Mechanical waves, wave interference and normal modes, sound and hearing, electric field, Gauss's law, electric potential, capacitance and dielectrics, current, resistance, electromotive force, DC circuits)</li>
<li>Physics 3L</li>
<li>OChem (intro)</li>
<li>chem E 10 (Elementary principles of chemical engineering. The major topics discussed include material and energy balances, stoichiometry, and thermodynamics)</li>
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<p>So is this taking in too much for fall 2010 (start of soph year) ? Chem E is the hardest major at my school.</p>

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<p>Do you absolutely have to take chemE 10 right now? Is is a pre-requisites for some other courses in the spring?
If you remove the labs, it isn’t bad. Just 5 courses. I usually take 5 courses too.</p>

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<p>What is the recommended schedule by the school?</p>

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<p>jwxie : I have to take chemE 10 cause its a prereq. Its a mathematica based class.</p>

<p>ken285 : I can take math 5B in the winter but i want to finish the entire math series plus take a math proof class (math 8-- not required but seems interesting) so i have to take 5B right now.</p>

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<p>If it is a pre-req to one of your future classes next semester then by all means take it.
Maybe a link to your school’s department helps!</p>

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<p>jwxie : <a href=“http://www.chemengr.ucsb.edu/undergraduate/curriculum.pdf[/url]”>http://www.chemengr.ucsb.edu/undergraduate/curriculum.pdf&lt;/a&gt; </p>

<p>it doesn’t list MCDB 1A/1AL but i am taking those classes inorder to take bioengr classes for the future.</p>

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<p>Why does Physics 3 cover Electricity and Circuits …That Should be covered in Physics II…</p>

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<p>Tyjay516, course coverage varies from school to school. MIT has Physics 1, 2, 3. In our school we only have two semesters of physics.
Usually 3 semesters of physics means more topics to be covered.</p>

<p>@ amby262roy
I suppose your workload isn’t as bad as it seems like.
math 5B is not bad at all. It’s vector calculus. I looked through the math department in your school, you will have to take it anyway, and plus 5C, of course.</p>

<p>Just make sure you have good time management this semester. Lab kills time.</p>

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<p>UCSB is on a trimester schedule and they have Physics 1-4. My guess is 1 and 2 are mechanics, and 3 and 4 are electricity and magnetism.</p>

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<p>Good job Ken285 ! thats almost correct.
1 is linear mechanics
2 is rotational mechanics/thermo/fluid
3 is waves/electricity
4 is magnetism.</p>

<p>jwxie : I KNOW DUDE, I FRE@K!N hate labs also. </p>

<p>Tyjay516 : our school runs in a quarter system.</p>