Requirements are for entering a career in physics

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The discussion centers around the general requirements for entering a career in physics, specifically focusing on the necessity of courses such as Humanities and Fundamentals of Speech. Participants explore the variations in requirements across different colleges and universities.

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  • One participant inquires about the general requirements for a physics career, questioning the necessity of courses outside of core physics subjects.
  • Another participant notes that requirements can vary by institution, mentioning that most schools have general education requirements that include humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.
  • A third participant references Georgia Tech's admission requirements, suggesting that the information found does not explicitly mention humanities courses for their majors.
  • This participant later finds a different link indicating social sciences are mentioned but seeks clarification on what is meant by "units" and whether this refers to credits.
  • A later reply challenges the interpretation of the links provided, suggesting that the first link pertains to transfer student admissions and the second to recommended high school courses, rather than the full requirements for a bachelor's degree.

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Participants express differing views on the necessity of humanities courses and the interpretation of specific admission requirements, indicating that there is no consensus on what constitutes the basic requirements for entering a physics career.

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There are limitations in the discussion regarding the specific definitions of required courses and the context of the links provided, which may not fully represent the requirements for a physics degree.

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Hi,
I'd like to know what the basic GENERAL requirements are for entering a career in physics. Are courses such as Humanities, or Fundamentals Of Speech ... required?

Thanks
 
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Haxx0rm4ster said:
Hi,
I'd like to know what the basic GENERAL requirements are for entering a career in physics. Are courses such as Humanities, or Fundamentals Of Speech ... required?

Thanks

It varies from college to college, but most if not all schools have some sort of general education requirement that requires you to take classes in humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.
 
just using Georgia Tech as an example of an averagely of fairly good universities, I tried to look for the requirements and this is what I found:

http://www.admiss.gatech.edu/transfer/coursereqs.php

Now, this doesn't mention any Humanities, etc. for any of their Majors branches.
Are the requirements mentioned all the requirements that someone is supposed to have to enter to GA TECH?



EDIT
Actually, I just found this: http://www.admiss.gatech.edu/freshman/req-engscicomp.html

And it does mention social sciences, but what are the units supposed to be? Credits?
 
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You're looking at the wrong things, the first link is of what you have to have to be admitted as a transfer student in a particular major, and the second seems to be the recommended courses taken in high school. Look at a course catalog for the school and it should list requirements for a bachelors degree in terms of necessary requirements and in terms of what is needed for a particular major.
 

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