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The discussion revolves around participants sharing their course schedules for the Fall 2007 semester at the University of Arizona and other institutions. The scope includes a variety of subjects across physics, mathematics, engineering, and other disciplines, as well as personal experiences related to class timings and preferences.

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  • One participant shares their first-semester schedule including courses like Vector Calculus and Intro to Mechanics, expressing concern about late class timings.
  • Another participant mentions their preference against night classes due to commuting issues, while sharing their own schedule focused on classes held on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
  • Several participants list various courses they plan to take, including topics like Linear Algebra, Organic Chemistry, and Advanced Data Analysis.
  • Some participants express excitement about their upcoming courses, while others mention the challenges of specific classes or the need to retake exams.
  • A participant discusses their plans for aerospace engineering courses in preparation for graduate school applications.
  • There are mentions of teaching schedules for physics classes, indicating a mix of teaching and learning experiences among participants.
  • One participant shares a recommendation for a specific aerodynamics textbook, indicating a personal connection with the author.

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Participants share their individual schedules and experiences, but there is no consensus on preferences for class timings or specific course selections. Multiple competing views on class preferences and scheduling challenges remain evident.

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Some participants express uncertainty about their course selections and the impact of class timing on their schedules. There are references to personal circumstances that influence their choices, such as commuting distances and preferences for class formats.

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Students considering their course options at the University of Arizona or similar institutions, as well as those interested in the experiences of peers regarding class schedules and subject matter in STEM fields.

  • #31
cyrusabdollahi said:
-Vehicle Dynamics
-Flight Dynamics
-Aircraft Flight Testing
-Computer-Aided Design (8:00 am, DAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMIT)
-Integrated Product and Process Development (Senior Project course, one semester)



Then I am finally done with school, THANK GOD!

OUCH Cyrus! I had an AutoCAD lab at 8:00AM, so I feel for ya!

This fall for me looks like so:

MATH 344 Linear Algebra
PHYS 350 Mathematical Physics I
PHYS 474 E&M I
GERM 101 German
PSYC 220 Abnormal Psycology
T/RS 353 Religions of the World

E&M is probably going to take up a lot of my time, but otherwise I think things will be fine. I have a lot of GE's though. I guess that's the downside of going to a liberal arts university.
 
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  • #32
Calculus 'for scientists and engineers' (looks like a mish mash of some calc I and II)
Engineering mechanics I
Design and Communication I
Linear algebra 'for scientists and engineers'
Behaviour of Liquids, Gases and Solids
Psychology (maybe, not 100% sure about my humanities option)
 
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  • #33
dontdisturbmycircles said:
Calculus 'for scientists and engineers' (looks like a mish mash of some calc I and II)
Engineering mechanics I
Design and Communication I
Linear algebra 'for scientists and engineers'
Behaviour of Liquids, Gases and Solids
Psychology (maybe, not 100% sure about my humanities option)

Are you at an American university? That lineup of classes just looks different from what I usually see at typical american universities. For instance, the 'behavior of lquids, gases and solids' class looks strange...plus 'behavior' is spelled differently than the American way. :-p

Could you provide a course description of the liquids, gases, and solids course?
 
  • #34
No, it is a Canadian university :)

Engineering 201 H(3-1.5T-3/2)
Behaviour of Liquids, Gases and Solids
An introduction to the behaviour of fluids and solids; phase transformations, the phase rule and phase diagrams. Ideal and real gases; equations of state and their engineering applications; simple kinetic theory; transport properties of fluids. Liquid state; vapor pressure; shear behaviour; flow of fluids in pipelines. Solids; crystalline and non-crystalline structure; non equilibrium solid phases; electrical and thermal conductivity; dislocations; stress and strain; creep; fracture.

Could you give me a sample American first year engineering curriculum?
 
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  • #35
Calculus III
Microcomputer Interface
Instrumentation and Data Acquisition
Instrumentation Lab
Software for Computer Control
Applied Analysis Lab
Engineering Ethics (not sure about this for Fall 07 as yet)
 
  • #36
Modern Physics II
Modern Physics Lab I (3 hour lab...yikes!)
Senior Seminar (only 1 credit, no homework)
Abstract Algebra
Analysis
Existentialism
First Year Arabic (Pass/Fail just for fun :cool:)

I can't believe this will be my last year already, but on the other hand, it's about time too!
 
  • #37
dontdisturbmycircles said:
No, it is a Canadian university :)

Engineering 201 H(3-1.5T-3/2)
Behaviour of Liquids, Gases and Solids
An introduction to the behaviour of fluids and solids; phase transformations, the phase rule and phase diagrams. Ideal and real gases; equations of state and their engineering applications; simple kinetic theory; transport properties of fluids. Liquid state; vapor pressure; shear behaviour; flow of fluids in pipelines. Solids; crystalline and non-crystalline structure; non equilibrium solid phases; electrical and thermal conductivity; dislocations; stress and strain; creep; fracture.

Could you give me a sample American first year engineering curriculum?

well, what is your major? It looks like you are ME?
 
  • #38
No anyone who wants to be an engineer up here takes the courses I posted (plus 5 others : General Chem, multivariable calc, design n communication II, E&M, and a programming course) in the first year. Then after your first year you declare your major. I will prolly be going ME or EE, we'll see. :)
 
  • #39
I just added intro to engineering onto my schedule :)
 
  • #41
That schedule sucks. You want to be finished as early in the day as possible. 11:30-2:30 is going to be wasted time, because no one really studies between classes like that. It always gets wasted hanging out with friends between classes.

Its better to have one class after the other. Then you just get done with it and go home.

You have a LOT of wasted time between classes.

Watch, you lose this much time each day:

M: 3hr:30min
T: 30min
W: 3hr:30min
Th:30min
F: 1hr

Thats about 10 hours a week wasted between classes doing nothing.
 
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  • #42
cyrusabdollahi said:
...

I know. I didn't have many choices in regards to what time I have classes at. This is the only way to get my classes to fit together. I still check every so often to see if any classes opened up so that I would be able to switch a few things around. Unfortunately, moving one thing causes a conflict with another, and so forth.
 
  • #43
Just spend that time talking to girls (not the ones in engineering though, ughhh). :wink:
 
  • #44
That reminds me... I recently had orientation and in that we had college specific meetings. The girls at the college of science and college of engineering meetings were mostly :rolleyes:
 
  • #45
That is why you are required to take Psychology, English Lit, and other classes :smile:
 
  • #46
mattmns said:
That is why you are required to take Psychology, English Lit, and other classes :smile:

Haha!:smile:
 
  • #47
moose said:
That reminds me... I recently had orientation and in that we had college specific meetings. The girls at the college of science and college of engineering meetings were mostly :rolleyes:

Less distractions during class.
 
  • #48
moose said:
That reminds me... I recently had orientation and in that we had college specific meetings. The girls at the college of science and college of engineering meetings were mostly :rolleyes:

Too hot to care about you?:-p
 
  • #49
Lisa! said:
Too hot to care about you?:-p

Haha, well said, Lisa!

Honestly though, I couldn't tell you if that is the case since most of them usually have their nose buried in a book, so I can't tell:smile:
 
  • #50
moose said:
That reminds me... I recently had orientation and in that we had college specific meetings. The girls at the college of science and college of engineering meetings were mostly :rolleyes:

Hey, quit complaining. At least your school of engineering has girls...
 
  • #51
Nuclear Waste Management
Nuclear Reactor Design
Medical Physics
Radiopharmaceuticals (OK, I don't really need this one, but figure I might as well take it anyway)
Radiobiology
 
  • #52
daveb said:
Nuclear Waste Management
Nuclear Reactor Design
Medical Physics
Radiopharmaceuticals (OK, I don't really need this one, but figure I might as well take it anyway)
Radiobiology

Where are you studying, Dave? I am almost done with my BS in Cog Sci at UCLA - eight more classes to go!
 
  • #53
Wow, we have a lot of people graduating this year (or that are very close). Add me to that list :smile: Unless I am unable to attend school for some strange reason I should graduate in the Spring with a B.S. in Pure Math.
 
  • #54
Will be starting second year of Mechanical Engineering. I am taking vector calc and Diffeq now (summer semester), so during the fall I only have to take:

materials I
kinem/dyn/mech of rigid bodies
deformable bodies I
thermodynamics I

If I decide to double major in math (which is looking likely), I will also be taking:

intro to analysis I
linear algebra II
 
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  • #55
Math Is Hard said:
Where are you studying, Dave? I am almost done with my BS in Cog Sci at UCLA - eight more classes to go!

I'm at Ohio State right now. I finished UCLA back in 2003, and moved to Columbus 2 years ago when work moved me here.
 
  • #56
Math Is Hard said:
Where are you studying, Dave? I am almost done with my BS in Cog Sci at UCLA - eight more classes to go!

I have eight more classes to go too!
 
  • #57
mattmns said:
Wow, we have a lot of people graduating this year (or that are very close). Add me to that list :smile: Unless I am unable to attend school for some strange reason I should graduate in the Spring with a B.S. in Pure Math.

Jason Rox said:
I have eight more classes to go too!

We are going to have a huge PF graduation party in the Spring! :cool:
 
  • #58
daveb said:
I'm at Ohio State right now. I finished UCLA back in 2003, and moved to Columbus 2 years ago when work moved me here.

Sorry you had to miss UCLA's amazing victory against the Trojans last year!

So, are you still working while going to school? Which program are you in?
 
  • #59
Yes, I'm still working full time as a health physicist and school full time for a nuclear engineer masters (specialty radiation protection and medical physics, naturally). Assuming I can figure out a decent thesis and finish it, I should graduate this spring as well. I may go on to a second masters in physics as well (yeah, I'm a masochist!)
 
  • #60
For sure I'll be taking Math Methods I. I'm uncertain as to how I'll take the other 3 classes, whether they be engineering or math classes. And I'll be attending at daveb and mathishard's school, UCLA
I'll most likely end up taking:
Physics - Math Methods
Math - Linear Algebra (upperdiv)
Math - Systems of DEs
MechEng - Statics
 

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