In order to succeed in this course, you must have taken an AP level physics course in electricity and magnetism.
QuoteIn order to succeed in this course, you must have taken an AP level physics course in electricity and magnetism.
QuoteIn order to succeed in this course, you must have taken an AP level physics course in electricity and magnetism.
Something I don't have.
Do you think I can finish an Open Courseware on that on 2 weeks?
There are no negatives to trying to take this course and failing exams. Nothing. So, do what you can to learn Physics, Electricity and Magnetism.
I will promise you one thing. Even if you don't "succeed in this course", you will end up with more knowledge than when you started.
There are no negatives to trying to take this course and failing exams. Nothing. So, do what you can to learn Physics, Electricity and Magnetism.No disrespect - but.............I doubt you'd be so bold to walk into a classroom on the first day and say that to the professor. It's no different just cause it's "free" or "online". Just my 2 cents.
There are no negatives to trying to take this course and failing exams. Nothing. So, do what you can to learn Physics, Electricity and Magnetism.No disrespect - but.............I doubt you'd be so bold to walk into a classroom on the first day and say that to the professor. It's no different just cause it's "free" or "online". Just my 2 cents.
I actually have been so bold as to do that. Have you never heard of someone auditing a course that is far enough out of their range of study that it would be difficult to be completely successful in? I've done that a few times in school.
This course cost NOTHING but time. Please show me the error in my statement: "There are no negatives to trying to take this course and failing exams."
With the vast array of students joining this class, I fully expect all exams to be automatically graded with some type of program. Otherwise, the unknown number of students would need some associated group of people to process all the exam data. So this is very little different from auditing a course.
Here is the problem I am addressing: People are completely scared of failing. It is a growing problem. Never fail. Well, the most successful people either bite of more than they can chew or try something not done before and can fail. Who cares?
If someone starts this course seriously under prepared, the will either be able to ramp up their knowledge by tons of available online resources or not. It is pretty simple. It is up to each to decide if that is possible. I've done many things in life that I didn't know I could, because I thought that the worse thing that could happen is I would fail.
BTW - I took AP-Calculus in High School before my going to college for Electrical Engineering, so perhaps my view of the world is skewed. However, there are enough resources on the web for anyone with the desire to have a college level education in most field.
No disrespect - but.............I doubt you'd be so bold to walk into a classroom on the first day and say that to the professor. It's no different just cause it's "free" or "online". Just my 2 cents.
The class is almost all math and theory. The first few chapters are interesting. Lots of resistor networks and how to solve them - but then it goes off the hook and you'll be doing integrals and stuff for the rest of the class. Never will there be an arduino mentioned, or even the difference between a real op-amp and an ideal op-amp.
I guess what I'm saying is that for someone wanting to learn, that isn't up on the electo/mag college level physics class(that's 3'rd semister physics on a college level) - it's going to be ugly - I don't think you'll like it - and I don't think it will be worth your time. (perhaps reading Chris Anderson's book on the "free" economy would actually suite this topic quite well- lol - it's quite apropo and stuff.)
My wife went to Harvard....
...to buy a T-Shirt.
I have to admit, part of this is to be able to say I studied Electronics at MIT, as a joke. I had the chance to attend MIT, but could not justify the cost and distance from home.
My wife went to Harvard....
...to buy a T-Shirt.
Gilbert Strang is an awesome lecturer
Gilbert Strang is an awesome lecturer
If you think Prof. Strang is awesome, you should check out Prof. Osgood's Fourier transform course at Stanford; my Fourier analysis professor was pretty good, but Prof. Osgood takes the cake for lecture style and gusto in mathematics.
where does the phrase my 2 cents originate from?
Just curious.
I think it's great that more and more places are offering online courses.
The class starts in less than a week. Has anyone received information from MIT yet?