Maths Units for Combined Commerce/Engineering Degree

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The discussion centers on selecting a mathematics unit for a combined commerce and engineering degree, specifically in chemical and process engineering. The individual is considering several options, weighing their relevance to a future career in engineering. The units discussed include advanced mathematics, statistics, and control theory. There is a strong inclination towards choosing one of the statistics units due to their broad applicability in engineering and industry contexts, particularly in quality control. The individual expresses a preference for statistics, recognizing its importance, while also noting that there is no immediate rush to finalize the decision as it is still a few years away. Overall, the focus is on finding a mathematically rigorous unit that aligns with engineering applications.
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Hi. I am doing a combined commerce (fiancne)/Engineering (Chemical and Process) degree and as part of the course requirements on the commerce side of my degree i need to choose a maths unit. There are restrictions on what i can do, so there arent too many i can choose from. I basically just want to choose whatever will be most useful to a chemical engineer.

Choices:

http://units.handbooks.uwa.edu.au/units/math/math3300"
I guess this would be an interesting unit, but i can't see it being relevant to my intended career path.

http://units.handbooks.uwa.edu.au/units/math/math3324"
I don't know if this kinda thing is actually useful to a practicing engineer, but i know it goes really well with some of the other units i will be taking (http://units.handbooks.uwa.edu.au/units/chpr/chpr3433"), i think.

http://www.maths.uwa.edu.au/Units/stat3361-s1-2008-crawley/view"
I guess statistics and random processes apply to everything. This is also a recommended (although not required) unit to another unit i will be taking, "Applied probability in commerce and finance". I also have interest in this unit, which is making this a very tempting choice.

http://units.handbooks.uwa.edu.au/units/math/math3334"
I guess it could be interesting, but i can't see it being very applicable to what i plan on doing.

http://units.handbooks.uwa.edu.au/units/math/math3342"

http://units.handbooks.uwa.edu.au/units/stat/stat3365"
I think this would be the most applicable to engineering since it takes statistics and puts it in the context of industry and quality control.


So they are the units i can choose from. I think i will choose either of the statistics units or the control theory unit, but any input at all will be great :)

Thanks,
Dan.
 
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Either one with statistics is a good choice I'd say. Statistics is a good thing to know, even if only a little bit.
 
Thanks for the reply. I've pretty much decided it will be one of the statistics units, but not sure which one yet. Its still a few years away so there's no rush for me to decide, but i just wanted to get my study plan all done :smile:
 
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