Post Your Summer/Fall 2013 Class Schedules

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The discussion revolves around students sharing their class schedules for the Summer and Fall of 2013, highlighting a variety of courses across different disciplines, primarily in physics, mathematics, and engineering. Many participants express excitement and apprehension about the upcoming semester, with some taking on heavy course loads, including advanced topics like Quantum Mechanics, Differential Equations, and Real Analysis. Others are balancing their studies with research commitments, indicating a focus on practical experience alongside academic learning. There is a notable enthusiasm for calculus and its applications, with some students enjoying the challenge of complex computations. Additionally, light-hearted banter about the difficulty of certain subjects, such as French and English composition, adds a social element to the academic discussions. Overall, the thread reflects a mix of academic ambition, personal challenges, and community support among students preparing for the new academic year.
  • #31
- classical mechanics
- mathematical statistics
- plate tectonics
- planetary science
- mathematical physics

Starting research with a seismology group :D
 
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  • #32
Honors analysis
Honors abstract linear algebra
Honors abstract algebra

I may also take Russian or symbolic logic.
 
  • #33
dustbin said:
Honors analysis
Honors abstract linear algebra
Honors abstract algebra

I may also take Russian or symbolic logic.

Russian logic?
 
  • #34
jbrussell93 said:
My calc II professor called solving integrals "weight lifting for the brain". Best math teacher ever... I would go to office hours and he would be at his desk practicing integrals like a student about to take his final. He is part of the reason I'm now a physics major instead of engineering.

That reminds me of my College Algebra professor from a couple semesters ago. He liked long tedious computations. There were plenty of times I'd stop in his office hours, and he'd just be sitting around doing math. I was a little bit more passionate about math than any of the other students in my class, and he always ended up giving me some extra problems to do when I stopped in his office hours. Not for extra credit or anything, just to challenge me and see if I could work them out. Some of them were quite difficult, given the nature of the course. He was one of the coolest professors I've ever had.
 
  • #35
Number Nine said:
Differential Topology
Now we're talkin' :wink: Have fun in that class; differential topology is literally the coolest thing ever.
 
  • #36
QuantumCurt said:
That reminds me of my College Algebra professor from a couple semesters ago. He liked long tedious computations. There were plenty of times I'd stop in his office hours, and he'd just be sitting around doing math. I was a little bit more passionate about math than any of the other students in my class, and he always ended up giving me some extra problems to do when I stopped in his office hours. Not for extra credit or anything, just to challenge me and see if I could work them out. Some of them were quite difficult, given the nature of the course. He was one of the coolest professors I've ever had.

Hey, I can be cool too. PM me and I'll give you difficult problems too :-p
 
  • #37
micromass said:
Russian logic?

Consider logical fallacies. In standard logic, you remove appeals to authority. In Russian logic, authority appeals to remove you!
 
  • #38
hsetennis said:
Consider logical fallacies. In standard logic, you remove appeals to authority. In Russian logic, authority appeals to remove you!

:smile:
 
  • #39
micromass said:
Hey, I can be cool too. PM me and I'll give you difficult problems too :-p


Hmm...I have a feeling that your definition of "difficult" may be just a bit beyond mine, but I might take you up on that. Not right now though, it's 1 am here, and I'm not in a very mathematical state at the moment. More like "eating a bowl of ice cream and listening to music" mode at the moment. :smile:
 
  • #40
QuantumCurt said:
Hmm...I have a feeling that your definition of "difficult" may be just a bit beyond mine, but I might take you up on that. Not right now though, it's 1 am here, and I'm not in a very mathematical state at the moment. More like "eating a bowl of ice cream and listening to music" mode at the moment. :smile:

Hmmm... I also had a professor who said "Solving integrals is like eating a bowl of ice cream. Just sit back and enjoy the moment."

I could never figure out which one to believe.
 
  • #41
Well

ADVANCED MATRIX ANALYSIS

SURVIVAL ANALYSIS

Epidemiology for Public Health

It's gunna be weird heading back to school.
 
  • #42
Theorem. said:
Fall
Honors Real Variables
Algebra: Groups and Fields
Algebra: Advanced Group Theory
Topics in Algebra (Graduate Course- Topic will be lie algebra structure theory!)

They split your algebra up into parts like that and allow you to take them simultaneously? Are they undergrad classes? We have Abstract Algebra 1 and 2, where Abs Alg 1 is a prerequisite for 2.

hsetennis said:
Consider logical fallacies. In standard logic, you remove appeals to authority. In Russian logic, authority appeals to remove you!

Haha this is awesome. I can just see my research advisor saying something like this in his thick Russian accent.
 
  • #43
Just a tentative schedule:
Intro to OOP and Data Structures
Intro to Topology
Honors Linear Algebra
Race, Class, Labor and Food in Tompkins County
 
  • #44
hsetennis said:
Consider logical fallacies. In standard logic, you remove appeals to authority. In Russian logic, authority appeals to remove you!

lol! That's awesome. I want to take that class.

jbrussell93 said:
Hmmm... I also had a professor who said "Solving integrals is like eating a bowl of ice cream. Just sit back and enjoy the moment."

I could never figure out which one to believe.

Well, I rather enjoy ice cream, so I should enjoy solving integrals too I guess.
 
  • #45
My fall semester consists of:

PHY492 Advanced Atmospheric Physics
APM346 Partial Differential Equations
ACT230 Mathematics of Finance for Non-Actuaries
SLA317 Tolstoy
CIN211 Science Fiction Film

Overall a pretty interesting semester (hopefully, at least).
 
  • #46
I might change the economics and philosophies class around. Have to think about it a bit more.

Introduction to Economics
Philosophies of the World
Complex Variables
Electricity and Magnetism II
Quantum Mechanics
Senior Seminar
 
  • #47
Differentiable Manifolds 1
Measure Theory and Lebesgue Integration
Honors Algebra
General Relativity

1 physics course as a physics major...not too shabby :-p
 
  • #48
WannabeNewton said:
Differentiable Manifolds 1
Measure Theory and Lebesgue Integration
Honors Algebra
General Relativity

1 physics course as a physics major...not too shabby :-p
You're taking Algebra?
 
  • #49
Sticking around for another semester as an undergrad, taking:

-Analog Electronics (again, sigh), only graduation requirement I need.
-Differential Geometry from the math dept. Will pay the inflated fee if I can convince my department to put it on my physics transcript.And hopefully some extra-official research if I can pin down the prof who agreed to supervise me early on enough.
 
  • #50
@WannabeNewton: Jelly beans! I want to take differentiable manifolds!

@Micromass: Unfortunately, my school does not offer Russian Logic. If they did, I would take it in a heart beat!
 
  • #51
Jorriss said:
You're taking Algebra?
I have to. It's a strict mandatory pre-req class for Lie Groups so I don't have much of a choice.
 
  • #52
You don't like algebra?
 
  • #53
dustbin said:
You don't like algebra?
I mean it isn't philosophy of baking so I'm not complaining :biggrin:
 
  • #54
That sounds like "no". lol
 
  • #55
WannabeNewton said:
I mean it isn't philosophy of baking so I'm not complaining :biggrin:

I want to take a philosophy of baking class. That sounds like an incredibly fascinating subject.

Even better...a Philosophy of BACON class! That's one that you'd have to register for the moment registration opens up. It would be full within a matter of minutes.
 
  • #56
QuantumCurt said:
Philosophy of BACON

This is up there with Russian Logic.
 
  • #57
dustbin said:
This is up there with Russian Logic.

Perhaps the two could be combined? Logic and Formal Reasoning of Russian Bacon?

The Russian Logic of Formal Bacon?
 
  • #59
dustbin said:
Logic and Formal Reasoning of Salo? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salo_(food)

I can only imagine what formal bacon is O.O

Formal bacon is bacon on a level that the common person rarely sees. You've got to be in the right "circle" to even have access to it. Sadly, I'm not in that circle. I've seen it a couple times before though.

Salo? Hmm...I don't know what to think of that.Anywho...I've only got a week and a half until my semester starts. I'm still trying to come to terms with that. I've been enjoying this whole "lounging around the house all day" thing.
 
  • #60
QuantumCurt said:
...I've only got a week and a half until my semester starts. I'm still trying to come to terms with that. I've been enjoying this whole "lounging around the house all day" thing.

Lounging is certainly one of the great luxuries of life, enjoy it while you can...
 

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