Physics?

[MrCoffee]

Hey folks,
Im taking physics and i thoroughly ENJOY it, but im wondering if its necessary, Im pretty ambitious and want to get a bachelor of technology. Is physics good thing to have? It says in the IT school i want to attend i just nneed to graduate and english and math :P

[Angrist]

If you like it and you want something technological, take physics! Even if you won't need the actual subjects, you learn a way of solving problems.

I finished school with English, Dutch, French, math, physics, chemics and biology.

[gekko]

Depends on the field you plan on going into. If you plan on being a network technician, physics won't help you in the least. If you plan on going the programming field, physics may be required, may not. Depends what type of application you plan on developing. Business and web won't require physics, but programming games or other simulations require physics.

[MrCoffee]

okay, well my ultimate goal would be a nice job working for a large game design company like EA or Ubisoft...maybe even Valve...I enjoy taking it...just wanted to know how useful it was, I plan on graduating with:
Math12 English12 ComputerInfoSystemsAP(right now I maintain the lab and am Rsyncing OS's to every computer in the lab) I also will be tkaing PsychologyAP and something else...dno yet

[Dylflon]

Pfff, nobody needs physics.

But we do need psychics. All seeing into the future and whatnot.

[Dyne]

Physics was my science in high school, and even though I sucked to high hell, I haven't regretted it so far.

[Neo]

Pfff, nobody needs physics.



You must die now.

[Typhoid]

Physics only has one use, and one use only.

When I find out what that is, I'll get back to you.

[ZebraRampage]

I had to take Physics 1 and Physics 2 last year as a part of my freshman engineering curriculum. The tests were hard as hell, but it's definitely the best science. If you're getting a degree in technology it will probably be very helpful to learn about the electromagnetism stuff. So as I see it, it's probably a good thing for you to take.

[MrCoffee]

so will Physics 11 be good or should I take Physics 12

[Dylflon]

You must die now.

Bring it. I am prepared to throw down. Right here in the Murder Dome!

[Dyne]

so will Physics 11 be good or should I take Physics 12

It's good to have 12 for post-secondary. And from what I hear, it's more of the same. I personally didn't take it.

[ZebraRampage]

so will Physics 11 be good or should I take Physics 12

I'm assuming that Physics 12 is like any common Physics 2 class, and usually you have to take Physics 1 as a pre-requisite for Physics 2, so don't worry about it. I'm just assuming that that's the case though. I only took physics 1 in high school, and well there was a bit of the stuff from physics 2 in that class, but hardly anyway, and when I took both of those classes in college I was fine. I'm sure that if you do eventually go to the school that you're looking into, that you'll take the subjects that you need for the degree that you're looking for, so don't worry too much about it.

[Ric]

If you really want to succeed in life academically then it always helps to have qualifications under your belt. You will always have the added bonus and bragging rights on your C.V (Curriculum Vitae) when applying for employment, that little something extra over the other 300 people with the same qualifications, applying for the same job, your job :)

There's also the fact that life will never go the way you plan it. You may find in the future that the line you are following in your career does not end up, practically, being what you expected, does not prove to be financially viable, new aspirations will emerge and you may get bored of it, circumstances and your outlook on life may... will change :)

Basically what I am saying is that it will, in the long run, give you something to fall back on to. I study things myself even now, 4 years out of education that I had no interest in whatsoever at the time.

Read Stephen Hawkins Brief History Of Time

[Neo]

Physics class is like a jar of Peter Pan peanut butter. It can be smooth, creamy, and satisfying, but every now and then you have to send it back because it's contaminated with salmonella.


Actually come to think of it, it's really nothing like that.

[KillerGremlin]

engineering...mmm

i like physics, it's far superior to chem and bio

i'll probably end up getting to a level 3 or 4 physics class...maybe quantum

[D-Man]

Physics is da bomb! I'm studying physics engineering right now. This summer I've got a research job and I'm going to work with super powerful femtosecond Ti-Sapphire lasers which I'm gonna shoot on gold nanoparticles.

[manasecret]

Physics is da bomb! I'm studying physics engineering right now. This summer I've got a research job and I'm going to work with super powerful femtosecond Ti-Sapphire lasers which I'm gonna shoot on gold nanoparticles.

...buh?


Where are you doing that? That would be an awesome research job.

[gekko]

okay, well my ultimate goal would be a nice job working for a large game design company like EA or Ubisoft...maybe even Valve...I enjoy taking it...just wanted to know how useful it was, I plan on graduating with:
Math12 English12 ComputerInfoSystemsAP(right now I maintain the lab and am Rsyncing OS's to every computer in the lab) I also will be tkaing PsychologyAP and something else...dno yet

Working for a game developer means nothing. There's still a million jobs related to the development of a game. Actually, not quite a million.

Playability Testers
Compatibility Testers
Game Analysts
Interface Designers
Level Designers
Game Designers
Engine Programmers
Tools Programmers
Graphics Game Programmers
Networking Programmers
AI Programmers
Audio Programmers
Character Animator
Environmental Modeler
Skins Artists
Texture Artists
Cinematic Artists
Marketing Artists
Producers

Closer to 20 :p

My point is, whether or not it will apply to you has to do with what specifically you want to do. If you want to be a programmer, physics may or may not apply to you. It would be incredibly helpful to know, but you may work as an AI programmer, tools programmer, or audio programmer. None of those require physics, however if you become an engine programmer you will need to know a lot of physics in order to make the physics engine.

Regardless, you're not landing a job out of high school. Your first concern is getting into college, and the more challenging classes you take, the better you will look. If you plan on getting into game development, you will need to take a ton of math, and some physics (mainly motion dynamics).

If you go looking for a job with a Computer Science major and Physics minor, with some solid demos under your belt, you would be looked highly upon for a job working on a physics engine. But if you're looking to get into design or something like that, it's useless.

[MrCoffee]

I was thinking about getting a bachelor of technology
Diploma of Technology - http://bcit.ca/study/programs/550adiplt
Bachelor of Technology - http://bcit.ca/study/programs/820cbtech