What do you think of the rest of my schedule?

[Shackleford]

2010

Spring - Modern Physics I, Vector Analysis

Fall - Modern Physics II, Intermediate Mechanics, Electronic Devices and Their Applications

2011

Spring - Thermal Physics, Introduction to Solid State Physics, Introduction to Partial Differential Equations

Fall - Intermediate Electromagnetic Theory I, Seminar in Advanced Laboratory Analysis, Advanced Laboratory I, Introduction to Astrophysics

2012

Spring - Advanced Laboratory II, Intermediate Electromagnetic Theory II, 4000-level MATH course.


I'm currently taking Differential Equations, a senior-level American Revolution course, and an Intermediate Macroeconomics course. I'm also working half-time. I'm not doing as well as I would like in DE - essentially a "B-" on the first exam. I just had an exam yesterday, and I think I did a little better, though. We'll see. Knowing what's ahead, what do you guys think? Will working half-time make adversely affect my performance? I know they're tough upper-level courses. Starting this year, I hadn't worked and gone to school concurrently since like 2005, and those were all lower-level courses. I'm just a bit concerned my grades will suffer slightly as I progress on.

Also, I need a 4000-level math elective to complete my minor. As of right now, I have zero research experience, but I think I would like to have that as a career (at whatever level of degree I possess). For this reason, I chose the Electronic Devices and their Applications course over a Modern Optics and Lab course.

http://www.uh.edu/academics/catalog/colleges/nsm/courses/math/index.php

http://www.uh.edu/academics/catalog/colleges/nsm/courses/phys/

[Shackleford]

No one?

[robob]

I think at most schools you end up taking two physics classes, a lab and a math class every semester--there's just no avoiding it if you want to have all the prereqs for the next semester (e.g. quantum mechanics requires PDEs,blinear algebra and mechanics, E&M requires ODEs, etc.). It's not a breeze, but it's doable! The only think I'd recommend is to be extra careful with mechanics--it's a difficult class, and you've probably never taken anything as demanding before (I'm assuming you're a freshman/sophomore right now). If you can do fine in that class (and I'm sure you will), then you'll know exactly how much time to budget for E&M and solid state physics, and whether you can afford to work 25 hours a week or not (which I think is doable if you're not taking anything other than those classes).

As for the labs, where I go to school they are not that time-consuming. I don't know about UH.

[Shackleford]

I think at most schools you end up taking two physics classes, a lab and a math class every semester--there's just no avoiding it if you want to have all the prereqs for the next semester (e.g. quantum mechanics requires PDEs,blinear algebra and mechanics, E&M requires ODEs, etc.). It's not a breeze, but it's doable! The only think I'd recommend is to be extra careful with mechanics--it's a difficult class, and you've probably never taken anything as demanding before (I'm assuming you're a freshman/sophomore right now). If you can do fine in that class (and I'm sure you will), then you'll know exactly how much time to budget for E&M and solid state physics, and whether you can afford to work 25 hours a week or not (which I think is doable if you're not taking anything other than those classes).

As for the labs, where I go to school they are not that time-consuming. I don't know about UH.

Hey, Rob/Bob,

Well, all my prerequisites are in order, so I'm good to go there. For me, the two Modern Physics courses require Diff. Eq., Mechanics requires Diff. Eq., and E&M requires PDEs. So the math prerequisite courses are a little different for me.

And, yeah, the classes in my schedule are the only classes I'm taking. I'm just a little ways into my junior year. I intentionally took all the non-science cores/electives before I got into the heavy stuff.

[Shackleford]

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[Mororvia]

I think the rest of your schedule is missing a quantum mechanics course. I see your modern physics covers some of that but it doesn't seem to be the usual I'm used to. Maybe its good and proper, I don't know. I probably shouldn't base it on the course description.

[Shackleford]

I think the rest of your schedule is missing a quantum mechanics course. I see your modern physics covers some of that but it doesn't seem to be the usual I'm used to. Maybe its good and proper, I don't know. I probably shouldn't base it on the course description.

Well, it would seem Modern Physics I and II are my undergrad QM and Relativity courses. There's an Introduction to Particle Physics, but I can't fit it in my schedule.