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It probably only matters a lot if you want to go into semiconductors or some allied field that uses similar technology (e.g. disk drive heads, and in the future nanoelectronics). Do some research about this field to help decide what your interest level is. Here's some links:
Solid State Technology - Trade Magazine
[List of (Chemical/Physical Manufacturing) Processes used in Semiconductor Fabrication](
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiconductor_device_fabrication#List_of_steps)
Look for this one in your engineering school library:
Electronics Materials Processes Handbook
Chip Manufacturing Process - Philips Factory - pretty recent version
Old-timey Chip Manufacturing - Fairchild - 1967 vintage - good for seeing a much simplified version of manufacturing. Keep in mind that Intel was founded by engineers who left Fairchild the year after this video was made. How things have changed! Fairchild invented the core technology used since 1960 called "planar technology". Only very recently has this basic technology started to run out of steam (and one of the replacements is the so-called finFET or trigate transistor design).
Chip Manufacturing at TSMC - the largest "foundry" manufacturing company. This video is a little more technical than the others.
I don't think the class mentioned is likely to be particular difficult material but I'm an EE; I specialized in IC design and semiconductor physics/modeling - one advantage is I understand the electrical side of why and what it's for.
In terms of course load it's iffy if you should overload that far. In the US kids do that because of the uncertainty of funding for tuition but in countries where you have more support, it probably is wise to underload a bit. It's a good idea in the US too but it's a harder sell.
There's no place in a resume/CV for recording how you had a heroically overloaded schedule (and no one cares who might hire you). They will care if you manage to burn-out or fail-out, affecting your grades or graduation however.
BTW we talk about some of this whole subject in /r/chipdesign I'm usually the one posting the (ChemE or EE related) manufacturing process links.