/sci/ - Science & Math

[Anonymous No.10415382]

Which science is the "easiest" (by easiest I mean I can take 3 courses with lab per semester and still get reasonably good grades As and Bs)?

I just realized Im only 6 credits away from finishing my BA in philosophy and am looking for something else to do especially over the summer where philosophy courses are scarce. Chemistry looks interesting but Im a complete dilettante and fear I'd be overwhelmed by taking 3 courses+lab a semester.

>take compsci or engineering!

1. compsci is boring as hell and requires more credits than I have to spare and engineering is only available as a BS which out of the question, and also requires a boatload of credits im unable to spare.

[Anonymous No.10415394]

>>10415382
Physics

[Anonymous No.10415403]

>>10415382
It depends. Anything can be difficult. Assuming reading and writing and memorizing isn't tough for you, then maybe something like Biology.
Have you done some trig in high school? Maybe Astronomy. That's a middle road between math and general "facts."
In my experience, the gen ed science classes are a lot like the high school equivalents, in terms of the kind of work. Just keep that in mind before doing physics or chemistry. You're really trying to figure out procedures for the gen ed, more than independent work. On the other side of the spectrum is Biology, which is more "facts" based, rather than problem based.

[Anonymous No.10415408]

>>10415403
>On the other side of the spectrum is Biology, which is more "facts" based, rather than problem based.

That's what turns me off from biology desu.

[Anonymous No.10415414]

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[Anonymous No.10415420]

[Anonymous No.10415428]

>>10415420
damn feels good to have a big ass brain

[Anonymous No.10415430]

>>10415382
>Which science is the "easiest" (by easiest I mean I can take 3 courses with lab per semester and still get reasonably good grades As and Bs)?

CS

>requires more credits than I have to spare

Do credit overloads. The courses are easy as fuck.

[Anonymous No.10415434]

>>10415430
are you sure?

[Anonymous No.10415447]

>>10415430
>>10415434
If he's doing his gen ed reqs, Comp Sci might not fulfill those.
If any old credit will do, and he's just looking for some science class out of interest, than I guess yes.
Basic Comp Sci and Philosophy have some overlap, too. The same kind of logical thinking and categorical analysis come into play.

If it is for gen ed reqs, consider physical anthropology, too, if applicable. At my college, it's considered just science that fulfills gen ed requirements, not a social science req like regular anthropology.

[Anonymous No.10415451]

>>10415447
I finished all of my gen ed courses (~30 credits) and am nearly finished with my philosophy courses ( I'll have 24 by the end of this semester, All I need after this is 6 more credits+a research paper)

When all is said and done i'll have 70 credits with 50 more to go. I can do a whole other major as long as it's a BA.

[Anonymous No.10415456]

>>10415382
I don't understand how american education works. How can you think four courses is too much? And how could you be allowed to take science or engineering courses to finish a philosophy degree?

[Anonymous No.10415460]

>>10415382
>Chem Major
>Year 1:
Calculus 1&2 <or AP Calc>
Gen Chem 1&2 + Lab <or AP Chem>
Analytical Chem

>Year 2:
Calculus 3 and/or Linear Algebra
Orgo 1&2 + Labs
Physics for Premeds 1&2

>Year 3:
Inorganic 1&2
Pchem 1&2 + Lab (Thermal Chem + Quantum Chem)
Instrumental Analysis
<Biochem>

>Year 4:
<fucking nothing>

>Physics Major
>Year 1:
Calculus 1&2 <or AP Calc>
Gen Chem 1&2 + Lab <or AP Chem>
University Physics 1&2 + Lab

>Year 2:
Calculus 3, Linear Algebra, Ordinary Differential Equations
Physics 3
Classical Mechanics 1&2
Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
Electronics crash course/lab

>Year 3
Partial Differential Equations, Complex Variables
Electrodynamics 1&2
Quantum Mechanics 1&2
Modern Physics Lab
Scientific Programming

>Year 4 <electives>
Analysis, Abstract Algebra, Differential Geometry
Solid State Physics
Nuclear and Particle Physics
General Relativity
Optics and Lazors
Mathematical Physics

>Astro Major
>Year 1:
Calculus 1&2 <or AP Calc>
Gen Chem 1&2 + Lab <or AP Chem>
University Physics 1&2 + Lab

>Year 2:
Calculus 3, Linear Algebra, Ordinary Differential Equations
Physics 3
Classical Mechanics 1&2
Intro to Astro 1&2
Electronics crash course/lab

>Year 3
Electrodynamics 1&2
Quantum Mechanics 1&2
Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
Optical Telescope Lab
Radio Telescope Lab
Scientific Programming

>Year 4 <electives>
Cosmology be banging
Galaxy so big, so wow
Stars: how the fuck do they work
Optics and Lazors
Nuclear and Particle Physics
General Relativity
Mathematical Physics
How to lie for dat grant money, or Intro to Statistics

[Anonymous No.10415471]

>>10415382
biology is a free A for the first 3 courses in the intro series

[Anonymous No.10415476]

>>10415456
> How can you think four courses is too much?

four courses is considered to be full time. It what you're supposed to take a student if you have a part time job, which I have. If I didn't have to work I could take 5 or 6 courses.

>And how could you be allowed to take science or engineering courses to finish a philosophy degree?

There's a distinction between a BA and a BS. The BA as a degree is the traditional college pursued by people who wanted to be academics. It's more broad in it's scope so it allows you major in two subjects. hard sciences, humanities and social sciences are offered under the BA category

The BS was traditionally only offered at technical school and is geared towards people who are pursing a field as a vocation, so the scope of the degree is usually more focused and particular and doesn't allowed you double major. Engineering and business degrees and vocation oriented variations of hard sciences are offered as BS.

[Anonymous No.10415477]

>>10415451
just graduate early desu

[Anonymous No.10415480]

>>10415451
what are your career plans?

[Anonymous No.10415482]

>>10415477
I can't. I still need 50 credits.

[Anonymous No.10415496]

>>10415480
Originally I wanted to go to law school and that's still a possibility, but I getting turned off by the idea. I'd pursue philosophy in graduate school, but philosophy departments are notoriously small the amount of people graduating with PhDs and people getting tenured is ridiculous (it's like 200 to 1). Im sort of inert right now, just stuck in a place where im sure what i'd like to do. I'd like to study English because I love reading and literary criticism, but I don't see academic English going anywhere but into circle jerking about how white the literary canon is.

[Anonymous No.10415501]

>>10415496
plus all the good writers and critics weren't academics and if they were they did nothing but shit on academia.

The hard sciences are thankfully "poz-proof" since it tries extremely hard to be objective and disconnected from biases.

[Anonymous No.10415520]

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[Anonymous No.10415801]

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[Anonymous No.10416481]

>>10415496
>but I getting turned off by the idea
Why?

[Anonymous No.10416493]

>>10415382
Math. No labs/bullshit + for other subjects you've got to learn both math and the subject.

[Anonymous No.10416771]

>>10416493
But math is hard

[Anonymous No.10417181]

>>10416481
Lawyers work really long hours for shit pay. It's also quite a scumbag profession that I don't think i'd be any good at.

[Anonymous No.10417229]

>>10415420
>Chemistry
>124

DELETE THIS. People will think that I'm a brainlet.

[Anonymous No.10417232]

>>10415460
Based. Almost no chemistry.

[Anonymous No.10417315]

>>10415382

Geology.

[Anonymous No.10417327]

>>10417315
I took earth science last year and it was one of the worst experiences of my life. My professor was this indian buffoon who did nothing to help us

[Anonymous No.10418856]

>>10417232
There are physics programs that require it

[Anonymous No.10419001]

>>10415496
>>10416481
>go to law school
>accrue massive debt
>end up working long hours doing dull work in solitude
Sounds amazing

[Anonymous No.10419638]

>>10415460
Mathematical Physics looking hot there damn

[Anonymous No.10420424]

>>10417315

[Anonymous No.10420540]

>>10415408
Genetics requires serious critical thinking skills and a decent grasp of statistics and probability.

[Anonymous No.10420550]

>>10415382
biology

[Anonymous No.10420615]

>>10420540
>Genetics requires serious critical thinking skills
Absolutely not, otherwise Dawkins would have failed out.

[Anonymous No.10420642]

>>10415382
Kinesiology, you'll get a bachelor's of science to sell shoes