UCLA Engineering Q&A

<p>im currently a student at a community college planning to attend UCLA!! and im currently taking PHYSICS 4A mechanics and MATH 3B integration. my best friend who is a little ahead of me is taking DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS & LINEAR ALGEBRA at the same time next semester and i want take some classes with him. </p>

<p>i know that people normally go to multivariable calculus right after the integrals course but would it hurt me if i take either DIFF. EQ or LINEAR ALG. first before MULT. CALC. i am also taking PHYSICS 4B electricity and magnetism next semester and i dont want to find myself lost with 3-D CALC and MULT. CALC in the E&M material as for then my highest experience would be CALCULUS II. leave some advice weather to respect the curricula order or be free to take DIF. EQ. OR LINEAR ALG. before MULT. CALC</p>

<p>brunelicsb0018: neither lin alg. or diff eq. has that much to do with Calc III. </p>

<p>lin alg. = vector, matrices
diff. eq = mostly integrals....from calc II</p>

<p>also you don't really use Calc III in E&M....I only remember doing simple differentiations from Calc I in that class...related to Gauss' Law etc.</p>

<p>Which one of those courses is the one you're planning to take at UCLA? :rolleyes:</p>

<p>i will be done with the math sequence IF i end up transferring to UCLA. i just thought i could get some advice from current HSSEAS students. i think i will take linear algebra the spring semester along physics 4b(E&M), differential equations @ summer school and calculus III next fall along physics 4c(L&H) and if im lucky transfer in the winter or spring of that year. if not, transfer in 2 years from now</p>

<p>If the differential equations course you're taking is anything like Math 33B at UCLA, then I would definitely stick to the curriculum and take multivariable calculus and linear algebra before differential equations. :rolleyes:</p>

<p>flopsy, where can students get help/tutoring for computer science?</p>

<p>Tau Beta Pi has some free tutoring stuff....</p>

<p>Boelter Hall 4428 is the Computer Science tutoring office. There's usually a CS 31/32/33 TA there to offer drop-in tutoring in those courses, either as part of his/her scheduled office hours or just for kicks, during the afternoons. :rolleyes:</p>

<p>Thanks for the info. =)</p>

<p>would it be advisable to switch from BioE to MechE if all I want is a job when I get out? cuz as far as I know (and please correct me if I'm wrong), an undergraduate degree from our non-ABET accreditted program doesn't help my career search. I'm a first year right now btw. I just wanna know how getting a job as a mechE compares to getting one as a bioE from UCLA.</p>

<ol>
<li>Why doesn't UCLA have Industrial Engineering?</li>
<li>Where is a good place in California for that major?</li>
</ol>

<p>I would not switch from Bioengineering to Mechanical Engineering based on ABET accreditation. For comparison, UCB Bioengineering is unaccredited by ABET, and so is UCSD Computer Engineering; yet both are de-facto accredited by recruiters based on their prominence in California. If anything, you should stay in Bioengineering as it is seeing tremendous growth in Southern California when compared with Mechanical Engineering. :rolleyes:</p>

<ol>
<li>I don't know why UCLA doesn't have an Industrial Engineering major.</li>
<li>UCB is famous for Industrial Engineering. :rolleyes:</li>
</ol>

<p>do 4 year schools want you to do the entire math sequence for engineering at the same school in community college while you are planning to transfer? (differintiation, integrals, mult calc, diff eq, and linear alg)</p>

<p>im going to take multvariable calculus next semester at the school i regularly go to but am planning on also taking linear algebra during the next winter quarter at another community college that is a quarter system. will they not accept this? im planning on attending a UC</p>

<p>thanks for the reply flopsy. the concern i had wasn't just that the bioE program was accredited, but that the program is new--would employers choose to hire from UCLA's bioE program over UCB or UCSD or any other university?</p>

<p>Sorry, I don't know whether UCLA will accept transfer credit from multiple community colleges, if they are on different calendar systems. Also, it's still too early to determine what employers' revealed preferences are among Bioengineering graduates. We still have a long way to go in the rankings before we catch up to UCB and UCSD though. :rolleyes:</p>

<p>Flopsy, which engineering major would you recommend for someone that ..</p>

<ul>
<li>likes math and physics</li>
<li>likes chemistry moderately</li>
<li>doesn't like biology, computer science, astronomy, humanities</li>
<li>is a practical thinker</li>
</ul>

<p>Mechanical or Materials Engineering. :rolleyes:</p>

<p>Which do you say has the easier curriculum?</p>

<p>I have no personal experience with either major's curriculum. Since I haven't heard any horror stories or prejudice for one major versus another in these hallowed halls, I'd assume they're of even difficulty course-wise. :rolleyes:</p>