Hey all:
I did a quick search through past threads to make sure that I wasn't asking an already-answered question, but came up with nothing. I've been slowly considering applying to Arch Grad School within the next few years and would like to get the physics req out of the way. I was wondering what type of physics course I should take - calculus based or non-calc (algebra) based? Or does it not actually matter? And do I really need to take it with a lab session?
i am curious how you can study intro physics without doing lab. is that even on offer?
in my case we were required to take numerical mathematics, physics and basic calc as pre-reqs to enter undergrad program (my archi-school couldn't be entered directly). the calculus was not necessary in the end, but made statics courses easier if you had the knowledge on hand.
i believe nowadays the only thing students have to know is how to solve simultaneous equations and basic trig - the courses i took in archi-school on statics (3 years of it!) are no longer even taught at my old uni except to engineers.
Alrighty then, I'll give the schools a quick call.
jump - surprisingly, I've actually taken a Structures course without a lab, and I got a great deal out of it. The only reason I don't want to do a lab session (which is an option at my school) is that I'd be taking Physics during the summer and would prefer to devote more time to a potential internship.
most of the schools i talked to only required a basic newtonian, algebra based physics without a lab. somehow alot of the schools i applied to actually accepted a class i took called "physics of music" too.... best class ever.... just sit and listen to music all day and then talk naively about reverberations....
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Hey all:
I did a quick search through past threads to make sure that I wasn't asking an already-answered question, but came up with nothing. I've been slowly considering applying to Arch Grad School within the next few years and would like to get the physics req out of the way. I was wondering what type of physics course I should take - calculus based or non-calc (algebra) based? Or does it not actually matter? And do I really need to take it with a lab session?
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that is good advice.
i am curious how you can study intro physics without doing lab. is that even on offer?
in my case we were required to take numerical mathematics, physics and basic calc as pre-reqs to enter undergrad program (my archi-school couldn't be entered directly). the calculus was not necessary in the end, but made statics courses easier if you had the knowledge on hand.
i believe nowadays the only thing students have to know is how to solve simultaneous equations and basic trig - the courses i took in archi-school on statics (3 years of it!) are no longer even taught at my old uni except to engineers.
don't think it has hurt the program.
Alrighty then, I'll give the schools a quick call.
jump - surprisingly, I've actually taken a Structures course without a lab, and I got a great deal out of it. The only reason I don't want to do a lab session (which is an option at my school) is that I'd be taking Physics during the summer and would prefer to devote more time to a potential internship.
most of the schools i talked to only required a basic newtonian, algebra based physics without a lab. somehow alot of the schools i applied to actually accepted a class i took called "physics of music" too.... best class ever.... just sit and listen to music all day and then talk naively about reverberations....
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