What Irks Me About Most of my Engineering Courses

[Koalass]

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@cosmicfish

Review the math. A lot. Perhaps take a couple of extra math courses. A lot of the challenge in engineering is really understanding how to make the math work for you.</p>

<p>After that, try looking back at your core material and seeing what it means. At the undergrad level, there are not usually too many steps between the question and answer, and the methods are generally either shown or at least hinted at in the course material even if the instructor does not mention it.

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<p>Thank you for your advice! I’m currently taking a thermodynamics course right now that is slightly overwhelming me. The math is just basic algebra and calculus so I don’t have problems with that. It’s just that there are so many concepts to learn about and master and they all interconnect in one way or another and my main problem is that I always get stuck on finding 2 or 3 unknowns when I should only be getting one, and it’s usually because I usually forget to make an assumption or forget a method to solve for other variables.</p>