Chemistry major?!?!?!?

AuraObscura
Wed, 17 May 2017 00:28:07 +0000

Chemistry really Doesn’t have any math. The only math you’ll do is in General Chemistry and Physical Chemistry Everything else is Theory.

@NASA2014 What? That’s not true at all. At virtually every school I’ve seen, chemistry majors must take math through (at a minimum) multivariable calculus and differential equations, as well as the extremely quantitative physical chemistry, like @bodangles said. They will probably also have to take one or more other quantitative courses, like quantum chemistry or statistical mechanics or thermodynamics, not to mention at least two semesters of general physics.

Furthermore, that’s not what “theory” means. Theory is also mathematical/quantitative, especially in the physical sciences. Theory simply means learning the underlying principles, as opposed to practical/laboratory, which refers to carrying out procedures or experiments based on the theory.