<p>So I read from previous posts that the general consensus is that chem E and EE are the hardest engineering majors. Out of these two, which wins it???</p>
<p>At my school, Chem E is considered to be harder... however, I think this is because they have to take a lot of required classes for the major, while EE is more flexible.</p>
<p>ChemEng is generally harder, because it involves chemistry pre-requisities, and following that, heavy organic chemistry and thermodynamics along with the traditional physics/math component of an engineering curriculum. At UCLA, straight Chemical Engineering is minimum 198 units, while straight Electrical Engineering is 190.</p>
<p>Which major would use more of Vector Mechanics and Statics??</p>
<p>shahmuqqadar. EE deals more w/ vectors. Statics is dealt with by ME's and Civil E's. If your good at chemistry, chemE will be much easier for you. However, if your good w/ physics II stuff( electricity and magnetism), EE is the choice for you. I am currently studying at the Cooper Union in Manhatten and am a Chem E. </p>
<p>Choose your major on not what you think is harder but what you like more. Do you like organic chem and p.chem? Have you even taken them? Have you taken physics II? Do you like electricity and magnetism? If so, go w/ EE. If you like the chemistry stuff, go w/ Chem E.</p>
<p>But, if you like working with heat transfer and statics, go w/ ME. </p>
<p>If you like working w/ forces in equilibrium and vectors (hard core multi-variable calculus) go with either Civil or Aerospace.</p>
<p>chem E doesn't deal too much w/ O-chem does it??? I thought it was more about thermal, fluids, heat transfer rates and stuff.</p>
<p>That's the problem. Haven't taken Physics II yet so I wouldn't know how much I like/dislike circuitry. As far as Chem E goes, I have an idea that it's mostly all about thermal/fluids related stuff and I am getting a good vibe. I will have decided my major by the time I've taken Physics II (next term). The only thing about EE I like is that it's very much problem solving oriented and uses lots of CAD (my favorite thing in college thus far). Do Chem Es use CAD???</p>
<p>ChemE has more depth and EE has more breadth. Both are about equally difficult.</p>
<p>(vj8923- as an aside, civs and mechs both use vector calc, tensor calc, statics, mechanics, <em>and</em> dynamics! No E&M, though. ;) )</p>
<p>All engineering disciplines are difficult in their own way. It really depends upon what you enjoy and what your strengths are. As to an example from my own experience, I have a friend who really honestly dislikes statics and mechanics and is a fabulous doctoral candidate in physics, dealing with ultrafast lasers and such, whereas I can't stand wave theory and E&M and am doing pretty darned well as a researcher and future practitioner in structural eng.</p>
<p>E&M -> blechhhhhhhh.</p>
<p>The thing I loved about EE though is its versatility to cover many technical fields out there. An EE degree will allow you to apply to different types of jobs, while ChemE i'm not sure will have the same type of luxury. Not sure though.</p>
<p>As far as difficulty is concerned, i think it's a draw. Most people think ChemE is harder because of depth, but you can't overlook the broadth aspect of EE. The curriculum for EE is so widespread and related yet unrelated (yes i'm not drunk) it's borderline ridiculous. Circuits/Power/Computer structure/EM/Signals can all be related to each other when put together, yet each topic can be as unrelated to each other as well. This aspect of EE makes it extremely frustrating and difficult. Chances are most people will excel in certain topics, while loathing others. I personally sucked at E&M and had NO interest in it, yet I had to endure through 2 courses on it (E&M + wave Propagation).</p>
<p>nice i just made up my own word....i meant breadth, not broadth. This is what happens when you choose to major in engineering.</p>
<p>which is harder computer engineering or electrical engineering. i am interest in computer engineering while my dad is an ee.</p>
<p>Computer Engineering is basically a specialization of EE, so neither is inherently harder than the other. It depends how your college sets up the requirements and how you choose your electives. For example, at UIUC CompE's had to take assembly language programming and computer architecture, two of the hardest classes offered by the department, while EE's did not. In general, CompE's tend to take more project classes involving CS stuff, while EE's tend to take more theoretical classes.</p>