College Learinig Question......?

Question

Let's say that my major was (engineering, accounting, nursing, pharmacy, math....etc.) Is the purpose of college for these degrees just a understanding of the subject? Right now I am a math major..I am worried that I would rememeber and understand everything fully...Does a person with a scientific major need to remember and be great (4.0 student) to handle a job in the field...?

Answer 1

Huh?

I was a math major. Based on the phrasing of your question, I think you ought to take some courses in the liberal arts -- because you need to work on expressing yourself better. It doesn't matter how smart you are if you can't communicate with others.

Answer 2

i double majored in math (theoretical and computational) along with a minor in physics so i can understand where you are coming from. i am going to guess you have not taken analysis yet. I think one thing that is learned in college is that a gpa is not the only way to measure what you take in from a class. people who are in math and physics at least go to learn and understand. there is a deep meaning behind what you are learning. the question is why and how. sometimes it is a "why do i need to care" or a "how the hell is this going to work" but that isn't what i mean here. you want to spend time trying to understand the why and the how each theorem and problem works. you will understand later, if you don't already, that many of the math classes you take as an undergrad at really all the same (just different approaches). with this major, you are learning to think and problem solve. you are learning deep rooted logic. it isn't just about studying and getting a grade. i may not remember everything that i was taught and nor will i use it all but i am able to take in a lot from each class and i am able to go back and re-learn everything. that's another thing about math classes. if you take it once, then odds are you don't really understand what you have done. it is a second, third, fourth time or more that you really begin to understand more than a surface, functioning level. you constantly use and reuse your calculus, differential equations, analysis, etc. practice makes for better understanding.

Answer 3

It's to aquanit you with things and provide a general background.

Then when you get a job you remember something about school.

You may be required to draw 50 ML of chemical and add something to it drop by drop to determine the potency of what you have.

This would be a common thing in a Chem lab situtation.

To be frank High School chemistry would solve that.

A friend of mine had a BS in Chemistry and he invented a furniture wax and even named it. He was attemption to create spray BBQ sauce when he left the field.

He had to figure out what reactions the propellants would have with tomato sauce. How to get a consistant spray. How not to make the grill and chicken explode when the spray hit it and how to preseve the sauce for shelf life so it wouldnt' rot.

That's a lot of considerations that drew upon all his skills.

Now, to be frank. Medical Doctors probably don't remember their Calculus and never use it. They probably barely remember Organic Chemistry and never use it. THey remember bits and pieces of Pharmachology but rely heavily on the PDR to keep them advised and DO know how to apply pharmachology and chemistry to what the PDR says about a given drug. They probably do remember most of what they learned in Bio-Chemistry.

Unless they are research scientists they quickly forget APA style in favor of two spaces after the period used in normal writing.

They probably hit the books agian or re-take an X-Ray tech course they day they install an X-Ray machine in their office.

By law Doctors can only do what they know how to. An orthopedist does not prescribe antibiotics for lung infections on a regular basis so they won't give you a script for that, nor will they give you a script for anxiety. They will prescribe a pain killer as required.