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Which sub-fields of EE are the most in demand right now? How about for the next 10 years or so? I'll be graduating soon and want to best position myself for the job market.

Hello, I am in my final 18 months of my Applied Math BS. I am at the point where I can specialize in a few different areas, I could either take elective courses in Stats or in a more General Applied/Computation/Modelling track. I'm not sure what I want to do with my degree once I'm done yet but...

I recently just transferred to a new school majoring in Physics and Astronomy. I plan on continuing on to Astronomy grad school. I have taken 2 CS classes in the past and only need 3 more for the minor. It also happens that this school happens to have a very good CS department(top 20). Is...

Also I think most Calc IIIs contain a bit of vector calc: eg. line and surface integrals and various theorems involving them

I actually think the computational stuff just gets so tedious and that really is the issue. The concepts are actually pretty easy to understand. My vote for most tedious method is definitely partial fractions though.

Here I think are the important concepts from Calc II that linger long after the class is over: Solving simply ODEs Integration by Parts Polar Coordinates and Parametric curves Some of the stuff to do with series Of course your mileage my vary depending on your major etc. I found so far...

I thought it was actually quite a bit easier than Calc I, where you have come to grasp with the basic ideas,etc. Atleast where I took it, it is almost entirely about learning ways to solve integral and a few various applications: Diff Eqs. Polar Coords. Series. Thought it was a good class but...

Fun little test I got a 25/30 the ones I got wrong were 3 silly word questions the number of 7's and the number of boxes, I never get those number of boxes ones right, what is the trick in those?

Very interesting article I think I am coming to the realization that I just need to wait it out and earn my position on the forefront of physics knowledge eventually, it's just frustrating because I just find that stuff so interesting and the stuff I'm doing now I don't as much. That is why I...

I'm looking to find a cheap and short intro to the minimum knowledge of Classical Mechanics(Hamilton/Lagrange formulations) you need to know to understand properly Quantum Mechanics. Any recommendations? I'm not worried about it being too rigorous or in depth since I will take a full class in...

Okay but what I am interested in is doing the research not just sitting and solving solved problems, anyone can do that. It seems that in other fields it is much easier to get to the forefront of knowledge than physics.

I will take this coming semester the following: Differential Equations Modern Physics, intro to SR,QM ETC A few various labs Chemistry Optics and Waves Any folks have tips on above classes?

Good point and well taken. I'm trying now to get into some of the more fun fields of physics namely by watching a set of video lectures by Susskind of Quantum mechanics, its another few semesters off for me but I'm excited to learn a bit about it. For those of you who went on from a BS to a...

No, what a horrible misconception of how science works. In science, we start or atleast try to start with conception that everything we know or experience is wrong until proven otherwise by experiment. I claim there is a small teapot orbiting Mars at a height of 2 Mars radii, I ask you Chris...

Hi, I'm new to the forums and looking for a bit of advice on things. I am an undergraduate studying physics about to finish up what I suppose most would call the sophomore year. However I look back on what I have done and realize that the passion that brought me into science as a kid, by reading...