Rank these college majors by difficulty?
English
History
Political Science
Psychology
Philosophy
Engineering (any)
Mathematics
Statistics
Business Econ
Biology
Chemistry
I'm doing a survey. Add any other relevant, popular major you woud like to include.
2007-12-22 10:53:47 · 11 answers · asked by bibimini 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
Me personally...
Chemistry
Engineering
Biology
Mathematics
Business Econ
Statistics
Political Science
History
Philosophy
Psychology
English
2007-12-22 11:00:26 · answer #1 · answered by im2spoiled4me 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
At my undergraduate school, it would have looked like the following (in order of decreasing difficulty): 1. Neuroscience 2. Environmental Engineering 3. Molecular Genetics 4. Biology 5. Environmental Science Of course, this is going to vary based on your undergraduate institution and your personal weaknesses and strengths.
2016-05-25 23:44:10 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the person. For example, I found Mathematics the easiest on this list. But most people who understand these topics would rank them as follows:
Engineering (any)
Mathematics
Chemistry
Statistics
Philosophy
Biology
Psychology
English
Business Econ
History
Political Science
I would personally put Biology as the tougest -- because it is the one area that I don't get. A lot of people would put Philosophy lower. Those people never really studied philosophy.
As a point of reference, I have an undergraduate degree in Math. I've done graduate work in math and philosophy. I also have an MBA and a PhD in Financial Economics.
2007-12-22 11:02:38 · answer #3 · answered by Ranto 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This can be easily ascertained by figuring the average salaries by people with this degree. The higher the salary, the more difficult the degree is.
Chemistry, Engineering and Stats will be in the higher ends, Mid level will be Biology, Math and Business...
while History, Political science and Psychology will be at the lower ends. Here is a good resource.
2007-12-22 11:06:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I am majoring in biology/chemistry-related subject, so humanities would be the most difficult.
From the most difficult to least difficult:
English
History, tied with Political Science
Engineering
Statistics
Mathematics
Philosophy
Chemistry
Biology
Business/Econ
Psychology
(and oh... physics would be as hard as engineering)
2007-12-22 19:58:23 · answer #5 · answered by Travis 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hardest to easiest:
Chem
Math
Stat
Engineering
Business Econ
Bio
English
Psych
Philosophy
Political Science
History
2007-12-22 11:07:23 · answer #6 · answered by xo379 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Good question by the way..
Most difficult
Philosophy
Physics
Biology
Chemistry
Engineering
Mathematics
English
Political science
Business Economics
Psychology
Least difficult
2007-12-22 13:15:31 · answer #7 · answered by alipes_07 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm a science-guy, thus, i find Humanities such as Phil very difficult
harder to easiest
Philosophy
History
English
Poli Sci
Psychology
Business Econ
Biology
Chemistry
Mathematics
Statistics
Engineering - any
2007-12-22 16:07:10 · answer #8 · answered by Q&A 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It all depends on the purson for me it would go like this.
Chemistry
Engineering
Biology
Philosophy
Psychology
Business Econ
Mathematics
Statistics
English
Political Science
History
2007-12-22 11:04:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Biology
Chemistry
Engineering
Mathematics
Statistics
Philosophy
Psychology
History
English
Political Science
Business Economics
I'm an engineer by training, so that my bias is clear.
2007-12-22 10:59:40 · answer #10 · answered by WonderingMan 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋