BVP's or Probability & Statistics?

[lsaldana]

Hello all,

Because of some schedule problems my summer semester can only fit 1 math course and I need some advice in deciding which one would be more useful. I'm a junior physics major with intents to attend graduate school in the Fall of 2012. Basically which one would be more useful in a graduate setting.

MATH 3215- Introduction to Probability & Statistics
Book: Probability and Statistical Inference, Hogg and Tanis (Covering Chapters 1-8)
Description:
This course is a problem oriented introduction to the basic concepts of probability and statistics, providing a foundation for applications and further study.

MATH 4581 - Classical Math Methods in Engineering
Book: Boundary Value Problems, David L. Powers 6th edition (Covering Chapters 0-5)
Description:
The course will discuss the solution of Boundary Value Problems for classical Partial Differential Equations. The Laplace transform and applications, Fourier series, boundary value problems for partial differential equations.

I'll be taking a grad level math methods for physics course in the fall that will cover some PDE's but not probability theory. Summer registration is days away and my advisor doesn't pay much attention...advice please? Thank you.

 

[lsaldana]

bump.

 

[micromass]

If I were you, then I would take the probability course. The reason is that you will have a PDE course in your graduate program, so you will have the chance to learn PDE's then. Furthermore, knowing some probability and statistics could probably help you a lot in the long run (depending on what your research will be).