psparky
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SophusLies said:More like 5%. The EE students that I met in school were math and physics freaks. Some more math and some more physics but they certainly weren't just V = iR kids. They all knew a ridiculous amount of Fourier-stuff, complex analysis, vector calculus, PDE's (for Maxwell's equations), and probability.
I respect your opinion...and it's great to know all the stuff you described...but for 99% of us electrical engineers...it's not really going to be used in our work career.
EE's and physics guys are definietly two compeltely different animals. I did complete the EE program...and recently took the FE and PE. The principals I described above are 50% of school...the FE...and the PE. Yes, I'm speaking from experience. AC isn't all that different to me because V=IR in either case! Haha!...sorry, but as long as I'm this forum...i will never get away from that!
And sure those concepts above can be learned fairly quickly...however...mastering them will take years. And yes, the circuits you get in all the tests are going to be way more complicated then I described...but if you master those basic rules you can go a long, long way. And obviously learning way beyond that is goal...but for this young man...he hasn't even started his first day...but I wanted to give him a clear approach to what is coming...because proffesors are generally clear as mud.