Adding subjects that aren't showing/Physics Chatter

[rustic_metal]

About 5th from the back in the Lyle.

It was you, wasn't it?

Quite possibly. A girl stood up and told us to leave.

And there was much lulzing.

[QuantumJG]

Lol! First year physics is really not a true representation of physics!

Mind you, in second year you do get some crap lecturers.

By third year the lecturers are great, but electrodynamics is a bitch of a subject and I find myself dying inside everytime I attempt a question. :S

The Maths department on the other hand have always provided great lecturers (apart from Sanming Zhou in Linear Algebra) which is probably why I'm doing 5 Maths, 3 physics subjects this year and may do my masters in the Maths department.

[Gloamglozer]

The Maths department on the other hand have always provided great lecturers (apart from Sanming Zhou in Linear Algebra) which is probably why I'm doing 5 Maths, 3 physics subjects this year and may do my masters in the Maths department.

Seconded.  Definitely seconded.  The Maths & Statstics ( ) department has been the most consistent in terms of lecturer quality. 

You mentioned Sanming.  I would probably include Omar Fodar for Vector Calculus as well...

[QuantumJG]

I don't know much about Omar apart from him being an Egyptian mathematical physicist. Richard Brak is supposed to be crap as well. For complex analysis I wish that Alex Ghitza took the class for the whole time since Paul Norbury is a very egotistical person.

[rustic_metal]

I had Brak. He wasn't great at all.

[Elnino_Gerrard]

anyone doin physics advanced?..how do ull find that lecturer?david jamison is it?...IMO hes not at al good at explaining sme concepts..TB is way better

[rustic_metal]

He's arse and so are his lecture slides. Taking advanced physics last year was such a stupid decision; it's just normal physics, except that every equation has 3-4 more variables and the quality of the teaching is significantly lower. Last year one of my (foolish, foolish) mates dragged me to our advanced physics lecture while I was completely smashed from skolling beer and ethanol (yes, ethanol) at fort beer...I ended up clapping at everything. Every time he'd make a stupid little lecturer joke, I was apparently laughing uproariously and clapping at all of them. Oh and when he used this hot wheels car and track for a demonstration, I apparently jumped up to shout about how much I loved hot wheels. He didn't like me much, I don't think.

Also we found it hilarious that he spent the first few weeks going on and on about how he was going to study Galileo's original journals because he thought he could find something that would rock the world of physics. Then he left for a few weeks, came back, never mentioned it and deflected all questions about it. Obviously found nothing haha.

[Elnino_Gerrard]

Yea it is arse ..pathetic decision the teaching quality is so bad  ..he cant really explain anything properly just reads off the slides..and none of his demonstrations work :|

[simpak]

Lol! First year physics is really not a true representation of physics!

Mind you, in second year you do get some crap lecturers.

By third year the lecturers are great, but electrodynamics is a bitch of a subject and I find myself dying inside everytime I attempt a question. :S

YOU REALLY THINK ANYONE DOING FUNDAMENTALS IS GOING TO STICK AROUND PAST THIS SEMESTER?  You've got to be kidding me, I'd rather throw myself off a bridge.  I wish I liked it though.

[Cuddlekins]

Hey guys, i need your advice.

I am doing physics fundamentals atm, and i hate it A LOT. I'm considering dropping it, but if i do it would be hard to pick up another subject since we are 5 weeks into the semester. Seriously i hate physics so much, i just can't bear it. Should i just continue and suffer, or just drop it but then that means im going to be one subject behind :/

i dont know what to do. *cries*

[vexx]

Hey guys, i need your advice.

I am doing physics fundamentals atm, and i hate it A LOT. I'm considering dropping it, but if i do it would be hard to pick up another subject since we are 5 weeks into the semester. Seriously i hate physics so much, i just can't bear it. Should i just continue and suffer, or just drop it but then that means im going to be one subject behind :/

i dont know what to do. *cries*

you probably wont be able to get approval this late into semester for a new subject, but you can always overload next semester on breadth subjects which are easy to do, and you'll be fine. drop physics if you hate it, that's what i did and im so happy about it..

[Cuddlekins]

okay so next semester i'll be doing 3 core and 2 breadths, do you think that would be manageable ? would i be able to do a summer subject to make up for it ?

thankd heaps

[rustic_metal]

Depends on the work load, number of contact hours and how many/large the assignments for each subject are. Yes you can do a summer subject instead to make up for it.

[vexx]

i'm doing 5 this semester, despite music psych and creative writing being less work than most subjects they still have assessments that require time/effort put in and it's definitely manageable. you may have to work slightly harder than most with your extra subject but it will be fine if you choose an easy one (barely any difference).

[Elnino_Gerrard]

Btw, although the physics advanced lecturer is crap,im really interested in physics but im in a bit of a toss between physics and engineering.Anyone know how job prospects r in physics?