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I just completed my junior year of my Materials Engineering Bachelors.
This is the first year that actually featured materials coursework, and I feel like I've learned things about my major that I wanted to share:
I miss the physics and math of my couple of years. The theory, the "why" and "how". I read Taylor's Classical Mechanics over the summer, and solved problems in it, and loved it. But Materials Engineering doesn't have the same feel. I don't feel as if I'm challenging myself or learning "ideas" such as physics and math derivations.
It's upsetting to not take classical mechanics, solid state physics, or abstract algebra.
I'm taking a math minor with a bunch of applied math classes, and I'm excited for that.
I guess, in my choice of major, I decided that the economic utility of an engineering degree was more valuable to me than my intellectual interests in fundamental physics and math. But now I'm questioning that decision.
This is the first year that actually featured materials coursework, and I feel like I've learned things about my major that I wanted to share:
I miss the physics and math of my couple of years. The theory, the "why" and "how". I read Taylor's Classical Mechanics over the summer, and solved problems in it, and loved it. But Materials Engineering doesn't have the same feel. I don't feel as if I'm challenging myself or learning "ideas" such as physics and math derivations.
It's upsetting to not take classical mechanics, solid state physics, or abstract algebra.
I'm taking a math minor with a bunch of applied math classes, and I'm excited for that.
I guess, in my choice of major, I decided that the economic utility of an engineering degree was more valuable to me than my intellectual interests in fundamental physics and math. But now I'm questioning that decision.