<p>My son will be visiting Cornell, and is interested in engineering. Of the following engineering classes that are open to visitors, which ones do you recommend he visit to get a feel for the school? (He's thinking about majoring in EE.)</p>
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MATH 192 Calculus for Engineers II MWF
Olin Hall 155 </p>
<p>Somebody correct me if I'm giving bad (old) info here. No recommendations, but some thoughts:</p>
<p>Math 192- freshman level required calculus course; would give him an idea of what these classes are like. Plus, depending on what he's been studying, he may actually understand some of the material, which might help him evaluate the level at which it's being taught. For example, my daughter sat in on a this-level calculus class at Wellesley and came away very unimpressed; she was answering all the questions!</p>
<p>Math 294- IIRC, a required sophomore level math class, which may be covering some topics in vector calculus, linear algebra, Fourier transforms (don't worry about it), other stuff. Like Math 192 in utility, except less likely he will understand the actual material. </p>
<p>ENGRD 221- I believe this is part of an engineering distribution requirement series that engineering sophomores in all fields have to take. They all may not need to take this course exactly, but rather this may be one of, e.g. 8 courses of which each student must take 4. Something like that anyway. Or used to be. This could give a good idea of what these sophomore-year distribution courses are like, and he might understand the material if he's taken basic physics and intro. calculus.</p>
<p>Other courses- I don't know. Except that the 300-level and up courses are intended mostly for juniors and seniors. Whether these particular courses are representative of upper-level courses in general I can't say. But that would be the hope. The computing ones might tie into his interests if he's interested in those aspects of electrical engineering.</p>