<p>There will be more money available since the student senate voted to divest from Israel.
Thank you students for finally acting in the name of justice.</p>
<p>is it worth going to Berk for ChemE over Notre Dame for instance, if the costs were the same?</p>
<p>Honestly, attending Berkeley over ND for many major-specific things is probably a good idea. The chemistry stuff rocks here, I know from people who actually do it.</p>
<p>I’d pick Berkeley over Notre Dame in general though I don’t know much about ND other than that they’ve got a basketball team. Academically Berkeley is probably the stronger institution and Berkeley chemistry is good enough for many MIT and Caltech students (just to give you a sense) to choose it for their graduate work. If you hate Berkeley or love ND, then it makes sense to go to the place you like. It’s easier to succeed if you’re not miserable everyday, I’d think.</p>
<p>Chemistry at Cal, hands down better than everybody else.</p>
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Hell yeah!</p>
<p>Regarding budget cuts, I think there has been a lot of unnecessary rancor and worry. The undergrads I’ve talked to don’t have any problems getting classes. </p>
<p>The budget cuts may actually be a good thing…it presents an opportunity for Berkeley to streamline its byzantine administrative processes and become more competitive and focus resources on services that add value.</p>
<p>@UCBChemEGrad – you seem like the perfect person to ask this question:</p>
<p>I have listed ChemE as my intended major, and all things considered, I will probably end up majoring in ChemE. However, I’m not 100% sure, so I would like some wiggle room to explore other engineering majors. I know that at Berkeley, ChemE is separated from all the other engineering majors (since it’s in the College of Chemistry). So, how close would you say ChemE and the other engineering disciplines are at Berkeley? Is there any room to explore between the engineering majors?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>^ I’m not exactly sure how easy it is to transfer into the College of Engineering. However, transferring into CoE from CoC will likely be easier than from L&S.</p>
<p>Exploration of different engineering disciplines is a criticism I have of Berkeley - they don’t make it easy, because you have to choose your major right off the bat.</p>
<p>As a ChemE major, we have our own engineering courses that are taught independently from the college of engineering. However, they’ll cover similar topics that you’ll find in mechanical engineering courses (eg. thermodynamics and fluid mechanics). The only cross courses are Engineering 7 and Electrical Engineering 110. </p>
<p>You can also choose to double major in a couple of other engineering disciplines:
Chem E and Materials Science
and, Chem E and Nuclear Engineering</p>
<p>Best sources of info on different majors are the various “college announcements”…it’ll show you degree requirements and sample course schedules. Here’s the one from College of Chemistry, which covers chemical engineering:
<a href=“http://chemistry.berkeley.edu/student_info/undergrad_info/publications/chem_09_10.pdf[/url]”>http://chemistry.berkeley.edu/student_info/undergrad_info/publications/chem_09_10.pdf</a></p>
<p>Don’t know how helpful this is. Heh.</p>
<p>I’d say chemical engineering is most closely related to mechanical engineering. In fact, chemical engineering has become sorta known as “process engineering”.<br>
All the general math and science requirements are the same…I’d think you’d have the biggest course changes if you decided to pursue civil or electrical engineering after you started as a chemical engineer.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>That’s really helpful, thanks!</p>
<p>More specifically, I’ve been looking at doing ChemE with an emphasis on bioengineering. I know that Berkeley has a separate bioengineering major, but is there any way I can take a bioengineering route within ChemE? I think a few ChemE professors do research in bioengineering, but I’d appreciate some clarification, if possible.</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>^ There is a biotechnology concentration option within the chemical engineering major.</p>
<p>Yes, a lot of chemical engineering profs are more biochemical engineers…particularly the younger profs like Jay Keasling, David Schaffer, and Harvey Blanch.</p>