What are we going to take in college to ba a scientist?

Question

Everytime my little cousin ask me about how to become a scientist i cnt answer it.. so whats the real college course

Answer 1

Lots of people take science courses in college, and even major in science, but most of them do not become "scientists."

To become a professional scientist you will probably have to get at least an MS or probably a PhD in an area of science. Getting a PhD in science would take about ten years after high school and you would have to take about 40 -50 different courses in science, including math.

Virtually all scientists have to know chemistry - it is sometimes called "the central science" because it is necessary for understanding everything in biology, geology, agriculture, medicine, etc. Also, to do well in chemistry and to understand the results of your experiments, you need to know algebra and statistics. In many areas of science it is important to know calculus. So, math is really important.

What really makes the difference between just studying science and being a scientist is, how good are you at problem solving? Scientists spend all day trying to figure out about how the world works. If you are not good at puzzles and solving word problems, and making up word problems, then you would probably not be a very productive scientist.

Answer 2

Math is the key ingredient, and studying the scientific method. You get an idea (theory),
decide which things mean that it is right or not, set up and experiment to test it, use a control that is an old way of doing things (to compare to your way), write down observations (data), and use the data and math (statistics and more) to see whether your idea seems to work.
Other scientists look at what you have done, and how you did it, and try to repeat it themselves. This is "peer review." If they can, and things make sense to them, they agree with you. If not, they say that you are wrong, or that the idea needs more work.
This is the scientific method. Go to a local college and watch.
I worked in two chemistry labs in industry.

Answer 3

Chemistry, physics, Algebra, Statistics and or biology, astonomy. It kind of depends on what kind of scientist also.

Answer 4

scientist work in drdo,csir etc so u need to write entrance exams to get through it. to qualify in these entrance exams u need msc in science subjects or BE computer science.