just out of curiosity...modern physics

[glia25]

how many of you were required to take a "modern physics" general physics class?

at my school one semester is spent on E&M AND mechanics while second semester includes special relativity and other forms of modern physics...

does any other school follow suit?

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[135892]

That's kind of strange... how do you learn all of mechanics and electromagnetism in one semester, unless this is some sort of condensed version for those who had already taken it in high school or something. Modern physics is a pretty interesting class though, and kind of useful too, I guess.

 

[silverlining1]

I took physics at UCI and seem to remember there being modern physics in the third quarter.

 

[niranjan162]

we had lots of em and some relativity. What mechanics are you taking about levers and such?

 

[glia25]

our physics class is, i guess in some sense, condensed (although our semesters are shorter than normal so all of our classes seem a bit rushed anyhow)...we don't discuss levers at all or pulleys, which makes studying for the MCAT somewhat difficult, but the E and M topics as well as other aspects of classical mechanics are covered fully...

i just found it a bit strange that the two semesters of introductory physics at my school seem somewhat far from introductory...and as I am not a physics major, it's a bit unfortunate that I am learning completely unapplicable information...although it is interesting and forces you to think in an abstract manner...

 

[niranjan162]

our physics class is, i guess in some sense, condensed (although our semesters are shorter than normal so all of our classes seem a bit rushed anyhow)...we don't discuss levers at all or pulleys, which makes studying for the MCAT somewhat difficult, but the E and M topics as well as other aspects of classical mechanics are covered fully...

i just found it a bit strange that the two semesters of introductory physics at my school seem somewhat far from introductory...and as I am not a physics major, it's a bit unfortunate that I am learning completely unapplicable information...although it is interesting and forces you to think in an abstract manner...

maybe your takiing the engineering physics

 

[squrlgrl007]

It was not required at my school, I did take it as an audit tho. I never could have doen well actually taking the class, but it was very interesting.

 

[135892]

our physics class is, i guess in some sense, condensed (although our semesters are shorter than normal so all of our classes seem a bit rushed anyhow)...we don't discuss levers at all or pulleys, which makes studying for the MCAT somewhat difficult, but the E and M topics as well as other aspects of classical mechanics are covered fully...

i just found it a bit strange that the two semesters of introductory physics at my school seem somewhat far from introductory...and as I am not a physics major, it's a bit unfortunate that I am learning completely unapplicable information...although it is interesting and forces you to think in an abstract manner...

Well, I would say that the material in modern physics is just as applicabale as the material encountered in mechanics or E&M, even moreso depending on what field you go into. But yeah, it does kind of suck that you have to take the class if you don't want to... it also uses a lot more math than a a typical pre-med student would have to take.

 

[jult24er]

Well, I would say that the material in modern physics is just as applicabale as the material encountered in mechanics or E&M, even moreso depending on what field you go into. But yeah, it does kind of suck that you have to take the class if you don't want to... it also uses a lot more math than a a typical pre-med student would have to take.

If your patient is moving at or near the speed of light?

 

[BlueElmo]

Modern physics is a really interesting subject. If you like physics, you should take it for the sake of learning. But only if it won't bring your GPA down... we are pre-meds after all.🙂

 

[glia25]

tell me about it...i wouldn't be taking this class if i weren't premed and it is the second half of our introductory physics set...aka when asked to take 2 semesters of lab physics, this is the second half that you are essentially required to take...

no other option, but sit and struggle...and if my patient were moving near the speed of light, i now know that their watch would read a time earlier than my own and they would seem shorter to me...oh the wonders of modern physics