Recent content by tbradshaw

I am not sure on you major or plan, but I will explain my experience at a larger public university. Many of my freshmen classes were 120 people. Calc 2,3 and Chem 1&2 were both in these large auditoriums with little to no interaction with the professor. As I got more into my major courses...

I am not sure about your university, but I know at my undergrad, summer courses were a joke. I took a few and received an easy A. I would be cautious to take courses that you will later build upon. Try to get some of your electives out of the way and save your calcs/physics for a regular...

Tronter is right. I have a physics undergrad and now work for a computer company. I am a coder and just learned the language myself.

I am assuming your college does not have a graduate program in math or physics. Transferring to an university with one for undergrad could be a positive. This will give you an opportunity to perform research. Another idea is to start focusing down on your area of interest. Take some graduate...

I attend North Carolina State University. I think this may good be a good option for you to. A little over 2 hrs from the coast. Big enough school to have a good athletic program and student body life. One of the great things about the physics department here is the size. There are enough...

Doing well in a course means just that, you understand the course. A good instructor will ask question and give homework that will reflect your understanding of the material. However, I have had courses that all the test questions were the same from year to year. If you studied or knew...

Linear algebra will help you solve problems faster. Knowing how to find eigenvalues is nice when solving PDE's. This will help you out tremendously. Taking determinants of a matrix comes in hand too when finding cross-products of complicated vectors.

Minors do not mean much outside of your own university. Minors do allow you to get an experience in another field. If you are planning to go to grad school you would be better off taking some grad classes during your undergrad or additional advance classes in your curriculum. Possibly do some...

Don't stress it too much on deciding your major. Take classes you think are interesting. A big suggestion is to get involved in research as an undergraduate. This will help you tremendously. From this point you can better see what graduate program and field you want to go into. All three of...

Don't let the structure of a minor or additional major hold you back. Take the classes you find interesting and related to what you want to do. After you receive a BS everything else is just trophy baggin. Take that adv. physics class you think is interesting or 'cool', or a couple of...

Probably not. Sounds like the previous owner is just trying to get some extra money out of you. Also consider what type of student you would be getting the notes from. I never used some other person's notes. If the notes were that good they would keep them for themselves.

here was my undergrad, required - intro mechanics, intro E&M, intro modern, thermodynamics, 1-year mechanics, 1-year E&M(entire Griffiths book), 1-year QM, Sr Physics Lab Calculus 1-3, Diffy Eq 1 &2, Numerical Analysis Intro Quantitative Chem and Intro Qualitative Chem In addition to the...

I have a physics undergrad degree and I work as a physics programmer for an internet company. I had a job as a field engineer in the oil industry prior to my current position. Having some classes in computer science or programming will help you out but I wouldn't worry too much about having a...

Mechanical engineering has more real life things you can see and visualize when you are modeling. Electrical on the other hand deals with a few abstract ideas and principles that are not as straight forward. I think either would be sufficient for scientific modeling but just differ in the...

I worked for Schlumberger as a field engineer. Petroleum engineering is going to still be an important field for the rest of our lifetimes. Oil is not running out. Easy to mine oil is running out. More advance techniques are needed the access the oil in the ground now a days. The most...