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Originally Posted by KenWittlief
the answers to these questions (heat transfer) are learned in college Thermodynamics classes
Its normally taken by mechanical engineering students, after taking 4 semesters of calc and one semester of differential equations, and in many university's its one of the 'weed-out' courses (where D is for Diploma :^)
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Yup, I'm taking ME113 (Thermodynamics). I don't need it for EE, but I needed some extra units and it looked interesting. It covers topics more along the lines of power generation from heat engines. However, it looks like heat transfer is covered in the other two thermo classes ("heat transfer in electronics" and "thermal engineering"). They both cover heat transfer, but the one I have to take has an emphasis on heat transfer applications in electronics rather than engines and whatnot.
As for math, thermo's prereq is the last semester of calc. The heat transfer classes need differential equations though.
And, according to the course catalog, ME majors need a C- or better in their thermo classes.