what kind of major did you have?

Question

and why?

Answer 1

Physics and math.

Because I liked them.

The best advice anyone can give to someone deciding on a major is to do what you like.

Answer 2

Biology- because I love the subject in general. I could spend hours at a zoo just watching animals and I love gardening. Biology also has many aspects that aren't yet known or fully understood.
I have a minor in chemistry too. Chemistry is my hobby subject and I didn't think I would like it at first but when I took some courses, I found it interesting. Once you understand the basic concepts, chemistry is really one giant puzzle. I guess Biology is too and that is why I chose it for my major.

Answer 3

I'm currently in school to teach high school Biology.

I chose the field because almost every person I meet says that Bio is boring or that they hated it. I think that Biology is the coolest and most interesting subject, and I think that it just takes a teacher with the right enthusiasm and charisma to turn more kids on to it.

I also love animals, evolution, and phylogenetics.

Answer 4

Double Majoring in Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior; and Human Development

Answer 5

At first it was physics. That was when I first noticed it.

With a few exceptions, my physics professors all bore a striking resemblance to a collection of zombies. They were pale, often disheveled, dressed in clothes that were decades out of date, and had an annoying tendancy to mumble quietly, even when they were supposedly giving lectures.

Some worked actively against their students. I had one who liked to write tests in such a way that the class average was around 30%. I had another who refused to prepare a syllabus and would only announce (mumble) important class events BEFORE the class was in session and everyone was there. One refuse to help female students because he had decided that women couldn't do physics anyway.

I'm sure most physics professors aren't like this. But the ones I had were. So I started branching out (I figured it was only a matter of time before my brain was eaten if I stuck around).

My next major was chemistry. Chemistry had a fascinating feature that physics did not - huge areas of complete unknown. If you want to find something that isn't worked out to twelve decimal places in physics, you are generally dealing with something larger than many stars or smaller than an atom. But hardcore chemistry is really less than a century old: some Nazis were tasked with recording every possible chemcal reaction and many rules had been worked out since. But compared to physics it seemed like there were vast regions left to explore. Ripe territory for an eager young scientist.

As my understanding of chemistry grew, however, I realized that some of the most interesting parts of it to me were biological in nature. The alpha helix was only worked out in 1951, DNA in 1953, and figuring out what shape an enzyme is going to take is still a major undertaking. Not to mention the vast and varied chemistry that constantly goes on in every living being - to me THIS was the REAL chemistry, not the stuff going on in jars on some lab table.

And as if to underscore the point, most of my biology professors were the exact opposite of my physics ones. They were wont to throw windows open and talk loud and long about work that really seemed to exite them. It was as if the life they studied had saturated into all of their other activties and filled them up so much that they had to share it. I was doomed.

I tried to straddle the fence for a while with biochemistry, but in the end was degreed in molecular biology.

Thanks for the highly-prejudiced trip down memory lane!

Answer 6

I'm in college now and switching my major to biology(premed). because I want to be a doctor, and help people, and learn interesting things, and earn a more than decent salary. Also it beats working in a cubicle for 40 hours a week

Answer 7

Right now Im completing my degree in Biology and a minor in chem. Biology is the best subject.

Answer 8

Biology, minor in chemistry.

Soooo interesting

Answer 9

Computer Science. Because that is what I was interested in.

Answer 10

well I did plant and microbial sciences and zoology...so biological sciences I guess....why, because it interested me more than other subjects......

I did my masters in botany....again for the same reason, I enjoy plants more as they a) don;t smell ( in dissection) and b) don;t move under a microscope!!!!