<p>is it easy to switch between science and engineering once accepted to rochester?</p>
<p>Yes, it is, but it is easier to switch out of engineering than it is to switch into it after your freshman year, simply because the number of courses required to complete the major is larger than most majors. Students that begin working on an engineering degree beyond their freshman year sometimes take five years to graduate. The logistics of switching are simple though - there are very few, if any, obstacles that would prevent you from switching majors, even between social sciences, humanities, and natural sciences.</p>
<p>Students do not have to officially declare a major until the end of the sophomore year. Until that time you can switch between departments all you want.</p>
<p>The issue with switching into engineering from the sciences is that the engineering curriculum is less flex in its course sequences and pre-requisites than the sciences. If you don’t take certain engineering pre-reqs as a freshman, then later want to start in engineering, it may add as much a year to degree completion. Generally it’s easier to start in engineering and switch into the sciences (in terms of graduating on time.)</p>
<p>If you are interested in engineering, but don’t want to commit to a full major, UR is also one of the few schools I know of that offers a minor all fields of engineering. (BME, EE, MechE, EnviroE, ChemE)</p>
<p>My plan, if admitted would to take the basic classes for both science and engineering (physics, chem, calculus, etc) so that i will have time to declare either in/out of engineering and not loose a year (those classes are required for both areas of study)</p>
<p>You’ll also need to take freshman composition and intro to engineering freshman year. Each of the engineering disciplines has a very specific intro course you’ll need to take besides the math, chem and physics. The intro course is a pre-req for all your more advanced engineering coursework.</p>
<p>Have you thought about which engineering discipline you’re most interested in?</p>
<p>Have you looked at the sample course sequences for engineering?</p>