UT Austin石油工程管学生毕业的教授叫Dr.Johns，对于学生的engineering backgroud class要求很严，我在这里给大家讲讲，希望引起广大中国同学的重视，尤其是不是engineering background的同学。建议大家提前做好准备，，在不必要的地方栽跟头。今年我们两个中国同学都遇到了这样的麻烦。
系里主要要求如下的几门课：
Statics (静力学）：
Thermodynamics
Chemistry
Physics
differential equations （其实我们学的高数就可以，基本上没问题）
翻译成绩单的时候最好能够翻译成这样的字样，自然没问题。
里面比较tricky的是statics。 国内好多同学都是学的力学课包含静力学，动力学，运动学，其实学的比要求的多多了。 但是如果成绩单上面没有写清楚，这样可能就会有麻烦。 如果有以前的笔记，作业，书最好也带上。如果是在找不到了，建议大家在来之前最好从学校找一个你的力学课的course description（能让学校老师签字最好，列上这门课包含的静力学的内容，最好能够说明这个课程是给engineering school的）。
另外很多同学可能是从大学物理课中学到这方面的内容，这种情况估计就只能自己保留作业，笔记，course description的方法了。
下面是这门课的syllabus, 供大家参考。
http://users.ices.utexas.edu/~sebnem/Statics/下面是Johns今天发的信，关于这个问题。
Background Course Requirements
De:
owner-utpen-grads@lists.cc.utexas.edu en nombre de Russell T. Johns (
rjohns@mail.utexas.edu)
Enviado:
martes, 11 de diciembre de 2007 02:57:22 p.m.
Responder a:
rjohns@mail.utexas.eduPara:
utpen-grads@lists.cc.utexas.eduHello,
I want to remind all graduate students that it is your responsibility
to satisfy all background course requirements. All students need to
have taken four out of the five petroleum engineering "area"
courses. In addition, all students need to have taken courses in
chemistry, physics, differential equations, engineering mechanics
(statics), and thermodynamics. These background courses could have
been taken at any school in the world, but you must provide evidence
that you have had these courses in order to graduate. The best
evidence is that the title "thermodynamics" or "statics or
engineering mechanics" appears on your transcript. Otherwise, you
will need to provide documentation (old homeworks, tests, and
textbook) that demonstrate that the course listed on your transcript
satisfies one of these requirements. Please do not wait until your
last week to verify that you have satisfied these requirements.
Nearly students who come here without an engineering degree should
take EM306 (statics) and thermodynamics. You will likely have had
chemistry/physics, and mathematics - but you should make sure.
Russ.
Dr. Russell T. Johns
Pioneer Corporation Faculty Fellowship
Department of Petroleum Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX 78712-1061
512-471-1267 (office)
512-471-9605 (fax)
rjohns@mail.utexas.edu
