What textbooks Cornell uses for Physics III?

johnny05
Sun, 30 Jun 2013 14:02:57 +0000

No I’m not an ECE major. I took both AP Physics E/M and then physics 2213 at Cornell though. The material is pretty-much the same on the exams at least.

The Cornell variant of Calc II (math 1910) is considered harder. If you have BC credit (4 or 5) it’s in your best interest to use it, and you can always take the placement exam if you don’t. It’s easier to pass a placement exam than take the course and get an A. Yes, I placed out of chem 2090 myself. My friends who weren’t in chemical engineering hated this course a lot. They say some exams were unreasonably tough, and not many people enjoy 3 hour chem labs.

I would skip 1910, physics 1112, and chemistry without hesitation. Math 1910 is a useful subject, but you can always brush up on the material if it ever comes up and I don’t think it’ll come up much for ECE. Fourier analysis (Differential equations) is much more useful for ECE.

Physics 2213 is your choice. There is a lot of overlap between physics 2213 and Engrd 2100 (the latter is a required distribution for ECE). The latter will make you review the fundamentals in 2213 that are ECE specific. If you have a 5 on the AP, I would skip out of it. You won’t miss much other than some technical mathematical derivations in class that are not tested on the exam anyway. You can learn those yourself when you take multi. Skipping classes puts you ahead and allows you more room to take classes you want and change potential career paths (if need be). But yes you can discuss this with your advisor. If you’re good at programming/CS there is not much deeper understanding you’ll get from python 1110 (a beginner CS class). You’d be better off taking cs 2110 (which is in java).