The Value of a Undergrad MSE degree

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<p>MSE is more a specialist type of engineering. So heavy chemistry, physics and math are there. </p>

<p>I just compared the MechE from my school with the MSE undergraduate program @ Columbia
<a href=“http://www1.ccny.cuny.edu/prospective/gsoe/OUA/upload/MEO-Fall09-Spring10-122209.pdf[/url]”>http://www1.ccny.cuny.edu/prospective/gsoe/OUA/upload/MEO-Fall09-Spring10-122209.pdf&lt;/a&gt;
[Materials</a> Science and Engineering Undergraduate Program](<a href=“http://www.apam.columbia.edu/misc-pages/materials_science_ugrad.html]Materials”>http://www.apam.columbia.edu/misc-pages/materials_science_ugrad.html)</p>

<p>There are a few classes in ME very similar to MSE. And definitely in ChemE. </p>

<p>If you look at the Master MSE @ Columbia
[Materials</a> Science And Engineering Courses](<a href=“http://www.apam.columbia.edu/directory/courselist2.html]Materials”>http://www.apam.columbia.edu/directory/courselist2.html)
There are prerequisites for each course listed there. For example, MSAE E4090x Nanotechnology it asks for quantum mechanics. Not all undergraduate engineering programs require quantum mechanics. I know that EE does (in my school).</p>

<p>So there you go. There are undergraduate programs that you might have to complete before you can actually get into one of your master classes.
But you can still apply and get accepted to the program. </p>

<p>I think people in MSE find laboratory their home:)</p>