<p>Science / Math: Here are the instructions. Can you follow instructions?</p>
<p>After acing the most advanced science and math classes all through high school- AP chem, calc. III + diff. equations, etc. -decided that I didn't want to be another brick in The Wall.</p>
<p>I’ve read comments posted suggesting psychology to be an “easy” major; however, I have to disagree with those statements. I’m a psychology major, a senior, so I’ve taken many psychology courses – 36 academic hours of coursework – to be exact. Studying psychology requires the ability to understand and apply rigorous theories, abstract concepts, and use statistics when conducting research. Moreover, many of our psych instructors require term papers, so studends must have good written communication skills.</p>
<p>Like other peopole have said, there are different kinds of intelligences. Some people may think that physics is a difficult major; other individuals may think it is easy. It just depends on the person (not to mention the school, the department, and the individual instructor.)</p>
<p>I really hate to say this, because I’m sure it’s not the case at most colleges, but at my school it seems that business majors are <em>major</em> slackers. Again, I’m not trying to suggest that business <em>is</em> one of the easiest of majors at <em>most</em> universities, but at my school this seems to hold true.</p>
<p>easiest: art, music, “anything” studies.. </p>
<p>hardest: physics, EECS, pure math.</p>
<p>hards class my D took was Music History- it was also one of the most intersting and most rewarding</p>
<p>and don’t ever think that teaching is easy- its tough work, especially these days</p>
<p>and the arogance and high and mightiness of people who major in the math sciences is kind of cute, if it wasn’t so disparaging of other majors</p>
<p>Hardest: Chemistry, Engineering, Math, Physics</p>
<p>Middle: Biology, Business, Psych</p>
<p>Easiest: History, Sociology…studies majors</p>
<p>Just my opinion. From my experience engineering, math, physics classes are much harder than the psych classes I have taken. I am using psych as an example since the subject interest me, and I have taken several classes in the subject. In any class that is not based on math I have yet to get lower than an A-. I can’t say the same for my engineering classes. Well I am biased…I am sure it shows.</p>
<p>Philosophy…It is one of the most interesting subject out there, so it gets props from me.</p>
<p>well, it’s pretty subjective. but here’s my opinion:</p>
<p>easiest: foreign languages, English, drama</p>
<p>hardest: engineering, math</p>
<p>No given major is necessarily ‘easy’ or ‘difficult.’ Really, it depends on what the requirements are for the major at each institution, and the courses that any individual student takes.</p>
<p>^ Hit the nail on the head. It also varies per person. I know engineering majors that avoid writing like the plague and think English is “hard.”</p>
<p>I wouldn’t say English is easy, though, but probably somewhere in the middle. I’m an English major and I have to read two difficult books a week.</p>
<p>For me math (in particular the higher-level abstract proof-based classes) and computer science are ridiculously easy while I had a really really really hard time in a mandatory writing class. And if I had to take a class that required a lot of memorization, I would most likely fail it.</p>
<p>i find classes that require a lot of memorization very very easy. im a Math major, and i find a few of my classes very challenging, but I wouldn’t say Math is hard though. I think Rocket Science is supposed to be hard, right? Or Aeronotical Engineering, however you want to put it…
Physics would have to be the hardest major I know, or
Computer Engineering/Science</p>
<p>my friend who goes to an engineering school and i talked about this during the break recently. he said that he would not pay his child’s education if he studied anything in liberal arts. he would only support math or sciences. reasoning, he believes most liberal arts fields won’t lead to a real profession say like (engineering, law, medicine, accounting, etc.) since it’s all subjective. These fields he feels are what continue to human progress. When is writing a fiction book ever going to help us find life on another planet? is what he thinks. the funny thing is that he’s excels in his liberal arts classes and has for a while now but he’s definitely a lot more knowledgeable in engineering being that it’s his major and all.</p>
<p>now at the university i go to, the CBA (College of Business Administration) is often referred to as the Coloring Book Academy. That’s because the students in the liberal arts school think we (i’m in CBA) get easy classes, everything is handed to us, and we only do it for the money. Of course this isn’t true of everyone in the CBA. I’m majoring in Information Systems (which mixes some business but is mainly full of computer science classes) as I’m mainly a computer guy. I hate liberal arts myself. I don’t think they are hard, but just BS. All the subjectivity involved is crap. But at the end of the day it’s not even about subjectivity, it’s about regurgitating what the professors says in class and wants to hear in the papers and tests. It wouldn’t be surprising for me to find that people who enjoy subjectivity more than objectivity to struggle more in the math and sciences. Anyone could be subjective (all you need is an informed opinion). Not everyone can be objective or learn objective material. funny thing is that in my math classes i never learn formulas but rather conceptualize them. if you know how something works, then you’ll know when to apply it and the many deviations it’ll have.
more than anything i hate accounting (even more than liberal arts). who the crap came up with a system like this!!!</p>
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<p>wow, that’s very close minded. the regurgitation really depends on the professor and subject. i was taking english classes, and realized i hated how the teachers made corrections to my paper to adjust to their opinions. but not all liberal arts are like this. well, if you aren’t subjective, are you then going to just agree with everything that’s objective just because it’s been “proven”? we are not robots, and should not operate like this. and not everyone can think right brained. how do you explain all the CEOs who got liberal arts degrees?</p>
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no, not at all. but like i said anyone can be subjective, but not everyone can be objective or learn objective material. see how that would work? the person who can do both is the type of person who usually ends up coming up with some big advancement in whatever field s/he is in.</p>
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CEOs are there to lead and to make sure the company does good. It’s quite the skill to learn (you can be knowledgeable but not a good public speaker or manager, or vice versa). Something I don’t think would fall within the math and sciences. It’s not like you’re going to have a formula that writes everything out for you. regardless to become a CEO you’re not going to get that from any degree. that comes through experience and achievements in your career. i haven’t heard of any graduate becoming the CEO of a big company upon graduation. (correlation does not equal causation, just because they a majority of CEOs happen to have liberal arts degrees does not mean that having a liberal arts degree will cause you to become a CEO.) by the way, where did you see that most CEOs have liberal arts degrees? i’m not questioning it but would like to read up on it since i haven’t read a report looking at the backgrounds of CEOs like that.</p>
<p>i’m not saying we should all be objective, and i’m not saying there’s anything wrong with subjectivity. What I did say was that ‘it wouldn’t be surprising for me to find that people who enjoy subjectivity more than objectivity to struggle more in the math and sciences.’ That’s simply because the person who is objective is good at both being ‘subjective and objective’. I should have made that clearer.</p>
<p>Look to me there is nothing wrong with being liberal arts. study english and write books or teach or write shows. whatever it is you can do with your degree go ahead and pursue it if it interests you. (i love watchin comedies on tv, if everyone were some sort of scientist who knows if such thing as comedy would even exist on tv). but at the end of the day, i doubt very much that an english major is going come up with the next break through for human life.</p>
<p>by the way, where did you see that most CEOs have liberal arts degrees? i’m not questioning it but would like to read up on it since i haven’t read a report looking at the backgrounds of CEOs like that.</p>
<p>i’ve heard this from almost everyone for the liberal arts. just google CEOs and liberal arts.</p>
<p>[CEOs</a> and Liberal Arts](<a href=“http://home.honolulu.hawaii.edu/~pine/libart/ceolibarts.html]CEOs”>http://home.honolulu.hawaii.edu/~pine/libart/ceolibarts.html)</p>
<p>not all liberal arts are only subjective. they teach you how to think, but you have to rely on facts too, like history.</p>
<p>what about english majors?</p>
<p>Unless you’ve actually majored in something, I don’t think you can call it “easy” or “hard.” A few introductory courses in one subject doesn’t make one an expert, IMO.</p>
<p>As for me, I was a Chemistry/Sociology double major as an undergrad. Weird combination, right? I was interested in Sociology, made it my minor early on, and I ended up getting really into it and it became my second major.</p>
<p>Introductory sociology courses are really easy, and I think a lot of people who take them for their general degree requirements just assume the rest of the discipline is just as easy. Not really. The intro. courses are a whole bunch of learning names, facts etc. and spitting them back out on the test. Upper-level classes are not like this, however. One of the most challenging assignments/tests I had as an undergrad was writing a final paper for my sociological theory class. It required a HECK of a lot of critical thinking skills, and I had to synthesize, make sense, and analyze a LOT of different viewpoints, theories, and perspectives, and it was murder. It was a mind ****, that’s for sure. Overall, Sociology can be difficult because it draws a lot of theories and perspectives from a lot other disciplines, like economics, psychology, anthropology, and philosophy, and it can be a pain to juggle at times. And don’t forget that sociology is based heavily in research & statistics too, and the stats. and research methods classes were certainly not walks in the park. </p>
<p>My chemistry classes were very challenging, but you know what? I probably am more respectful of my soc. classes, because they really made me a well-rounded person. They really honed my critical thinking & analytical skills, and really challenged and changed my preconceived thoughts about the world. Chemistry serves me well in the lab, but it doesn’t really impact me heavily outside of the lab, but Sociology does.</p>
<p>“Some people may think that physics is a difficult major; other individuals may think it is easy”</p>
<p>You will not hear anyone tell you that physics is easy.</p>
<p>“You will not hear anyone tell you that physics is easy.”</p>
<p>I’ve heard multiple people say physics is easy, self included.</p>
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<p>Righty-o. Then what’s hard?</p>