Physics or Math: Which Was More Challenging for Engineering Students?

[animalcroc]

Engineers and engineering majors, what did you find more difficult in your
undergraduate studies, physics or math?

 

[russ_watters]

Engineering majors don't do much pure physics, just the intro courses, so definitely the math is harder.

 

[Astronuc]

I started out in nuclear and astrophysics and migrated to nuclear engineering, which itself involved a fair amount of math and nuclear physics.

I wouldn't say that either the math or physics is harder than the other. They go hand in hand, and get more complex the further one advances. I find the math and physics complementary.

 

[Math Jeans]

I would say that at first physics is easier, but once you get into complex proofs in math, math is suddenly killer.

 

[animalcroc]

It seems that well of the majority of my peers at UCSD have found the intro physics courses more difficult.

I'm straddling the middle.