<p>I had a hard time with the first 1/2 of my first calculus class only because I came from a small high school with limited math offerings. Then all of a sudden, it clicked and I aced the rest of my math classes. I would say the toughest course I took was thermodynamics, or heat transfer.</p>
<p>Electromagnetic theory was what led yours truly from the EE department to the Math department. I basically tapped out in the octagon.</p>
<p>lol really that bad???
how so?
I think I am going to take it next fall. -.-</p>
<p>Really? Everyone says P2 is hard. I actually enjoyed Electromag over Mechanics. Its not that bad</p>
<p>I too like electromagnetism better. For some reason… mechanics is too simplified. Maybe I like thinking abstractly more. Either way, I do better in electromagnetism than in mechanics, or atleast I feel like I understand it better.</p>
<p>You may be right, hadsed, because I’m a “concrete” thinker. EM just didn’t make sense to me!</p>
<p>English and Philosophy, and any other degree-required humanities course…</p>
<p>Im just a freshman, but I’ve heard EM251 is pretty hard (Engineer Mechanics: Statics and dynamics)</p>
<p>federnernadal, that is a class that only certain majors take. We’re talking about classes all engies take. So far the consensus seems to be general physics II: electricity and magnetism. I just started it and I love it so far.</p>
<p>I have heard from numerous engineering students that p2 and statics were difficult courses.</p>
<p>@TomServo</p>
<p>be forewarned that alot of their equipment at CSCC for that class barely works and the circuit boards look kinda sketchy</p>
<p>Dynamics and vibrations was pretty tough, though a lot of the difficulty is based on how in depth your prof goes into some of the material.</p>
<p>E&M is the most difficult class I’ve taken.</p>
<p>Meh, I’m used to labs like that at CSCC by now. 
And it’s just the introductory E&M class, the real engineering classes I’ll take elsewhere.</p>
<p>Modern physics was my most difficult course common to all engineering majors at my school.</p>
<p>Probably Chem 2. Looking back, none of the basic courses were really that difficult. A lack of interest in the subject and poor teaching could make the simplest of classes seem like hell.</p>
<p>So far, among the freshmen engineering majors on my son’s floor, chem I. Son couldn’t get it into his schedule, so we still have to face that one.</p>
<p>My husband was an engineering major for a short time. Thermo did him in. That and heat transfer.</p>
<p>It was easily Chem II for me, although that is more likely a function of how often I went to class rather than its true difficulty. It was taught in a lecture hall that was built for people under about 5’6" and so had no leg room, especially for people over 6’ like myself. It actually hurt to sit in those seats, so I just didn’t go. Whoops.</p>
<p>On second thought, maybe I shouldn’t be tempting people around here to start getting into bad habits.</p>
<p>Now, the hardest class for me that all engineers take that I actually DID give an honest effort in was circuits. Circuits blew my mind when they got to stuff like Thevenin and Norton circuits. I bet if I went back to it again I would still have trouble. It just isn’t my thing.</p>
<p>i feel like everyone has basically listed all the common engr courses, and upper-level calculus as well as e&m physics seems to be the hardest amongst them.</p>
<p>right now, i’m taking thermodynamics (second-year ME class at my school), and it’s damn hard for me. first test coming up next week. i really need to lock myself in a room and study my ass off :/.</p>
<p>statics ain’t that great either. although it seems more do-able than thermo.</p>
<p>Arg, I hated thermo, too. I just lucked out and got an easy teacher, thank goodness.</p>