Math 1501 and Physics at Georgia Tech

<p>Hi, Guys! I was just gathering opinions on the following before I leave in 2 days for Georgia Tech to attend FASET and register for classes. Btw, I am planning to be an industrial engineering major.</p>

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<li><p>By virtue of my IB score in IB Physics HL, I have got both PHY 2211 and PHY 2212 off. Some people were advising me to take both of them off as they are 'GPA killers'. My question is that would I have a handicap in industrial engineering if I don't take these 2 physics courses? How much physics is really involved in industrial engineering?</p></li>
<li><p>I have credit for MATH 1501 but am planning to do it as I believe there are quite a few things in that course which were not covered in IB. My question here is how hard is really MATH 1501 here? Is it just regurgitation of what you did in HS (basic calculus) or there is actually stuff in there which can handicap you in MATH 1502 if you don't know it? </p></li>
<li><p>I have to take CS 1301 and I have absolutely no background in computer science. Does CS 1301 start from the very basic or they already expect you to know some programming?</p></li>
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<p>Sorry for the long thread but any answers to these questions (or at least any of them) will be greatly appreciated. :D.</p>

<p>The students at my FASET pretty much tried to scare me away from not skipping 1501. I didn’t really believe them, but they said that the profs here make Calc 1 hard, even if you did AP/IB calc in high school. I really doubt that 1501 covers anything much that you don’t know yet (the topics for 1501 are listed here: <a href=“https://www.math.gatech.edu/course/math/1501[/url]”>https://www.math.gatech.edu/course/math/1501&lt;/a&gt;). There’s really only so much that you can do with u-substitution, maxima/minima, etc. If you have credit, you probably understand the stuff more than well enough for Calc 2 and in the future. Calc 2 is mostly linear algebra anyway, from what I understand.</p>

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<li><p>idk about this one. honestly don’t. but you’ll be fine</p></li>
<li><p>don’t, just move on to the next level. you’ll be glad that you did as time goes by. calc 1 is always the basic calculus derivative and integration. calc 2 is more of a properties of derivative and integration.</p></li>
<li><p>i think this one is the one that you should be thinking, not 1 and 2. yes, they kinda expect you to know some programming. i think all universities do that not just at tech. basically, they just give you woods, hammer and nail, and expect you to build the house. in fact, there’s really not much you can to prepare for that, there is no prerequisite class that can help you understand that because that is the prerequisite of every cs.</p></li>
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<p>Thanks for the replies guys! So, in my case, I have got fairly rustic with mathematics (calculus specifically) and when I went over some of the syllabus, some of it looked like stuff which I had never done before, is it still advisable to skip as I personally feel that I will be skipping with basics? wont it be more difficult to score well in math 1502? (I want to avoid adverse impacts on GPA).</p>

<p>And @exhilarating101, how hard is it you think for some1 with no background in CS to succeed in the preliminary course? Are there people like that in GTECH?</p>

<p>Also, any1 else who can offer an opinion on how much physics is there in ISYE? </p>

<p>Once again, thanks for the replies.</p>

<p>calc 2 is definetely hard, harder than calc 3 in my opinion. however calc 1, calc 2 and calc3 aren’t really… related each other in my opinion. its not like you’re picking up where you started. you learn one thing (calc1) and use it in many different branches such as calc 2 and calc 3. although there are integrals that looks intimidating, it is suppose to be like that since it’s in depth calc 1. btw, if you have a credit in something, then trust me, you do not wanna waste it. i recommend 100% that you move on to next level. theres nothing to argue about. whether you re-take calc 1 then start calc 2 or just move on, it’s pretty much the same start.</p>

<p>as for cs material, if you haven’t any experience in java, c++ or never even touched command prompt in your life… then… um… god be with you. i was in same boat as you were and i know one of my friend that were too, and i know how you feel since this is something new that we havent covered during high school years. your best bet is to read and make a gooood freinds, i know reading is not enough</p>

<p>thanks for the reply. it was helpful. :D</p>

<p>Does anyone know if there’s a curve for Math 1501?</p>

<p>I think it’s going to depend on your prof. If they curve it should be listed in the syllabus.</p>

<p>Has anyone had a professor where they said no curve and they did at the end?</p>