Question:
Can i study Electronics and Electrical engineering even if i suck at maths and physics?
just15m
2010-10-09 11:48:12 UTC
I really want to do this course but i haven't done a lot of physics (high school level) and i lack the basic fundamentals of maths and the University mathematics do go through very advanced stuff which require the knowledge of those basic fundamentals.. but guess what? i dont have time to study them cause the maths lectures just keep on teaching more and more advanced stuff and i just cant keep up with the rest of the class :( any suggestions?
Four answers:
James H
2010-10-12 23:06:40 UTC
If your goal is EE then you should have finished pre calculus and high school physics/chemistry by the time you graduate high school. When you enter 4 year university, you will take a test called ept/elm. Generally people who fail has one year to make up high school math science course. Now assume you haven't taken algebra 2, trig and precalculus, basic physic and chemistry, You have to take them in Junior college. Why, because if you don't finish them in your first year university you get disqualified and kicked out of EE program.



From there you take Calculus 1,2,3, linear algebra, differential equation (ode,and Partial), discrete math.

Physics 1,2,3 ; chemistry 1, (C++, assembly lang) EE circuits + lab. Every EE class comes with Labs that worth 0 units, but if you fail lab you fail the course. Lab is 3 hour course every week on top of class in matlab, pspice, VHDL/Verilog, (C++ assembly) or circuit building.

Basically if you take 4 EE class, it comes with 12 hour of lab per week. Kiss your social life goodbye.

Non of these course satisfy you GE requirement except for calc 1 and chemistry 1/physics 1, so you need to take those on top of your EE requirements. Usually EE graduate with 200 units, because these EE prep course don't satisfy GE.



Its hard time consuming major that takes a guy with 110 IQ 4.5- 5 year to graduate from. But like medical school it reward you with a great future.



Personally, I'll have it no other way, I don't want to graduate with a 4 year degree and find out no body hiring a social science major and start working in sale at a local insurance company lol.
anonymous
2010-10-09 12:06:32 UTC
I always tell people to never let not being good at math keep you from doing what you want, because college is only 4 years and I think it's short sighted to not to do something you love because you're afraid of taking 4 semesters of calculus. However, that being said, it comes down to how bad you want it. If math is not something that comes easy to you, you will have to be very diligent in your studies. Get a tutor (I know our engineering department, at the University of Oklahoma, has free tutors for engineering students). The math is not impossible for anyone to learn, it will just take extra work. So, if you are willing to put in that extra work, then you should have no problem studying EE! Good Luck!
daSVgrouch
2010-10-09 12:07:05 UTC
You need both math and physics for EE work. After all, EE is just the application of mathematical physics.
anonymous
2010-10-09 12:06:41 UTC
don wary...if u think like that then u didn't prepare any thing correctly in that situation.so,be confident on u..u said your interest to study the course...now on words study carefully...if you have any doubts in your course i will help you...maths is the little bit in the engineering...but u more concentrate on physics...it is the major part in your branch....


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