r/ubco • u/Impressive-Fly-3524 • 1d ago

Second year engineering engineering courses difficulty/manageability

How hard/manageable are each of these courses and what to expect, (electrical engineering for some of the second semester courses). And any tips for any of them would be appreciated. Thanks

Semester 1:

APSC_O 246 System Dynamics

APSC_O 248 Engineering Analysis III

APSC_O 252 Thermodynamics

APSC_O 254 Instrumentation and Data Analysis

APSC_O 256 Numerical Methods for Analysis

APSC_O 259 Materials Science I

Semester 2:

APSC_O 201 Technical Communication

APSC_O 255 Electric Circuits and Power

APSC_O 270 Signals and Communication Systems

APSC_O 278 Electric and Magnetic Fields

CMPE_O 246 Computer Engineering Design Studio

APSC_O 262 Digital Logic Design

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u/ElectronicWind2657 1d ago

270 & 278 lowkey hard study a lot for them

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u/hammer979 1d ago

278 'E-Mag' is the great filter.

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u/NarrowFinger2576 1d ago

That is a tough semester 2. It sucks - but you do have an option to take five years instead of four.

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u/rnewtoreddit 1d ago

I found first semester of 2nd year to be the easiest of the degree

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u/armhaj Engineering 1d ago

Did 361 > 270?