Most popular science degree?

OP

I thought it would be biology.

Reply 2

Aquar

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That depends what you mean by "popular". If you are talking about the number of people studying the subject, then the answer will be very different to if you were talking about the science which most people want to do.

Reply 3

Acruzen

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Original post by Aquar

That depends what you mean by "popular". If you are talking about the number of people studying the subject, then the answer will be very different to if you were talking about the science which most people want to do.

Rather difficult to measure how many people want to study a subject though?

Reply 4

Meg94

There are many factors including whether or not you class medicine or maths as a "science". :tongue:

Reply 5

Potally_Tissed

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Don't know whether you count it as a science in this context or if you just mean basically physics/chemistry/biology, but there's a pretty huge number of people studying psychology.

Reply 6

oddsox

Original post by Meg94

There are many factors including whether or not you class medicine or maths as a "science". :tongue:

Maths is defiantly a science, medicine is debatable...

Reply 7

OP

Original post by Aquar

That depends what you mean by "popular". If you are talking about the number of people studying the subject, then the answer will be very different to if you were talking about the science which most people want to do.

I would like to know in numbers specificaly. :smile:

Reply 8

rattusratus

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if your classing it as a science the medicine or engineering

if not then either: biomedical science or forensics (which is massively popular compared with a few years ago)

Reply 9

zaliack

Are we talking about physical/natural sciences, or all forms of science? 'Cause I can make one hell of a case that law is a science :cool:

Reply 10

Potally_Tissed

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UCAS release the data of how many people applied to different subject areas, here. There's a spreadsheet (download link) where you can view it broken down by course. The data is there, you can decide for yourself what counts as a science :tongue:

Reply 11

OP

Original post by zaliack

Are we talking about physical/natural sciences, or all forms of science? 'Cause I can make one hell of a case that law is a science :cool:

I wouldnt think so but i would like to hear your argument. :biggrin:

Reply 12

zaliack

Original post by shahbaz

I wouldnt think so but i would like to hear your argument. :biggrin:

Okay, well, it may be a bit long winded, but here it goes:

Wikipedia has it under 'social sciences'.

BAM!

Spoiler

Therefore, following on from Wikipedia, law is a science - and law is perhaps the most popular degree :smile:

Reply 13

Potally_Tissed

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Original post by zaliack

Therefore, following on from Wikipedia, law is a science - and law is perhaps the most popular degree :smile:

Actually nursing is (see the link I posted) but law is second after that :smile:

Slight flaw in your argument though - laws can be changed, science can't :tongue:

Reply 14

RC95

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Chemistry
Biology
Maths
Medicine
Forensic Science

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Reply 15

zaliack

Original post by Potally_Tissed

Actually nursing is (see the link I posted) but law is second after that :smile:

Slight flaw in your argument though - laws can be changed, science can't :tongue:

Nursing's more popular than law? :eek:

That's honestly surprising.

Science can't be changed, but our understanding of it can be. :cool:

There are a very limited number of laws which can't be changed though, because of how deeply embedded they are in international law (e.g. torture, genocide, self-determination, diplomatic law) although they can be added to (which would be the equivalence of building a Super Duper Large Hadron Collider).

Reply 16

OP