<p>Yes, I have another one of those physics/math questions that I'm stubbornly posting so that it is tailored to my situation perfectly. </p>
<p>Good news (maybe): I've been admitted to UW as CompE.</p>
<p>Bad news: While I was looking at the course requirements, I saw that the entry level physics course highly recommends a year of advanced physics.</p>
<p>Situation: I've never taken a serious physics course in my life.</p>
<p>That being said, what would be the most effective/efficient way to prepare for what college has in store for me?</p>
<p>What exactly are you referring to by ‘a serious physics’ course? Physics with calculus?</p>
<p>What’s the curriculum of the ‘advanced physics’ class?</p>
<p>I hope you weren’t expecting to get a compE degree without ever dealing with physics. You will not only have to take a good old newtonian physics course, but also an electricity + magnetism class. Aftewards many of your classes will be physics classes specialized on a certain topic such as basic circuit analysis, electromagnetism, advanced circuit analysis/design with a bit of quantum mechanics, etc, etc. These courses, however, will be labeled as ECE topics.</p>
<p>well if by UW we are talking university of washington, Comp. Engineering there is in the CSE department, your curriculum will mainly be software/cs stuff. So you won’t be doing much advanced physics outside the phys requirement, I think.</p>
<p>I’m sure that you will be fine. I didn’t take a real physics class in high school and it was rough the first couple quarters but after that everyone is on a similar level. I recommend reading an introductory physics book (like the one by Giancoli) and start solving problems. Also, a study guide that I find particularly helpful was Portable TA (there are two volumes).</p>