<p>What Physics class should I start out with if I have never taken ANY Physics classes in high school, but I received a 5 on AP Chemistry and AP Calculus BC?</p>
<p>phys 1 with calc</p>
<p>aka phy2048</p>
<p>Are you sure that I shouldn’t take an Intro to Physics course? I will say that I am sort of a pessimist so I am probably just doubting myself but I don’t know.</p>
<p>thats what phys with calc is. its intro to phys, but it uses calculus. everything is better with calc anyways.</p>
<p>Is PHY2048 any harder than intro to chem is? .__.</p>
<p>I am curious then why do people with no Chemistry experience are often asked to take Intro to Chemistry? Is Chemistry considered more difficult than Physics?</p>
<p>^ I’m not actually sure why this phenomenon happens (why chm1025 is encouraged before chm2045, but “intro to physics” isn’t usually suggested before phy2048). </p>
<p>Either way, I’ve seen the syllabi for both courses and they both seem like wastes of time if you’re going to take the “real” classes (chm2045 and phy2048) anyway.</p>
<p>[General</a> Chemistry I Spring 2008 (Brucat)](<a href=“http://www.chem.ufl.edu/~itl/2045/syllabus.html]General”>http://www.chem.ufl.edu/~itl/2045/syllabus.html)</p>
<p>Yeah Intro to Chem is a waste of time</p>
<p>I am wondering the same thing and I am currently registered for CHM2046/L and I want to drop that for PHY2048/L but I am unsure.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>I just looked on [course</a> descriptions](<a href=“https://catalog.ufl.edu/ugrad/current/courses/descriptions/physics.aspx]course”>Physics < University of Florida) and a prereq for PHY2048 is high-school physics course.</p>
<p>So assuming that I can’t take PHY2048, which class should I take before it? I am assuming PHY2020?</p>
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Just take 2048. I took PHY2060 (Enriched Physics 1) without ever having had a physics class and was able to get an A.</p>
<p>@Medwell</p>
<p>I’ve decided to try and take PHY2048 and PHY2048L and I will just try and learn about Physics in the coming weeks using Hippocampus and KhanAcademy.</p>
<p>Also how much about vectors are you supposed to know prior to taking the course? I got a 5 on Calculus BC but our teacher never taught vectors so I taught myself somethings using the aforementioned sites. With that being said, I am still rather inexperienced with vectors.</p>
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<p>I don’t think the course has any prerequisite knowledge. If I remember correctly, we learned about vectors the first few days, and the first homework assignment was about vectors.</p>