mechatronics eng and nanotech, what are they like? all recommendations welcome (1 Viewer)

[batigol]

hi all, im currently at school now and is wondering what those courses are like and how uni ppl are finding them. i also hear from a few ppl that these are relatively new courses so theres not a lot of job prospects, that true?

 

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you don't technically specialise in mechatronics until 3rd year. You do the same course as mechanical/naval/aerospace for the first 2 years. Since i'm only a first year I can't comment much on mechatronics sorry . From what I can tell first year is just standard maths/science with a few extra dud subjects.

But from what i've seen mecha is a lot of mucking around with coding/CAD and some of the later year projects look good

no comment on nano sorry, don't know anything about it

 

[batigol]

that sounds gud actually. theres one more thing, can u tell me the extend that computing is involved in any of these courses, or is there computing involved at all? im not very gud at computer stuff..lol, so if yes is the case, do i hav to do a bridging course, or this doesnt matter at all? thank u

 

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mech1500 - computing 1M is the first year computing course, its only a 3 unit course but the topics are VERY hard (I seriously think it's 2nd/3rd year maths - I'm don't understand any of the theory, I just tried to remember the equations for the finals )

You can have a peek at the lecture notes here

Don't get intimidated, I doubt most people understand ALL of the notes (lecturer is also a bit lost...). Personally I think it's a bit of a joke subject (mid session and final session being completely multiple choice and mid session being the exact same as the previous years so like everyone got 100%)

If your going to specialise in mechatronics then you'll inevitably have to deal with computers more than the other specialisations.

You'll probably automatically improve your computing skills soon enough since a lot of courses involves use of computers.