MrA Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 Well, it's that time of the term where I have to pick courses for next term. I've picked already picked what I want to take next term, but there's one degree requirement which I'm having a problem meeting. Namely, I need one more math course which I must pick from a certain list. Now certain courses are only offered in certain terms, so I must pick now so I sort out my scheduling and change what I'm taking next term to fit everything in. So, why am I asking neowin member for help? Well, from the courses I have to choose from, I don't want to take any of them :( . The ones I do want to take (chaos & fractals, intro to differetial geometry) don't count towards my math requirements :angry: . So here are the courses I've narrowed down. From these, it's pretty much an even split on which one I'll take, since I don't like any of them. I'm asking the members of neowin to help me decide which course I take. It would be especially helpful if anyone whos taken a similar course gives their opinion. Courses: AMATH 373 - Quantum Theory 1 PMATH 331/351 - (Applied) Real Analysis PMATH 332/352 - (Applied) Complex Analysis PMATH 334 - Introduction to Rings and Fields with Applications PMATH 354 - Measure Theory and Fourier Analysis Course Descriptions: http://www.ucalendar.uwaterloo.ca/COURSE/course-AMATH.html http://www.ucalendar.uwaterloo.ca/COURSE/course-PMATH.html Any opinions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
u_diddy Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 Yeah, take this thing PMATH 334 - Introduction to Rings and Fields with Applications I heard it's pretty sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrA Posted June 11, 2006 Author Share Posted June 11, 2006 Yeah, take this thing PMATH 334 - Introduction to Rings and Fields with Applications I heard it's pretty sweet. I was kinda leaning towards that one or Quantum Theory 1. Then again, I don't want to take either. Any how sweet have you heard this course to be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exppi Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 I believe it would depend on what you are studying. I have taken a few of those courses and they can vary greatly. I found a course similiar to PMATH 332/352 - (Applied) Complex Analysis to be completely different and greatly interesting. I have also heard that a course equivalent to PMATH 354 - Measure Theory and Fourier Analysis is challenging, but necessary for a majority of mathematical work. What are you intent on studying? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrA Posted June 12, 2006 Author Share Posted June 12, 2006 I believe it would depend on what you are studying. I have taken a few of those courses and they can vary greatly. I found a course similiar to PMATH 332/352 - (Applied) Complex Analysis to be completely different and greatly interesting. I have also heard that a course equivalent to PMATH 354 - Measure Theory and Fourier Analysis is challenging, but necessary for a majority of mathematical work. What are you intent on studying? Well, I'm majoring in computer science (minor in physics), but the degree is gonna be a BMath, so I have certain math requirements. I'm gonna take a course on chaos and fractals, even though it doesn't count towards my math requirements. From a CS perspective, I'm largely interested in systems level stuff (OS, real-time, etc) which has nothing to do with this math . But I'm also interested in graphics (hence I'd like to take intro to differential geometry) and signal processing (fourier analysis would be good here). Now, there are other courses I could take, but I ruled them out since I really don't want to take them (ODEs, PDEs, graph theory, statistcs, number theory, etc). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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