I have a question :

How fun is EE if you like programming and circuit design ?

Originally Posted by Icecream

I have a question :

How fun is EE if you like programming and circuit design ?

Circuits and programming is almost all you do (with some electromagnetism and math thrown in). However it's more circuit analysis, not design.

I was looking into course selection and I'm just wondering...Engineeri ng I has already 5 courses per term that are mandatory.. do we have to also take the electives first year or can we opt to take them in summer school? What did you guys do? wouldn't that mean 6 courses per semester?

Originally Posted by Icecream

I have a question :

How fun is EE if you like programming and circuit design ?

Its basically what you do in EE lol.

2nd year is heavily focused on circuit analysis and programming, third year is more circuits and less programming

Originally Posted by Michael23

I was looking into course selection and I'm just wondering...Engineeri ng I has already 5 courses per term that are mandatory.. do we have to also take the electives first year or can we opt to take them in summer school? What did you guys do? wouldn't that mean 6 courses per semester?

Yep, welcome to Engineering.

All my Engy friends took their electives during the year.

I'm assuming you would be able to take them in summer school next year but you would face some complications when applying to Level II programs, where they consider your grades based on # of courses you have. (Correct me if I'm wrong about that)

Originally Posted by RememberTwce

Yep, welcome to Engineering.

All my Engy friends took their electives during the year.

I'm assuming you would be able to take them in summer school next year but you would face some complications when applying to Level II programs, where they consider your grades based on # of courses you have. (Correct me if I'm wrong about that)

Well your CA would be calculated based on the number of credits you have but having more credits (thus more courses) would not mean you get a higher CA. On the contrary, I would think having less courses would allow you to do better and thus attain a higher mark...As long as you have all the required core courses (everything but the 2 electives essentially), you can apply to and get into 2nd year.

Email Sally Williams to make sure but I'm almost positive that is correct.

Originally Posted by RTinkess31

Circuits and programming is almost all you do (with some electromagnetism and math thrown in). However it's more circuit analysis, not design.

Surprisingly, for 2EI5 with Haddara this year, they had a design project. Needed to design a BJT circuit by hand/PSpice that met certain requirements. I think the amount of design you get is based on who you get as a prof. I'm sure Davidson would place a large emphasis on it for 2CI5.

Originally Posted by AmyLia

Well your CA would be calculated based on the number of credits you have but having more credits (thus more courses) would not mean you get a higher CA. On the contrary, I would think having less courses would allow you to do better and thus attain a higher mark...

I think it kinda depends on what electives you take, to be honest. I had Communications and Anthro, both of which didn't require a ton of effort and gave me a pretty good mark, so it probably just boosted my average. For the one or two nights I genuinely had to devote to my electives, I realistically wouldn't have put those towards my other Eng courses if my electives didn't need them; I probably would have just taken a break.

But it depends a lot on what you take, how much effort it requires, and how much effort you'll actually put in, for sure. Though as far as I know, most of the electives on the complementary studies list aren't that demanding, especially compared to most of the required courses.

Originally Posted by Zimonada

I think it kinda depends on what electives you take, to be honest. I had Communications and Anthro, both of which didn't require a ton of effort and gave me a pretty good mark, so it probably just boosted my average. For the one or two nights I genuinely had to devote to my electives, I realistically wouldn't have put those towards my other Eng courses if my electives didn't need them; I probably would have just taken a break.

But it depends a lot on what you take, how much effort it requires, and how much effort you'll actually put in, for sure. Though as far as I know, most of the electives on the complementary studies list aren't that demanding, especially compared to most of the required courses.

This is very true. But in my first year, I took Latin 1Z03 and Econ 1B03 and I did fine in Econ but Latin actually ended up bringing me down...No one ever told me that I didn't have to take those electives first year because if I had known that, personally I would've taken them over the summer where I could've gotten 12 in both easily.