A Level subjects for Mechanical Engineering

[crimson pollen]

Which A level subjects are required to persue a degree in Mechanical Engineering

[native cypress]

Mathematics

Physics

Further Mathematics

physics and math are like very imp but ucan change the f.math with something like cs

[crimson pollen]

thanks for the info 😄

[supple field]

Maths, further maths, and physics

Don't recommend changing further maths with CS

[crimson pollen]

I see

[crimson pollen]

why so?

[tacit scaffold]

CS is not central to mechanical

unless ur aiming for not necessarily a pure mechanical engineering degree but one of its disciples like mechatronics for example

that time yeah CS over FM

[crimson pollen]

Oh ok, thanks

[forest anchor]

In engineering, maths > anything

Given phys is included

[sacred flower]

My school doesn’t offer Further Maths, I’m not sure on what to choose as an alternative... Chemistry or Computer Science. My school is recommending CS. What is your take

[tacit scaffold]

whatever u prefer really
for mechanical i’d pick chem, again its more relevant to mechanical than cs

however
its not like u dont study cs at all

the first 2 years (before u specialize into a certain field) is general engineering
here you’d take math physics and so on
AND chemistry, cs and so on
whether u like it or not

[sacred flower]

Hi, thanks for replying

Ill be choosing chemistry, as I talked to someone knowledgeable in my school about this

And they said it doesn't really matter if I choose further maths or not

[brisk cloud]

do you really need cs over fm for mechatronics though? I don't think (cie) cs gives you much foundational knowledge which your degree program will build off of. isn't it better to just learn coding outside of ALs and just f maths?

i mean

a lot of it's just memorization

for theory, especially if you compare to the sciences

and the programming you can learn in ALs is way more basic than most courses you'll find online

[tacit scaffold]

its not just about the programming
in mechatronics the theory part of CS is actually arguably as important as just pure coding
you’ll be dealing with motors, sensors etc all of which require some degree of CS theory

is it a requirement? no
that over further math? id argue yes
the further math content you’d study anyway but it isn’t like you’ll start the course and feel behind because u didn’t take further math
for cs it could feel that way if u dont know much

think of FM as an extra u can take if u have everything else sorted out that would genuinely make ur life easier at college simply because you’ve taken the content before
but it doesn’t fill a gap that needs to be filled before u enter college

[brisk cloud]

okay ty