What's on Your Fall 2010 Science Schedule?

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The discussion revolves around students sharing their course schedules for Fall 2010, highlighting a variety of challenging subjects across physics, mathematics, chemistry, and engineering. Many participants express excitement and apprehension about their upcoming classes, which include advanced topics like Quantum Mechanics, Differential Equations, and various lab courses. Some students are also balancing research commitments alongside their academic load, with projects in areas such as wavelet transforms and nanotechnology. There is a notable emphasis on the rigorous nature of the courses, with several participants questioning the feasibility of taking multiple upper-level classes simultaneously. The conversation reflects a mix of enthusiasm for the subjects and concern about managing the workload, particularly for those also working part-time or involved in extracurricular activities. Overall, the thread captures the academic pressures and aspirations of students in STEM fields as they prepare for a demanding semester.
  • #31
Honors Physics III (Modern Physics)
Diff Eqs
Computer Based Experimentation
Mechanics

And a music theory class lol. I wanted to take Geometry or Number Theory, but neither fit in my schedule. Fine by me though, I can take them later on instead.
 
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  • #32
Don't know yet for sure, but I'm thinking of:

Algebraic Topology
Representation Theory
Symplectic Geometry
Functional Analysis

Still in doubt about physics...general relativity and quantum field theory are tempting courses!
 
  • #33
Mathematics 3 (partial derivatives, multiple integrals, ordinary differential equations)
Analogue Electronics
Digital Electronics
Circuit Analysis
Heat & Flow 2
Dynamics
Engineering Design & Manufacture
Labs in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering

If timetable allows, electromagnetism and QM from the physics department

This is in UK, not the states.
 
  • #34
Summer 2010:
1st Half
Calc I
General Chemistry II
2nd Half
CalcII
European Politics

Fall 2010:

University Physics I (physics majors section) + Lab
Intro Astronomy + Lab (Really excited about this one, even though it probably won't be too difficult. I've been interested in astronomy since like 2nd grade)
Computer Science I + Lab (I've never heard of a comp sci lab class before...)
Multivariate Calc/Matrices

Summer is 16 total credits and Fall is 17. I've a pretty sweet setup with my summer job. I ride a desk in the computer lab on campus, which equals me getting paid to do homework in the summer time.

Anyone have any experiences with Computer Science Labs? It's 1 day a week, out of the three a week that the class meets. I assume it's something like actually working on computers during lab day and then in some lecture hall the other two days. I'm not sure where the rooms are yet as I'm just transferring to this school.
 
  • #35
Let's see here . . .

Summer 2010
Trig
English 2 (finally will be done with that crap)

Fall 2010 - Transferring from Com. College
Calculus I
Intro to Physics
Eng. Design
Gen. Chem II + Lab
 
  • #36
Physics
Calc III
Cultural Imperialism.
 
  • #37
NukeEmAll said:
Transferring into the junior year of a nuclear engineering program from a community college...

Radiation Interaction I
Introduction to Nuclear and Radiological Engineering
Statics
Computer Programming and Lab (Fortran)
Nuclear Engineering Analysis I

It's only 15 credits but some of these things look pretty crazy and I'm not too sure what to expect from any of these classes...

What college are you transferring into?

I'm transferring into University of Tennessee at Knoxville and I still have a LOT of prereqs to finish. (Yet I can still take junior level classes next semester)

Looks like a few classes I am taking.

General Chemistry
Computer Methods in Engineering Problem Solving
Physics for Engineers I
Introduction to Nuclear and Radiological Engineering
Circuits and Electro Mechanical Components
Thermodynamics

I'm not exactly sure what I am taking, but this is roughly what I am going to.
 
  • #38
Abstract Algebra
Real Analysis
C Programming and Unix
Machine Organization and Assembly Language
Chinese (third semester)
Physics (first semester, with lab)
 
  • #39
Linear Algebra
Introduction to the Concepts of Mathematics
Theoretical Mechanics I
Electricity and Magnetism I
Optics
maybe Intro to Computer Science as well, but I'm afraid that I might lack time to study for mechanics and e and m if I increase my class load any more. I'm not quite sure whether I should go for an area of emphasis in computational physics or not; now is the time I would have to start taking computer science classes in order to be able to finish the area of emphasis.

This summer I've got calc III and differential equations.
 
  • #40
Going into my undergrad sophomore year in Physics and Mathematics!

Summer:
Biblical Literature
Philosophy and Film
REU Program

Fall:
Calculus III
Intro to Discrete Math
Modern Physics I + Lab
Arts & Music
US History

Spring:
Differential Equations (Honors)
Linear Algebra
Electricity & Magnetism + Lab
Programming II (Honors)
Independent Study in Robotics
 
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  • #41
My fall schedule (teaching):

General Physics I (algebra/trig based for non physics majors - Serway/Vuille)
Optics (Pedrotti^3)
Electricity & Magnetism I (Griffiths)
Mathematical Methods (Boas)

Unusually, I'm not teaching any labs. I guess this makes up for my having labs four afternoons a week this past semester.
 
  • #42
Fall:

Engineering Mechanics: Statics
Physics II
Differential Equations
Some Elective

Winter:

Engineering Mechanics: Strength of Materials
Linear Algebra
Physics III
Electrical Fundamentals I

Spring:

Electrical Fundamentals II
Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics
Engineering Statistics
Engineering Economy
Technical Writing
 
  • #43
I love the mix of courses everyone is taking. Mine's depressingly homogeneous

Quantum Mechanics I
Classical Mechanics I
Intermediate Calculus
Scientific Computing I
Possibly Electomagnetic Theory, but I'm thinking the above four will be sufficient
 
  • #44
Grad student (all year-long courses):

Algebraic Topology II
Algebraic Geometry
Advanced Algebraic Number Theory
Topics in Algebraic Geometry (Abelian Varieties)

The last is going to be an audit though.
 
  • #45
Fall:

University Physics 1 w/lab
Vector Calculus
General Biology w/lab
Applications of Differential Equations(some 1 credit once a week course)
Intro to engineering
 
  • #46
Cool, year-long courses in algebraic topology, algebraic geometry, and algebraic number theory!
 
  • #47
I'm going to be a high school senior, but here's my schedule for this fall (dual enrollment):

Abstract Algebra II
Advanced Linear Algebra
Numerical Analysis
Combinatorial Algorithms
 
  • #48
Summer:

C++ for sci/eng
Calc II

Fall:

Calc III
Applied Linear Algebra
Discrete Math
Soph level mechanics
 
  • #49
1. Calculus for electronics
2. Electronic circuits I
3. Circuit analysis II
4. Digital techniques II
5. C programming
6. Physics for electronics


It's got good times written all over it haha
 
  • #50
Fall 2010

Multivariate Calculus
Engineering Analysis (Matlab)
Statics or Modern Physics
Probability and Statistics (Calculus Based)
 
  • #51
Summer 2010:
Discrete Math

Fall/Winter 2010:
Foundations of Physics II
Electricity and Magnetism
Mathematical Physics
Differential Equations
Observational Astronomy or Stars and Phenomenon of Galaxies
 
  • #52
Fall 2010

Theory of Mathematical Statistics I
Applied Statistical Methods I
Transportation Economics
 
  • #53
Currently undergrad: For fall 2010:

  • Differential Calculus I
  • Integral Calculus I
  • Numerical Methods
  • Foundations of Chaos Theory
  • Quantum Mechanics II

You think it's a bit too much to study well?
 
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  • #54
My Fall 2010 schedule is looking like:

I'm in fourth year undergrad

Quantum Mechanics II - Griffiths (probably although we used Shankar for QM I so we could still be using that text)
EM Theory - Griffiths
Mechanics - Analytical Mechanics by Fowles
Topology - ?

Doesn't beat last fall where I was taking QM I, Intro to GR, Subatomic Physics (we covered all of Griffiths intro to elementary particles text except for the last chapter), statistical mechanics (we used bowley) and scientific computing (c and c++). I wanted to shoot myself and then I threw on some philosophy course in order to finish the written requirement lol.
 
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  • #55
1st Year Undergraduate (current schedule unless I change during shopping period)

Turkish
Middle East from Muhammad to the Mongols
Physics 260: An Upperlevel "Introductionary" Physics (co-req of Math 230)
Math 230: Linear Algebra and Multivariate Calculus (a, supposedly, intense proof based course of Linear and Multi, showing their interconnectedness)
Math 301: Real Analysis
 
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  • #56
PDE
Advanced Algebra
Quantum Mechanics
Functional Analysis
The Lord of the Ring(haha)
 
  • #57
Object Oriented Programming
Database Systems
Networking
Software Engineering
Artificial Intelligence
Geometric Transformations
Topology

I am very nervous about it, but I always overload myself and tend to turn out okay.
 
  • #58
1st year grad student doing CMT

General Relativity I
Many Body Physics I
Condensed Matter Physics I

Audit:
QFT
 
  • #59
sleep 101
work 102
play 103

yea that's right i graduated last spring!
 
  • #60
Walking is a PE class? LOL Couldn't make the kickball team huh?
 

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