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Hardest Class :
Bit of a description about the class :</p>
<p>I am starting my upper division classes in chem E, and I was wondering what were some of your hardest engineering classes when you were going through undergrad. </p>
<p>Thank you.</p>
<p>This is probably rather student, school, and instructor dependent. For example, there may be a course which is two quarters at one school on the quarter system, but another school on the semester system squeezes all of that course content into a single semester course.</p>
<p>There may be a difference between intellectually difficult versus largest amount of work. For example, upper level math courses are more likely to be the former, while courses with labs, large term projects (including humanities and social studies), or lots of computer programming are more likely to be the latter.</p>
<p>Electrical engineering</p>
<p>Electromagnetic wave theory</p>
<p>Basically cases of Maxwell’s theory and diffraction and scattering of electromagnetic waves.</p>
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<p>EE</p>
<p>Computer Architecture</p>
<p>Design processors + more.</p>
<p>Transport Phenomena</p>
<p>for ChE:</p>
<p>Mass, Momentum and Energy Transport (same as above)</p>
<p>an average grade during midterms (B-) was an 8/40.</p>
<p>no kidding</p>
<p>B- is an 8/40 ?
wow intense.
I just finished my first upper division class, thermodynamics, and that class was hard. I got a C+ in the class. 
Any one else wants to contribute?</p>
<p>Husband was EE and thermodynamics and heat transfer did him in.</p>
<p>Probably fluid mechanics. Did well in it, but took some effort. Pretty rigorous in the derivation aspect, which I happen to love. Cool class though.</p>
<p>^^^Oh, crud. Son just registered for the fall. Will be taking Thermo I, Physics II, Calc III, Statics, and his computer honors class.</p>
<p>I am expecting many tearful phone calls next year.</p>
<p>Montegut, Don’t Worry, I had friends who took thermo, physics, ochem honors, calc III, and a matlab course, he did fine. Its hard work and he lived in the library/24 hour room but he got through it, I’m sure your son will do fine. :)</p>
<p>fluid mechanics has been very difficult conceptually so far, but I’m doing pretty well.</p>
<p>Physical Chemistry, The methods of Physics applied to the Chemistry.</p>