My Hardest Engineering Classes

The classes mentioned in this video probably would not be categorized as the 'hardest engineering' classes in my curriculum, but there are some that stood out as difficult for me. This will differ from person to person but regardless of your major just note that there will likely be some classes you struggle with more than others.

[sebram]

Personally, the hardest classes I had as an electrical engineering depended on the professor and the effort I put into it. Obviously some classes are harder than others but I simply put more time and effort into the class and it made the Class easier.

[Shadowgangster]

“Each course preys on different weaknesses”

EDIT: Origin of the quote



Calc2 professor said this when he and i were debating what was so hard

Like visualizing is your weakness
Then study up the graphs of sin cos tan and inverse functions

Cylindrical method disc and washer prey on it

Rush too quick ?
Integrating might be the poison for you especially when you need to integrate twice over

Is notation your problem?
Then series might be annoying for you

In a sense each topic will prey on different weaknesses just like the future courses you take.
Its whether or not you overcome them that determines your success in the class.
-Jporus

[PrinceAbiS]

Looking at your course flowchart and descriptions it seems like you graduated from Cal Poly SLO, this is my final quarter in Software Engineering and sometimes I wonder how I got through all of my coursework! Props!!!

[NihselV]

Oh Modern Physics. I remember taking that course and trying to solve schrodingers and doing time dialations.

[hidude]

This video actually defines why electrical and electronic engineering are some of the hardest engineerings.

[trapcracker]

DUDE! I’m a computer engineering major and I HATED my class with Assembly. Assembly is the most primitive language there is and I’m glad to see someone else struggled with. This makes me feel better that this is one of the harder classes.

[natharajguendaraju]

I feel u bro. assembly language is one of the toughest class for me.

[jancarlovalencia]

You know it would be cool to see the courses you enjoyed the most and maybe some series on what courses are really career-helpful and/or enjoyable for different majors

[kevinpoulet]

Hardest course i’ve taken in building engineering is fluid mechanics

[Dyaxxis]

I actually did very well in those courses when I took them for my BSEE probably because:

1. I did NOT attend your university and I earned my degree almost 19 years ago. This means my university and its professors could be "easier" or "harder." Too many variables for me to approach in those regards.

2. I actually was experimenting with electricity and electronics when many later tube based and early solid-state electronic kits were easily found from a wide variety of sources. I was spending time with some "mainframe" computers (DEC PDP-8 and PDP-11) as well as assembly programming with early Z80 and 8080 CPU's.

3. I earned several "technical associate degrees" before taking on the BSEE. Those technical degrees were "Electronics Tech" and "Computer Information Systems." Only a couple of ET courses and only a few of the CIS were transferrable into the BSEE, but what I learned was retained in my mind.

Now, I've completed an MSEE and earned my PE licensure. Looking back, I believe those courses were easy because of the previous knowledge and experience gained as described above.

[abdulqader.a]

as an electrical engineer the most course i struggled with is "physics 101" and "digital circuits design" and "electromangantics 102" :)
it's so wierd ro include physics 101 there but i did put a work to that class more than any course before, like IDK how people were getting an easy A in it while i was just knocking my head, i did get an A at the last but it was SO hard

[karlsuarez]

I struggled with Electromagnetic Radioation class. Barely passed it.

[alexalexq]

I am going into my second year of electrical engineering and I love the "programming" parts of this major.

[manslayerpupil]

Totally agree with the Assembly and Computer Architecture course! MIPS is the devil. I'm 1st semester junior myself for EE after working radars and power conversion in the Navy for 6 years.

[itsAlbert]

Man, I'm also an electrical engineering graduate and Computer Architecture was by far my favourite course.

[worldedit]

I thank again for your videos. It really helps and motivate me

[kristinaramljak]

I'm enjoying your videos sooo much, thank you for the effort and making me more interested in engineering

[CEA]

I guess the good thing is that you can basically find what is your strong suit in an engineering discipline. For EE for example that might be High Voltage Power Systems, Analog/Digital Signal Processing, or Embedded Systems. Key thing is to play to your strengths and use that to your advantage. Undergrad is good in that you get broad knowledge of the field. Whereas masters from my understanding is where you specialize in a concentration area deeply.

[Soundillusionsxyz]

Zach, I wish you could make a personalized schedule for me now that a new semester has started. You had such control of your classes and your time while you were in school I can't believe it. I'm still struggling to figure out the best way to learn and the most efficient methods to use for time management. Maybe I'm over thinking like I always do. Just know that you're a genius in my eyes and very industrious. You're a great example so keep the videos coming.

[danielc]

Recently went back college after 10 years and I’m stuck on which field of computer science to take xD I’m so lost .