Does anyone know how difficult physics for scientists and engineers is?

Question

I have to take it next semester, but there are no reviews for the professor I have to take. I just want to have an idea of what to expect.Thanks

Answer 1

That's a strange name for a course. Who else is physics for? It's probably a semester for someone who will never take more than one semester of physics. You probably wouldn't do physics. Anyone headed for any of the physical sciences wouldn't take it. They would take at least a year or two. It would be enough to give you the basic concepts. You could recognize quantum mechanics when you see it. You could get a rough idea of what it takes to deal with electromagnetic fields, and what you'd need to learn if you really needed to do that.

Some people seem to have difficulty with the concepts of physics. To some, it comes naturally. If the course is taught as I described, it could be fairly easy. If the professor tries to teach all of physics in one semester, it would be literally impossible.

Most important is to talk with your faculty advisor, and perhaps others if necessary, to decide if that course is what makes sense for where you want to go.

Answer 2

College offer advantages over what is thaught in high school.
Mathematics and physics is more explained in complete details. So it is made easier to understand when you get the Whole picture of the Subject.
If you can understand the main concepts the rest is just mechanical.

So do not be affraid if you believe you can do it you will do it.

Answer 3

Physics, is like any other tool, the more you use it, the more comfortable you are with it. Physics is a tool in it's own right that helps explain things as well as to make certain tasks easier to perform. Many are very comfortable with it, and use it in their work, not unlike a mechanic uses his tools.

Answer 4

It's one of the hardest classes that you're going to take pre proschool. I'm taking my last part of the series next term and it's just brutal even if you get a good teacher.