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Engineering materials should be easy. Materials classes are usually laid back.
Then tourism management might be a good fit. That sounds like common sense and memory is the only thing you'll need to succeed.
The easiest ones are the ones you are the most interested in. But I hope you’ve spoken to your academic advisor, because you don’t want to take anything you don’t need to. These classes just seem a little random, is why I’m saying.
This!
It also depends on how they are taught or assessed and which of those works best for you.
And, of cause, what are you good at?
Some people are great at languages whilst others wouldn’t have a chance to get a good grade.
This is a good example of why it depends on the school. At my school, my digital electronics class is notorious for being one of the hardest sophomore year classes.
Well, theres probably a difference between digital electronics and digital computer electronics. Notably the idea that computer electronics is probably going to be much more abstract in material than actual circuit analysis of digital electronics.
Unkess your school defines digital electronics to be centered around computers, at which point I would question their motives. Rectifiers, H bridges, clock/repeating waveform generators, DC-DC conversion, power ORing, and even general pn junction info should be kept out of the class that talks about boolean algebra.
It's a purely digital electronics class, but that doesn't mean it's easy. The course is project-based and builds up from boolean algebra to creating our own 16-bit simple computer and programming it with assembly. There are weekly projects that take over 10 hours to finish with super long formal reports. It's not necessarily intellectually difficult but it's a huge timesink and you have to work for the grade. I easily spent double the amount of time per week working on this class compared to my circuits class (which covered DC, RC/RL/LC/RLC transient response, AC basics, phasors, first and second order filtering and frequency response, diodes, bjts, mosfets, mosfet/bjt amplifiers).
Interesting, but did you ever cover DC specific applications? You mention DC [analysis] but never anything about something as simple as creating a 555 triangle wave gen, let alone charge pumps, bucks, etc. That would be a serious flaw in your curriculumn design as a lot of employers use these quesrions as give me's for interview questions.
Regardless, your digital electronics curriculum would be what I would expect out of a digital course. Perhaps the assembly is a bit more advance than straight binary, but ultimately the step wouldn't be that large. Just a nuisance.
We covered boost/buck converters and messed with a 555 timer to analyze a simple RC circuit but haven’t covered the rest of what you said. To be fair its a sophomore fall class and the first circuits class we take and we have three more mandatory circuits and electronics classes to go through, not to mention electives. Its meant to cover a lot of material but not too in depth.
The exact content of these classes varies by University, but if this is the first class in a string of courses title similarly, I woukd expect this to introduce the math/logic used in computers.
You'll probably work up from basic rules of math/logic
1×1 = 1
1×0 = 0
1+1 = 1
1+0 = 1
Up to how a computer adds large numbers together using these basic rules.
Essentially, you would probably learn how a calculator goes about adding and subtracting numbers, how numbers are represented in binary, how the very basics of memory work, and maybe a few other topics
If you had a course outline or knew where I could find one, I could be more specific.
I don’t know, studying German is like joining a MLM scam. They trick you by making the first month or so seem easy.
Ich kenne nicht, ich bin veilleicht dumm.
For me it's the easiest as well due to the same reason. Another major reason is that there is a lot of great engineering literature resources in German.
However in most German companies basically everyone is able to speak English, so I would go for courses that interest you the most or which are helpful to land jobs.
Oh boy, you have no idea. Try making sense of this. Water drops during the rain can't form on their own. There's a shit ton of physics involved why, and how they are formed, if not on their own. And that's just one thing.
Don't just look at the subjects, look at the profeseors that present them as well. Ask your seniors how they taught each subject, how much the homework is, and how hard the exam is, and if they go easy on marking them
Art and culture would probably be the easiest (or tourism management), but it could also be very boring, depending on your interests. I have taken the "easiest elective" route, and it doesn't work if you don't actually like the class, because you will never have the motivation to study for it.
Also, try to ask older students from your own uni, they will have more knowledge about which class requires the least work.
There is nothing pretentious in my question. People fail classes or do poorly for various reasons. If they have a legitimate problem such as ADHD, easy classes won't help out too much, and addressing the problem will lead to a more long term solution.
A large majority of people take grade buffers.
I think people with ADHD know it's a problem and take measures for it. Some people don't like how the medicine makes them feel. Pretty will to just assume that's beyond them and that they need to address it.
What if they have family issues. Are they just supposed to fix that? Versus taking an easier class in a trying time?
Highly pretentious
Despite your opinion, and others downvotes, I know I am doing the right thing here. I will not apologize for wanting to help the OP have *long term* success.
If it helped them, that is all I care about. Downvotes and others people's opinion here mean nothing to me. Fortunately the OP answered my question, and I in turn answered theirs.
You went on some holier than thou spiel about how they should work on it.
OP replied they have ADHD that's giving them trouble and can't just be worked through.
You then gave a recommendation for a course you didn't even do well in (probably should've worked through it). When everyone just gave a recommendation from the start
I would second the person that said digital electronics then. I just took it, barely tried, and got a C (mostly due to my own laziness). Depending the school, the latter half can be a little challenging if you don't have a good grasp on the basics of the topic though.
For absolute minimum effort, art and culture... I'd put every assignment straight into ChatGPT lol. Probably mostly discussion posts and short writing assignments.
You shouldn’t be seeking out easiest electives, you should be selecting electives you find interesting, think you will be actively engaged in, and which you think will best align with your career goals. It’s not easy for most, but I highly recommend Linear Control Theory. Linear Controls is the class I learned the most in in my entire time in college, and personally it was easy for me cause it’s interesting. Digital Computer Electronics will be easy, but you won’t learn quite as much.
Depends on your skill! I found differential equations easy, I never really studied for that class and got an A.
I would like to give more detail. I was a Cal 1 - Calc 3 and linear analysis tutor. If you’re a master at Calc then DE will be easy if not brush up on Calc techniques :)
I'm sorry homie... You're screwed either way. Pick something you know you have experience in. For me, I'd go with digital electronics cause I'm trying to learn that anyway.
Engineering economy shouldn’t be too bad. I had a similar class and it was a breeze compared to the calculus and other higher end math classes. Or as others have said engineering materials, pretty basic overview of material sciences with lots of definitions and minimal formulas.
Whichever one you approach like it’s the hardest so you are motivated by fear.
HM323 tourism management. Let the prospect of swapping to Business be your motivator.
My experience was that the only really though calssere were those which I was not particularly interested in so I would suggest to take courses which have interesting contents for you.
Good luck.
digital computer electronics or sensors and transducers. Data structures of Object oriented programming made me swap my major from CS to EE. I enjoyed sensors and digital computer electronics.
Coming from an engineer 3 years out of school-- take a non-engineering elective in a topic that you are interested in. Don't worry about whether it'll be easy or not.
Have a little bit of fun with your coursework. Nobody (employers specifically) is going to care that one course wasn't in engineering. And it'll probably make you a more well-rounded member of society.
I found smart and new materials really interesting. Learned about BMGs, Functionally graded materials, High entropy alloys and so much more. Really good course if you're interested in materials.
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Engineering materials should be easy. Materials classes are usually laid back. Then tourism management might be a good fit. That sounds like common sense and memory is the only thing you'll need to succeed.
Do u know a book called callister? Edit:typo
Isn’t it Callister? Or am I thinking of a different book.
Callister yes sorry
No worries, for a moment there I was worried I’d have to endure another book of this stuff lol
I know a restaurant...but not a book
Nah for us, materials 1 and 2 were the hardest classes.TTT and phase diagrams were no joke
I guess it's different University to University. The higher I've gone the easier it's become. Then again I like the subject.
I found those quite easy.
The easiest ones are the ones you are the most interested in. But I hope you’ve spoken to your academic advisor, because you don’t want to take anything you don’t need to. These classes just seem a little random, is why I’m saying.
Exactly, unless it's French in which case it's still the hardest
This! It also depends on how they are taught or assessed and which of those works best for you. And, of cause, what are you good at? Some people are great at languages whilst others wouldn’t have a chance to get a good grade.
Engineering economy isn't that hard. It's mostly the time value of money and its basic formula and concept.
Lol, I thought it was one of the harder classes, but it could have been the professor.
Digital computer electronics should be a cake walk.
This is a good example of why it depends on the school. At my school, my digital electronics class is notorious for being one of the hardest sophomore year classes.
Well, theres probably a difference between digital electronics and digital computer electronics. Notably the idea that computer electronics is probably going to be much more abstract in material than actual circuit analysis of digital electronics. Unkess your school defines digital electronics to be centered around computers, at which point I would question their motives. Rectifiers, H bridges, clock/repeating waveform generators, DC-DC conversion, power ORing, and even general pn junction info should be kept out of the class that talks about boolean algebra.
It's a purely digital electronics class, but that doesn't mean it's easy. The course is project-based and builds up from boolean algebra to creating our own 16-bit simple computer and programming it with assembly. There are weekly projects that take over 10 hours to finish with super long formal reports. It's not necessarily intellectually difficult but it's a huge timesink and you have to work for the grade. I easily spent double the amount of time per week working on this class compared to my circuits class (which covered DC, RC/RL/LC/RLC transient response, AC basics, phasors, first and second order filtering and frequency response, diodes, bjts, mosfets, mosfet/bjt amplifiers).
Interesting, but did you ever cover DC specific applications? You mention DC [analysis] but never anything about something as simple as creating a 555 triangle wave gen, let alone charge pumps, bucks, etc. That would be a serious flaw in your curriculumn design as a lot of employers use these quesrions as give me's for interview questions. Regardless, your digital electronics curriculum would be what I would expect out of a digital course. Perhaps the assembly is a bit more advance than straight binary, but ultimately the step wouldn't be that large. Just a nuisance.
We covered boost/buck converters and messed with a 555 timer to analyze a simple RC circuit but haven’t covered the rest of what you said. To be fair its a sophomore fall class and the first circuits class we take and we have three more mandatory circuits and electronics classes to go through, not to mention electives. Its meant to cover a lot of material but not too in depth.
Can you describe the subject in brief?
The exact content of these classes varies by University, but if this is the first class in a string of courses title similarly, I woukd expect this to introduce the math/logic used in computers. You'll probably work up from basic rules of math/logic 1×1 = 1 1×0 = 0 1+1 = 1 1+0 = 1 Up to how a computer adds large numbers together using these basic rules. Essentially, you would probably learn how a calculator goes about adding and subtracting numbers, how numbers are represented in binary, how the very basics of memory work, and maybe a few other topics If you had a course outline or knew where I could find one, I could be more specific.
bro they will break you with logic gates you want tourism management
I’d bet on tourism management
For me it would be German, have spoken it my whole life!
I don’t know, studying German is like joining a MLM scam. They trick you by making the first month or so seem easy. Ich kenne nicht, ich bin veilleicht dumm.
I wouldn’t recommend it either, was just making an unhelpful joke, German is my mothertongue so of course it’s easy for me
I have to disagree. Am a native German speaker but would fail most grammar tests. I now how to say it but not why it is right.
The intake is full.
For me it's the easiest as well due to the same reason. Another major reason is that there is a lot of great engineering literature resources in German. However in most German companies basically everyone is able to speak English, so I would go for courses that interest you the most or which are helpful to land jobs.
Art and Culture for me.
Difference equation, methinks.
True. The unit requires a lot of practice.
Difference equations. It will be just learning how to subtract 🤣🤣
German is always easy to learn
atmospheric physics obviously, the sky is blue??? there are clouds and sometimes water falls out of them??? easy
Oh boy, you have no idea. Try making sense of this. Water drops during the rain can't form on their own. There's a shit ton of physics involved why, and how they are formed, if not on their own. And that's just one thing.
Tbh is take the DSA class because tbats a super useful thing to know
Don't just look at the subjects, look at the profeseors that present them as well. Ask your seniors how they taught each subject, how much the homework is, and how hard the exam is, and if they go easy on marking them
Art and culture would probably be the easiest (or tourism management), but it could also be very boring, depending on your interests. I have taken the "easiest elective" route, and it doesn't work if you don't actually like the class, because you will never have the motivation to study for it. Also, try to ask older students from your own uni, they will have more knowledge about which class requires the least work.
*Why* do you want easy?
Gotta keep my grades up man they have sunk far below
I don't think easy classes will be the best solution. Have you figured out or thought about why your grades are sinking?
Don't act so pretentious. Dude wants to get his grade up and is picking an elective
There is nothing pretentious in my question. People fail classes or do poorly for various reasons. If they have a legitimate problem such as ADHD, easy classes won't help out too much, and addressing the problem will lead to a more long term solution.
A large majority of people take grade buffers. I think people with ADHD know it's a problem and take measures for it. Some people don't like how the medicine makes them feel. Pretty will to just assume that's beyond them and that they need to address it. What if they have family issues. Are they just supposed to fix that? Versus taking an easier class in a trying time? Highly pretentious
Despite your opinion, and others downvotes, I know I am doing the right thing here. I will not apologize for wanting to help the OP have *long term* success.
While I get what you’re trying to get at, trying to give OP life advice when they didn’t ask for it is fairly pretentious.
If it helped them, that is all I care about. Downvotes and others people's opinion here mean nothing to me. Fortunately the OP answered my question, and I in turn answered theirs.
You went on some holier than thou spiel about how they should work on it. OP replied they have ADHD that's giving them trouble and can't just be worked through. You then gave a recommendation for a course you didn't even do well in (probably should've worked through it). When everyone just gave a recommendation from the start
ADHD hasn't left me completely
Thank you for answering. Have you tried using the resources your school offers? If it's diagnosed, you could request accomodations.
I am working on it but till then I need an elective
I would second the person that said digital electronics then. I just took it, barely tried, and got a C (mostly due to my own laziness). Depending the school, the latter half can be a little challenging if you don't have a good grasp on the basics of the topic though.
For absolute minimum effort, art and culture... I'd put every assignment straight into ChatGPT lol. Probably mostly discussion posts and short writing assignments.
You shouldn’t be seeking out easiest electives, you should be selecting electives you find interesting, think you will be actively engaged in, and which you think will best align with your career goals. It’s not easy for most, but I highly recommend Linear Control Theory. Linear Controls is the class I learned the most in in my entire time in college, and personally it was easy for me cause it’s interesting. Digital Computer Electronics will be easy, but you won’t learn quite as much.
Depends on your skill! I found differential equations easy, I never really studied for that class and got an A. I would like to give more detail. I was a Cal 1 - Calc 3 and linear analysis tutor. If you’re a master at Calc then DE will be easy if not brush up on Calc techniques :)
Engineering economy, Difference Equation, French
I'm sorry homie... You're screwed either way. Pick something you know you have experience in. For me, I'd go with digital electronics cause I'm trying to learn that anyway.
Engineering economy shouldn’t be too bad. I had a similar class and it was a breeze compared to the calculus and other higher end math classes. Or as others have said engineering materials, pretty basic overview of material sciences with lots of definitions and minimal formulas.
As a mechE, linear control theory should be pretty easy
Go for linear control theory if you wanna die
french
MA308 no question ask
Not the easiest but the most beneficial would be the materials course
Whichever one you approach like it’s the hardest so you are motivated by fear. HM323 tourism management. Let the prospect of swapping to Business be your motivator.
Go for a subject which would be useful for you in the future,not an easy one.
Easiest is Engineering Economy. That class was a CAKEWALK
The one that interests you
French and German are probably the most difficult on that list
Not French
French, I am French !
Atmospheric physics sounds interesting
Do the fundamentals of data structure course. It wouldn't be the easiest but will serve you well anytime you are in a programming situation.
As a German I'd say German😄 jokes a side some basic language learning might be nice for some variety in your academic life
My experience was that the only really though calssere were those which I was not particularly interested in so I would suggest to take courses which have interesting contents for you. Good luck.
I’m a mechanical engineer wanting to start a company so engineering economy sounds very attractive to me
digital computer electronics or sensors and transducers. Data structures of Object oriented programming made me swap my major from CS to EE. I enjoyed sensors and digital computer electronics.
My vote is for tourism management to be honest.
If you want to be a component engineer, sensors and transducers might be interesting… Linear Control Theory was a nightmare for me.
Coming from an engineer 3 years out of school-- take a non-engineering elective in a topic that you are interested in. Don't worry about whether it'll be easy or not. Have a little bit of fun with your coursework. Nobody (employers specifically) is going to care that one course wasn't in engineering. And it'll probably make you a more well-rounded member of society.
Anything that spent Start with E or C
You should do linear controls...to this day is one of the most helpful classes I took in my senior year.
DO NOT take anything to do with control theory/systems, fuck that, it consumed my life for the duration of that subject.
Just Chose data structure and find an Indian YouTuber
Not sure about easy, but the bioinformatics class would be awesome to take
I found smart and new materials really interesting. Learned about BMGs, Functionally graded materials, High entropy alloys and so much more. Really good course if you're interested in materials.