<p>Hey everybody!</p>
<p>I have a question for all of you:
What would you consider to be the most "physics-heavy" field of engineering. By this I mean, which engineering discipline requires the most amount of physics courses and require the most amount of abstract thought to master?</p>
<p>Sorry if my question doesn't make sense, I don't really know what I'm talking about either.</p>
<p>Engineering Physics probably =]?</p>
<p>Nuclear probably.</p>
<p>Spanish engineering</p>
<p>I guess Nuclear.</p>
<p>Engineering physics, nuclear physics, the materials science side of electrical engineering, and materials science, I'd say.</p>
<p>^^ true stuff</p>
<p>What kind of physics?</p>
<p>I mean, EE, for example, would probably have more E&M, but NukeE would have more wave physics and quantum theory, and MechE would have more classical mechanics. MatE would probably require bits of many different physics disciplines - I've known a few physics/matE double majors.</p>
<p>MatE has a lot of physics and chem. EE will expose you to a bunch of E&M which can get pretty abstract (photonics), and also semiconductor physics (quantum). Though if you really want to have fun with it I think its better to do the physics degree. Within engineering you will get an engineering emphasis in all the physics related courses. Its very focused and narrow, and you only learn those principles that are necessary for you to understand higher level theories that are derived from them. I can only say this about EE... I don't know if its true for MatE.</p>