Right now I'm taking nine credit hours, the maximum BYU will allow during a Spring/Summer term (which are only half as long as the standard semesters.) I'm also working part-time as a custodian in the Cannon Center Cafeteria (where I also take full advantage of employee meal benefits, :-) )
One course I'm taking is ME 501: Stress Analysis and Design.
This class is nuts. Out of the twenty-something students in the class, I'm one of four undergraduates...the rest are graduate students. It's a graduate-level course, but as an undergrad, I have the option of taking it as a "technical elective" for my BS degree. Oh, and there are no females in this class.
Here's a sample of some of the homework we do:
I average about eight pages per assignment. It's maddening, and nearly impossible without outside help. Fortunately, the professor leaves the homework solutions in the classroom for students to check with (under the assumption that, as graduate students, we're motivated enough to take the time to learn the material and not merely copy.) On our first test I spent a solid hour on the first question, even though I exactly what I was doing.
Who would've thought aircraft components could be so complicated?
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