<p>I am a freshmen engineering student and I am doing well in my math (Calc II)courses but struggling in a mechanics course...I want to know if EE is more math oriented or physics?</p>
<p>EE is more math than <em>mechanics</em>, but it's more <em>physics</em> than math... That make sense? It's more E&M. Give it a little time... Try out an E&M course and see how that goes. I don't think mechanics is the best indicator of how you'll do in EE.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Though there are some math-intensive areas (as in any engineering discipline) like signal processing.</p>
<p>Oh, definitely! Didn't mean to imply that there weren't. =)</p>
<p>Your performance in freshman physics (mechanics and E&M) is a much better indicator of your aptitude for engineering.</p>
<p>is it possible for a person to be not so great at mechanics but have an excellent aptitude for E&M?</p>
<p>My freshman year I got a "B" in mechanics and an "A" in E & M.</p>
<p>That was my last victory in E&M though. Intermediate E&M is not for the timid, at least in a good physics department.</p>
<p>It's possible to be better at E&M than mechanics. Mechanics requires some spatial reasoning skills, while E&M is more abstract and emphasizes math skills slightly more.</p>
<p>I don't think your understanding of E&M is an indicator of how good an EE engineer you'll be. Neither are your math skills. What indicates a good engineer is your creativity, your ability to see "The BIG Picture" and your ability to see things before they happen. Oh and you should be able to at least walk on water. :) I wouldn't worry about it.</p>
<p>what's E&M?</p>
<p>Electricity and magnetism, which is the second physics course, usually after mechanics.</p>
<p>I think that math and physics are tools in the engineer's toolbox from which they work...if they do not have a thorough understanding of these subjects, they don't know their tools well enough. So therefore, they cannot be good engineers.</p>
<p>Just curious if circuits goes under E&M, and if you guys (EE's) spend a lot of time analyzing them. I'm in ME and circuit analysis puts me to sleep.</p>
<p>EE according to the physicist in me: it's simple physics made annoying</p>
<p>EE according to the mathematician in me: it's elegant math made ugly</p>
<p>Math is just a tool.
Physics is just a theory.</p>
<p>;)</p>
<p>EE is all about physics. Infact the math is just used IN the physics that you learn ;)</p>
<p>Here's a general engineering scheme-</p>
<p>real world problem -> scientific problem (Physics, chem, bio, econ etc) -> scientific problem is then solved using math :D</p>