<p>I'm currently attending a community college, enrolled in the engineering science program. This is my second year and I would like to go on to study mechanical engineering or possibly physics. The school I attend does not offer any engineering-specific courses and the math sequence stops at Calculus II, which I have just completed. </p>
<p>The school also offers four physics classes, two sequences of Physics I & II; one is algebra based and one is calculus based. To begin calc-based physics I you must complete calc I, which I did last spring. I had the intention of taking physics I this fall semester but I was a little late for class registration and the one section of the class filled up very quickly. What also bugs me is that there's only 15 seats for the class, and I believe at least 5 of them dropped within the first two weeks. </p>
<p>I was a little upset at the time, but not quite realizing the full implications. I was also a bit happy that my workload would be more manageable. I understood that I would not be able to graduate in the Spring of 2014, because completion of the physics sequence is required for engineering majors. However, I was not incredibly bothered because I was not concerned with graduating at this school and I was fairly certain that I would be transferring after the Fall semester (which is not the case now). </p>
<p>So if I did want to graduate from this school I would have to wait until next Fall to take Physics I because it's not offered in the Spring, and then I would have to take Physics II the following semester; three years at a community college. </p>
<p>I have become quite distraught recently though because I've acquired a huge interest in the field of physics and I am considering majoring in it after I transfer. I will be leaving this school with absolutely no exposure to physics, and no taste of what the course is actually like. I took physics in high school but it was very basic and we only covered newtonian physics. </p>
<p>I could read books about physics and watch documentaries for hours on end but I have the feeling that these courses are very different than what I would like to them to be. How can I declare my major as physics when I have no idea of the difficulty of the courses, maybe I won't even like it at all, or I won't understand the material. I am just so upset right now by my lackluster attitude about registration a few months ago. Had I done what I was supposed to I could have graduated on track and I would have much more experience with the subject. Has anyone else been in a similar situation?</p>