i have a question

[insertnamehere]

i dunno if any of you could answer this or not, before at my school they just had physics 205, physics for engineers and scientists I.... now its broken up into two different ones, description here:


PY205M uses the Matter & Interactions text, focusing on fundamental principles, the atomic nature of matter, and a modern view of physics. This approach is based, in part, on research into how people learn and think about physics.

PY205N uses a traditional textbook by Giancoli, and follows a traditional approach, which may be familiar to you from previous courses.


This is all the info I get. I've never taken physics before, so like, umm... any idea what the difference is between them?

[jabumbo]

the traditional one will be more what you know from high school. i would probably take that one...


but i guess it more so depends on what oyu want to get into...

i mean, for me studying to be a civil engineer, most of my methods are pretty conventional and so thats what i would want. but if you are getting into something more research and development oriented, the other course might be more beneficial

[insertnamehere]

im not exactly sure what i want to get into, but yeah im thinking the traditional might be more my speed. ive never had physics before, and i was telling you the other day how difficult our physics department is. ive been told that the book for the modern class is absolutely no help at all, and i looked up the traditional book and it looked sorta like a highschool book. the modern class is how they taught it before, and all i heard was complaining about it, but then the same people that were complaining told me that the modern would be better than the traditional.



:confused: PY205N here i come, i guess

[jabumbo]

there are 2 equations in physics that you will need to know, and they do almost everything that is important...

hookes law and the conservation of momentum


if you can understand those, you are set