Physics to mechanics

[Marshalscienceguy]

Would taking physics and Mechanics together make sense? and would taking physics and transitioning to mechanics a good thing and which one would be more reasonable for finding a job afterwards? I decided to either go to school for mechanics or to go to school to become a professor. There is not a lot of schools with in my city and I don't have decent transportation to be traveling past multiple cities so decided to try to find something local because of Ill be using the bus system to get to school. There is no mechanic schools in my city but there is a psychics degree at my local school but at the same time I know teachers have been getting laid off.

[ajb]

Would taking physics and Mechanics together make sense?

Do you mean Mechanical engineering?

 

To me mechanics means the branch of mathematics and physics dealing with the motion of bodies (and maybe fluids and fields also).

[Marshalscienceguy]

Do you mean Mechanical engineering?

 

To me mechanics means the branch of mathematics and physics dealing with the motion of bodies (and maybe fluids and fields also).

So could you possibly take these together or one after the other?

[studiot]

If you are up to the job there are good career prospects if you take Physics as your first degree, specialising in options that will allow you to follow this with postgrad in Mechanical Engineering.

 

Taking things is the other order is not recommended.

 

If you eventually don't like Mech Eng you are a bit stuck with other fields to move on to.

But it is relatively easy to move on from Physics to many other technical disciplines.

 

I know medical doctors, surveyors and undertakers with first degress in Physics.

 

Work from the general to the particular.

 

If all else fails you can go with your first option and you will always be able to predict the future.

 

 

there is a psychics degree at my local school

 

Edited September 8, 2014 by studiot

[swansont]

In my experience a physics mechanics course is more advanced and assumes that you've already been exposed to the basic concepts you'd see in a general physics class. If that's what you mean by mechanics — it's still not clear.

[ajb]

So could you possibly take these together or one after the other?

It is not clear what you are asking nor exactly what you mean by mechanics.

 

I just assume that you mean Mechanical Engineering, but there are also degrees in Engineering Mechanics. The latter is the application of mechanics, as I and swansont understand it to engineering. A standard degree in physics will include some mechanics.

 

Just as an aside, I am looking into some aspects of mechanics myself right now, though I am sure it is very far from what you might call mechanics.

Edited September 8, 2014 by ajb

[studiot]

You would also need basic Physics to first degree level to pursue what swansont and ajb mean by 'mechanics',

So my advice still holds good in this case.

[Marshalscienceguy]

In my experience a physics mechanics course is more advanced and assumes that you've already been exposed to the basic concepts you'd see in a general physics class. If that's what you mean by mechanics — it's still not clear.

Automechanics

[Endy0816]

Are you talking about automotive design or repairing vehicles?

 

Best advice I can give is to determine your own temperament for the work. Some form of job shadowing is a good route to go. Possibly couple that with personality tests to determine some alternative careers that might be of interest.