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which engineering degree has the least/lightest maths?

ye i kno it sounds lik a silly question tho i am jus interested as i have been given different opinions on chemical engineering and civil engineering.

thanks

Reply 1

EPD

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It's still a relative thing - whatever discipline you do, there'll be plenty of maths involved. Its inescapable.

Reply 2

dewayne51

OP

^ by any chance are u studying civil engineering? if so how have many ppl struggled to stay on the course?

i only achieved a C in maths GCSE and gained passes for maths and science modules in my national diploma of engineering.

its not that im lazy but im unaware of my potential in this discipline and dont want to find out a year later the course is too much for me.

thanks

Reply 3

EPD

11

dewayne51

^ by any chance are u studying civil engineering? if so how have many ppl struggled to stay on the course?

i only achieved a C in maths GCSE and gained passes for maths and science modules in my national diploma of engineering.

its not that im lazy but im unaware of my potential in this discipline and dont want to find out a year later the course is too much for me.

thanks

Yep, I am. There were quite a few dropouts at the start of the first year, although I don't know how many because I didn't really know the people on the course back then. There were a handful of people who didn't come back after the first year either. Nobody transferred to Civil, funnily enough...

Reply 4

dewayne51

OP

hmm, i guess thats with all courses..
but how have you found it personally? would you study it if u wer 18 again? sorry for the questions i jus dont want to make a bad move as i am currently on a engineering product design course, which is farely interesting but i cant see a career coming out of it..

Reply 5

EPD

11

dewayne51

hmm, i guess thats with all courses..
but how have you found it personally? would you study it if u wer 18 again? sorry for the questions i jus dont want to make a bad move as i am currently on a engineering product design course, which is farely interesting but i cant see a career coming out of it..

I would do it again, yes, mainly because I can't see myself enjoying doing any other subject more in the long term. However, there are times when you do doubt why you're doing it, and wish you'd done something less intensive. Everybody I know has had these thoughts. It's definitely a trying course. I would say it's well worth it though. There are a lot of people who've sworn blind not to work in civil on graduation though. Even if you do do the degree and decide Civil's not for you, there are plenty of careers open to you with a degree in it, since it's a very well respected numerate (and much much more) subject.

Reply 6

username51312

15

maybe mechatronics

Reply 7

Anonystude

If you don't like Mathematics I'd *seriously* advise you to consider any Engineering degree with extreme caution. Hell, mine might as well have been listed as a degree in applied Mathematics.

may contain traces of bitter: my last lecture was on Complex Analysis and Jordan's Lemma... mmm,

\oint_{C}f(z)dz = 0

iff

f(z)

is analytic in

S

and the like...

Reply 8

Zerox

conversely, which engineering involves the most maths? EE?

Reply 9

Howard

5

Zerox

conversely, which engineering involves the most maths? EE?

Building Services Engineering will keep you very occupied mathematically speaking but if you have a head for memorizing lengthy equations it's just a matter of punching the numbers in most of the time.

Reply 10

Anonystude

Zerox

conversely, which engineering involves the most maths? EE?

Complicated maths: mathematical control theory. Easy maths, but lots of it: fluid dynamics.

I do both. :banghead:

Reply 11

Walker

1

Do you just hate maths or parts of it?

Reply 12

dewayne51

OP

its all down to understanding if i can get my headaround it n rember it im fine, but if i cant im stuck, find it hard to remember equations etc..

Reply 13

Walker

1

well have you done any mechanics? Do you enjoy certain parts of pure e.t.c.?

Reply 14

Anonystude

dewayne51

its all down to understanding if i can get my headaround it n rember it im fine, but if i cant im stuck, find it hard to remember equations etc..

You will, in that case, probably find life fairly hard going. Not wanting to pee on your cornflakes for no reason, but whereas my department provide databooks for the most complex mathematical results in the exam, you're not only expected to know proofs and display understanding of those results, but expected to commit to memory most of the simpler expressions.

I'm curious why you think an engineering design course isn't going to lead to a job -- from what I can see in my department, Engineering Design is the fastest growing area, and displays some wonderful potential in industry...

Reply 15

dewayne51

OP

i just cant, the 2nd & 3rd years carry barely any engineering at all, its mostly cad, human factors etc, not really challenging. the option is to either start 2nd year of design course or begin 3yrs of civ eng + 200% increase in tution fees :frown:

Reply 16

Walker

1

Are you at aston?

I should imagine it differs from course to course after the 3rd year because its no longer affected by the accreditation bodies.

which engineering degree has the least/lightest maths?

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