Programs Physics courses to supplement ME degree

[UMath1]

I am a Mechanical Engineering student but I very much miss the theoretical side of education from my Physics classes in high school. I am looking to supplement my degree with electives in upper-division Physics courses. Which courses would be the most value-adding and have minimal overlap with the ME curriculum?

 

[CrysPhys]

I am a Mechanical Engineering student but I very much miss the theoretical side of education from my Physics classes in high school. I am looking to supplement my degree with electives in upper-division Physics courses. Which courses would be the most value-adding and have minimal overlap with the ME curriculum?

(a) You mention that you took high-school physics courses and that you are interested in upper-division college physics courses. But did you take any college level physics courses at all? If so, what? You can't jump into upper-division (I assume junior/senior) without adequate foundation (freshman/sophomore).

(b) You need to specify what "value-adding" means to you.

 

[StatGuy2000]

(a) You mention that you took high-school physics courses and that you are interested in upper-division college physics courses. But did you take any college level physics courses at all? If so, what? You can't jump into upper-division (I assume junior/senior) without adequate foundation (freshman/sophomore).

Since the OP is a mechanical engineering major, I would presume that he would have taken at least some college level physics courses at this stage (certainly Newtonian mechanics, E&M, dynamics, etc.), depending on how far he is into his major (as an aside,please note that I checked the OP's profile and it states very clearly that the OP is male).

Whether or not those physics courses provide adequate foundation for more senior physics courses is another question.

 

[berkeman]

You can't jump into upper-division

I agree.

@UMath1 -- can you list which lower-division Physics classes you have taken so far (and maybe say which ones you enjoyed the most)? And can you list the upper-division undergraduate Physics classes that are offered at your university? That will make it easier for us to make some suggestions. Also, have you talked this over with your academic advisor at all?

 

[Dr.D]

Which courses would be the most value-adding and have minimal overlap with the ME curriculum?

I think that you will find very few that actually overlap. For example, I took advanced dynamics in the physics department and a course with the same title in the ME department. They were quite different courses because the outlook and perspective were so very different.

 

[UMath1]

I have taken E&M, Newtonian Mechanics and Dynamics, and among the ME courses, I have taken Solids, Materials, and Thermodynamics.

 

[berkeman]

Can you post the candidate classes that you are considering taking from the ME curriculum?