MAST20009 & MAST20030 or MAST20029?

[vcestudent94]

Are there any benefits in doing Vector Calculus and Differential equations instead of Engineering Mathematics?

[nubs]

Depends on what you want to do.

You need to have done Vector Calculus and Differential Equations to do the new Applied Maths major beginning 2014. They're replacing the third year subject, Partial Differential Equations, with a second year subject called Differential Equations. Vector Calculus is a prereq for Diff Eq, and Diff Eq itself is a prereq for two of the new subjects they're introducing for the Applied Maths major.

So yeah, you'd have to do both of those subjects if you wanted to go into Applied Maths starting from 2014. Unfortunately the handbook hasn't made much of a mention of it at all as of yet.

I don't know too much about Engineering Mathematics, just that it's a prereq for some of the engineering system majors. Not sure if Vector Calculus is as well, though.

[vcestudent94]

Sorry just to clarify, I'm doing an engineering major and the math prerequisite for some of the major subjects is Engineering Mathematics OR both of Vector Calculus and Differential Equations.
So I'm guessing that Eng Maths is a combination of things in those two subjects that are relevant to engineers?

[spectroscopy]

are there any links to the new applied math major/any other new majors?
cant seem to find any