Which subjet in school becomes more important for an architect, Maths or Physics?
I'm pretty concerned cuz i did badly on my maths gcse examinations...but i hope to do well on physics

I think you have to know a little bit of both, but Math is more important for architects and Physics for engineers.

It's all connected though, since to do Physics, you have to know some Math.

Art and Mathare most important. Thats what the profs at my university have told me. But physics is a goog alternative for maths. I had also big problems in maths but i tried it. Now i know that it would be better if i would have tried it with physics.

Math is the foundation for physics. Physicists joke that mathematicians exist only to serve them. I don't understand how any person could be good at one and not at the other.

At my uni, Physics = Applied Maths. I'm a physicist... what Olaf says is true.... all (and I mean ALL) my courses are maths based!

I would think that maths is more important at high school level - you get introduced to basic calculus which, quite frankly, allows analyse a lot of things mathematically - analysing trends, interpretation of graphs etc. Maths will cover enough mechanics to get by, but you might need Physics too (but then again - they're both the same skill level of maths)

I would also think that chemistry is quite important, as an architect has to know the types of materials he/she might use in a design, the properties of the soil he/she is building on etc

As Galileo said "Maths is the language of nature", this means the 2 are interconnected.

I think that physics may be SLIGHTLY more important for an architect since sometimes it's more important to have right in mind the physical model of something,understand how things work than having the necessary maths tools but having failed to get the true meaning.
Having said that,It is also true that many times we get the phisical meaning of something from the equations so it is not possible to have a full understanding unless we have maths skills....

damn...i should have chosen arts instead of french as an ellective subject :rant:

the results arrive this month ...im so nervous...i i do badly i can't have a high course on Maths for IB :pet:

btw...if I didn't took any art classes during my secondary...does it affect if an university will accept me ?

I would also think that chemistry is quite important, as an architect has to know the types of materials he/she might use in a design, the properties of the soil he/she is building on etc

Architects, in most cases will be advised by material manufacturers and engineers, geotechnicians, etc with regards to these matters. These are specialised fields which are handled by other professionals in the team and are usually not the architect's scope of work.

Dude, if you're in HS, don't worry... It doesn't matter what courses you take, as long as they fill the requirements necessary to get into the program you want to get in.

When I got into university (the computer science program) the university assumed that we had absolutely no knowledge at all about computer science. So the 3 comp-sci courses I took in high school were not necessary. Most university programs assume you have no knowledge in your field and so they teach you from scratch. Even if it says otherwise... For example my first calculus course at uni lists grade 12 calculus as one of its prerequisites, yet many people taking the course had not taken grade 12 calc and still managed to do fine in the course. We also had a lot of foreign students mostly from Asia and these guys had never even touched a computer in their lives before starting university, yet now they are getting A's and B's in comp-sci courses.

Math is the foundation for physics. Physicists joke that mathematicians exist only to serve them. I don't understand how any person could be good at one and not at the other.

And I don't understand why physicists think they can be good at physics, and good at jokes..

My favorite subject is Math, and it's sort of my hobby. I love physics as well, since it incorperates Math and Science, my two favorite subjects (well, math is ahead of science, but you know! :D).

I SAY MATH! :)

Both but for architecture it is more maths, physics is more in the engineering field. Most things now days require some knowledge of maths (even fish mungers :j/k: ).

whooh,glad that maths are more important...I aint so good(still good but..:)) in physics

Both Math an Physics are important.

I hate Calculus!

I have a similar dilemma.

With my Engineering degree, should I do Maths or Physics as a second degree to go with the Eng.?

And I don't understand why physicists think they can be good at physics, and good at jokes..
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They're inseperable, as far as I'm concerned. You can't do anything without physics, and you can't do physics without maths.

'Nuff said. :)

They're inseperable, as far as I'm concerned. You can't do anything without physics, and you can't do physics without maths.

'Nuff said. :)
Aye - bang on Chief :)

After a certain stage, Physics changes from being V = I x R to being Maths problems that are mearly related to the outside world.

Therefore, Engineering = Maths, but with a tangy Physics taste :)

I'ma be taking both Higher Maths & Physics (IB) before University.

I'm not sure where to study though.

I like Quantum Physics so I go for Physics.