How much Maths is in ChemEng?

[u/Plane-Temporary-8501]

Hii, im a year 12 student who is currently thinking about what course i should do. And im stuck between Maths and ChemEng. I only recently discovered a Maths course is just mainly proofs which isnt exactly what i was looking for. I absolutely love Maths and i really want to continue it in the future and I think the maths in engineering is my best bet as it is applied. But the thing is, i dont do physics so the engineering courses i could do are very limited. So i can really only apply for ChemEng.

My main question is “Is chemical engineering majority maths and roughly what percentage of the course is just maths?”

[u/Changetheworld69420]

Calc 1, 2, 3, differential equations, linear algebra, stats. Everything is maths, physics is literally just maths. You will have physics 1 and 2 at least, and physical chemistry likely, and a civil engineering course like statics. Please don’t be afraid of physics, it’s one of the easiest parts of the major tbh. If you can do Thermo, you can do literally anything in physics haha that I firmly believe.

[u/claireauriga → u/Changetheworld69420]

I'm curious - north American students/engineers talk a lot about maths classes with those standard terms, and everyone seems to understand exactly what the curriculum involves, but I never heard them at school or university in the UK. Like, I know what calculus is, but I have no idea what the difference is between 'Calc 1', 2 and 3, or how that's different from 'Differential equations'. Could you give a quick primer on what the content of the courses is?

[u/16tired → u/claireauriga]

Calc 1 covers limits, differentiation and its applications, and basic integration.

Calc 2 covers integration techniques and applications, calculus on volumes like rotating shapes, and sequences, series, convergence/divergence and etc.

Calc 3 is multi variable calculus on manifolds

[u/Melon_Mao → u/16tired]

I think manifolds are well beyond almost all Calc 3 courses.