Quake3World

Computing Mathematics
Professional Studies
Principles of Computers
System Design
C/C++ Programming 2

Victorian Lit,
American Lit,
The Modern British Novel,
Visual Anth.

SplishSplash wrote: Is PhD the abbreviation for Doctor of philosophy? I always thought it had something to do with science? What does philosophy have to do with immunology?
Sorry, but this is confusing to me.

Sorry...
Yes, PhD stands for Doctor of Philosophy, but it basically just an advanced degree you get after completing research and a thesis. It has nothing to do with practicing medicine. In my case, the degree is in immunology, but you can get a PhD in just about anything. The "philosophy" part is just the name of the degree and doesn't restrict it to only philosophy.

Just like you can get a Bachelor of Arts degree that has nothing to do with art.

edit... don't Europeans have a PhD system as well? I know some researchers who say they got their degrees in Europe...
edit2... if you want to read all about it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ph.D

werldhed wrote:
edit... don't Europeans have a PhD system as well? I know some researchers who say they got their degrees in Europe...

Of course we do.... :icon22:

werldhed wrote:edit... don't Europeans have a PhD system as well? I know some researchers who say they got their degrees in Europe...

Nah. A doctor is a doctor.
He can be a Dr. med. (medicine), a Dr. iur. (law), a Dr. rer. nat. (sciences I think), Dr. phil. (philosophy, but only philosophy), or something else.

We didn't use to have Bachelor and Master titles either, but some Universities offer them now. Mostly cause it sounds better and it's cool to have some kind of title. The only title you could get before the Bachelor and Master stuff was doctor. Otherwise you'd just get a diploma in your field of study, and most people still do.

The diploma is roughly equivalent to a master's degree.

SplishSplash wrote:

Nightshade wrote:becoming a robotics engineer.

Let me know when you build one of these:



I'll be the test driver.

Actually, that's precisely the kind of thing in which I'm interested.

I'm in a Natural Science program at College. I should be gratuating next spring and then its university time, dunno what I'll take though.

Math: Cal II (math NYB)
English: literary genres
French: level 4 (highest level)
Phys ed: Tennis (w00t)
Physics: Electricity and Magnetism (phys NYB)
Chemistry: Chemistry of solutions (chem NYB)
Humanities: Knowledge

Is Cal 4 fun btw? Its called "advanced calculus" right?

International Studies 500
Ethics, Religion and International Politics 600
Philosophy II
Macroeconomic Theory
French II
Sociological Readings&Research 299

I'm also the TA for an introductory sociology class.

this is all going towards a 4/5 year program: Bachelor's degree in International Studies, Bachelor's degree in Economics, Masters in Business Administration (MBA) and my JD (law degree) with a focus in first amendment and cyberlaw

phew

i'm taking a terrorism class and them imma take some gang and prison gang violence classes. a.j. classes really.

well this semster blows, so here goes for next semester

-French 2
-Photography
-A+ (Bullshit, I know, but it's needed for C++)
-Chemistry
-Algebra II
-World Civ
-English 2

ToxicBug wrote:Is Cal 4 fun btw? Its called "advanced calculus" right?

It's "Vector Calculus", and I enjoy it.

- Placement
- Placement
- Placement
- Placement
- Placement
- Weekend \o/
- Weekend \o/

That about sums up this year.

Next year, back to my super-generic Computer Science degree.

werldhed wrote:None right now, but I'll be starting some this coming fall and the next spring (for a PhD in immunology and cancer biology):

• Integrated Topics in Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology
• Immunity and Immunopathobiology
• Biology of Cancer
• Teaching Practicum
• Laboratory Rotations
• Systems Analysis of Biological Processes
• Ethics, Public Policy, and Careers in Molecular and Cellular Biology
• Thesis research

I didnt' have to teach (had a fellowship from the NIH that made me an automatic RA...) that got me some resentment from fellow PhD students. They probably got the last laugh when I quit. But my grant did get funded, and somone is still doing my research on prolactin and progesterone modulation of JAK2/Stat5a to up-regulate a certain anti-apoptotic protein in breats cancers. Was in a lab with a PI whose work, IMHO (with the benefit of hindsight) was probably only tangentially related to cancer, so I don't know how much useful data will be gleaned from the grant, but the funny thing is, for a time, my grant was the only thing bringing money into that lab - 2 years after I had left...hehe.

Enjoy your time learning all that shit, because right after pre-lims you will forget half of it...

highschool
- english
- physics
- maths further
- info tech systems
- media arts

Tomorrow: How to swab a well with a massive hangover.

I'm teaching units over weather and atmospheric science, biology (cells, genetics, evolution, etc.) and cosmology/astronomy as well...