Mechanical/civil Engineering

case885

Hi, just wondering would it be possible to do this course without physics in LC didnt do it as principal put me in economics, not very interested in business and would have an interest in engineering. Would be looking at CIT as they are known for very good engineering degrees. If the work would be too much without any knowledge from Lc is there an plc courses that would be beneficial? Cheers for any help!

budhabob

case885 wrote: »

Hi, just wondering would it be possible to do this course without physics in LC didnt do it as principal put me in economics, not very interested in business and would have an interest in engineering. Would be looking at CIT as they are known for very good engineering degrees. If the work would be too much without any knowledge from Lc is there an plc courses that would be beneficial? Cheers for any help!

Whilst physics would be an advantage, it wouldn't be necessary. I did my undergrad initially in CIT and they very much start with the basics and work from there....that's the benefit of the IT system in my view.

case885

budhabob wrote: »

Whilst physics would be an advantage, it wouldn't be necessary. I did my undergrad initially in CIT and they very much start with the basics and work from there....that's the benefit of the IT system in my view.

Thanks for the reply. Did you do mechanical engineering? I know a few lads in physics (smart lads) and theyre doing pass as they found it tough, so would it be something you have to have a grá for or doable with plenty work?

budhabob

case885 wrote: »

Thanks for the reply. Did you do mechanical engineering? I know a few lads in physics (smart lads) and theyre doing pass as they found it tough, so would it be something you have to have a grá for or doable with plenty work?

Sorry should have stated I did Civil Engineering in CIT. I'm not quite sure what you are asking in the second question. Physics isnt taught as a subject in itself in Civil Engineering, it is an aspect of the majority of subjects however. As stated above, not doing LC physics wont disadvantage you, in Civil Eng anyway, cant speak for Mech Eng.

Thats my opinion anyway, others may differ.

Dermighty

I'm in final year Mech Eng.

If you are bad at maths then you may have trouble with this course. I can't speak about grades or what level you need going in as it's different for everyone but I can say that you have a maths module every semester and you also have mechanics (like physics) and thermofluids (also like physics).

I never did physics and it doesn't matter. What is handy about physics is using formulas and being able to go back and forth between calculations efficiently.

It is impossible to avoid maths, of some sort, in engineering and the further up the qualifications ladder you go the more advanced the maths gets.

Everyone starts from scratch and they teach each subject from the very beginning. It's my opinion that unless you have learning difficulties like dyslexia then you can't fail the mathematical subjects unless you don't go to your lectures, don't have notes, don't study, or want to fail.

mawk

I did mech. They teach it very much from scratch. But you really do need to be willing to put in study.

I don't know about recent years but maths used to have about 50% failure in first year.

It's not actually that hard but you need to work

case885

Dermighty wrote: »

I'm in final year Mech Eng.

If you are bad at maths then you may have trouble with this course. I can't speak about grades or what level you need going in as it's different for everyone but I can say that you have a maths module every semester and you also have mechanics (like physics) and thermofluids (also like physics).

I never did physics and it doesn't matter. What is handy about physics is using formulas and being able to go back and forth between calculations efficiently.

It is impossible to avoid maths, of some sort, in engineering and the further up the qualifications ladder you go the more advanced the maths gets.

Everyone starts from scratch and they teach each subject from the very beginning. It's my opinion that unless you have learning difficulties like dyslexia then you can't fail the mathematical subjects unless you don't go to your lectures, don't have notes, don't study, or want to fail.

I am doing ordinary level maths was capable of higher but didnt put in enough of work as i had 8 H level subjects. I love sections like area and volume, trigonometry and to a degree geometry. Its the physics side i was more worried about but i think i am underestimating the maths in course.

Dermighty

case885 wrote: »

I am doing ordinary level maths was capable of higher but didnt put in enough of work as i had 8 H level subjects. I love sections like area and volume, trigonometry and to a degree geometry. Its the physics side i was more worried about but i think i am underestimating the maths in course.

You'd better learn to love calculus because it's most of what you'll be doing maths wise for your entire time at college.

krustycustomer

I did Mech Eng in CIT, and I didnt do any study for the leaving cert at all whatsoever, did pass everything. Found the maths ok but I worked at the lab reports as they actually take 70% off the workload of studying for exams as I was up to date and understood things rather than craming.

Regarding the maths, I gave up going to the whatever 4 hours a week classes when I found the tutorial ( 1 hour a week, think it was fri morn, 1 tutor, was usually 3-6 students attending so it was basically a grind and summed up the week of classes 1to1 style, also started exam prep earlier than the timetabled class and went through lots more past papers. Id advise to look out for more of those tutor classes, theyre usually run by students who are on a similar level to undergrads but can be a lot more approachable when you need help - dont be afraid to burden them with questions every week!

Stone Deaf 4evr

Did civil eng in CIT myself, the physics part wont be a problem as only a small fraction of it is on the course itself and its all covered from the beginning anyway. Maths is more important, HL would be an advantage but if you put in the work you'll get through it.

Dermighty

krustycustomer wrote: »

I did Mech Eng in CIT, and I didnt do any study for the leaving cert at all whatsoever, did pass everything. Found the maths ok but I worked at the lab reports as they actually take 70% off the workload of studying for exams as I was up to date and understood things rather than craming.

Regarding the maths, I gave up going to the whatever 4 hours a week classes when I found the tutorial ( 1 hour a week, think it was fri morn, 1 tutor, was usually 3-6 students attending so it was basically a grind and summed up the week of classes 1to1 style, also started exam prep earlier than the timetabled class and went through lots more past papers. Id advise to look out for more of those tutor classes, theyre usually run by students who are on a similar level to undergrads but can be a lot more approachable when you need help - dont be afraid to burden them with questions every week!

Don't do this.