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Anonymous Sat Mar 12 22:41:21 2011 No.2691285 [Reply] [Original]

Can anyone tell my why I have to take Calculus to get into Psychology at most universities?

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 22:41:21 2011 No.2691287 to prove you aren't a moron

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 22:42:21 2011 No.2691291 A little introductory analysis never hurt anyone.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 22:42:21 2011 No.2691292 Because American universities are dumb.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 22:42:21 2011 No.2691295 the same reason you had to learn elementary math at school

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 22:43:21 2011 No.2691303 >>2691292 I'm Canadian.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 22:44:21 2011 No.2691307 i'm guessing if you pass then they may pull you out as there's still some hope. otherwise, you're free to continue your psychology curriculum.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 22:45:21 2011 No.2691313 Psych is surprisingly math-heavy for a social science.

>>	Sat Mar 12 22:57:21 2011 No.2691374 because calculus is easy and every college student should know it

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 23:00:21 2011 No.2691393 You don't at most schools. Usually they just need you to get statistics down. >>2691313 Not really. Most analysis is strictly based on case studies.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 23:05:21 2011 No.2691428 >>2691313 gotta know how to manipulate statistics....can't be all lies and damn lies, dontchya know?

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 23:07:21 2011 No.2691442 >>2691374 >take math for liberal artists >Major in languages Calcuwat.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 23:14:21 2011 No.2691502 >>2691393 It's not physics tier math-heavy, but it can be a surprise to people familiar with other social sciences. >>2691428 You don't learn much about manipulating stats in a calc class. Ofc, psych students ALSO take a load of stats classes, too.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 23:19:21 2011 No.2691550 Because all majors require some "junk" courses that vaguely relate to your study. That being said, Calculus is interesting and you should be looking forward to studying it.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 23:22:21 2011 No.2691564 >>2691285 Psychology is very statistics-heavy, I'd be surprised if you went into it without learning statistics. Also my old psych. professor said he had to take four years of philosophy and neurology to get a bachelors in psychology.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 23:24:21 2011 No.2691581 File: 24 KB, 520x390, samsam.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2691564 MFW I can just take all neuro based courses for my psych undergrad.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 23:26:21 2011 No.2691602 >>2691564 I still say we should make it so you have to take four years of psychology and neurology in order to get a bachelors in philosophy.