What is the hardest subject to study at university?

lyle17120

In your opinion, what is the hardest subject at university?

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Reply 1

Alexandra's Box

This thread again?

I swear there are variants on hardest/easiest/most fun/boring GCSE/A-level/degree EVERY WEEK.

Reply 2

ForgettingWhatsername

Personally I think I would find something like Maths of Physics extremely difficult, but it probably depends on both the person and the uni as well.

Reply 3

fallenangel

Medicine isn't that difficult, just **** loads of information.

Reply 4

Rybee

Medicine w/o a doubt.

Reply 5

Noble.

Such a stupid question, it's different for different people. Also, a subject can be difficult in different ways - is it intellectually difficult, or is it difficult purely because of the amount of information you need to know?

Reply 6

Midnight1811

Would you lot say optometry us hard ? What gcse grades should you be getting ? In say English maths three sciences.

Reply 7

aranexus

The hardest subject to study at University is a subject the University doesn't offer :colone:

lol

Reply 8

purple_cat

Based on the percentage of first class honours achieved ( according to the Higher Education Statistics Agency), it would be towards the bottom of this list:

Engineering and technology – 23.97%

Physical sciences – 22.10%

Computer science – 20.99%

Art and design – 16.74%

Agriculture and related subjects – 16.67%

Languages – 16.65%

Medicine and related subjects – 16.64%

History – 15.93%

Architecture – 15.66% (http://www.brightknowledge.org/knowledge-bank/education-pathways/which-subjects-award-the-most-first-class-degrees)

Reply 9

Noble.

Original post by purple_cat

Based on the percentage of first class honours achieved ( according to the Higher Education Statistics Agency), it would be towards the bottom of this list:

Engineering and technology – 23.97%

Physical sciences – 22.10%

Computer science – 20.99%

Art and design – 16.74%

Agriculture and related subjects – 16.67%

Languages – 16.65%

Medicine and related subjects – 16.64%

History – 15.93%

Architecture – 15.66% (http://www.brightknowledge.org/knowledge-bank/education-pathways/which-subjects-award-the-most-first-class-degrees)

But that only tells you what percentage of people end up with a first, it tells you nothing about their relative difficulties, it also assumes the 'intelligence' of the cohort of students studying each subject is the same - when in reality it's more like the case that someone studying, say, physics and is a borderline first could still be of first standard if they studied Architecture.

Reply 10

TaylorGang_4

If you ask university students what the most difficult subject is, they will say medicine. Ask most medicine students what the most difficult subject is, they will say medicine. They'll soon start offering degrees in 'Whats the most difficult subject at University" due to the 1500% increase in subject interest from this forum alone.

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Reply 11

electriic_ink

*Insert subject I study*

Reply 12

tehforum

Original post by purple_cat

Based on the percentage of first class honours achieved ( according to the Higher Education Statistics Agency), it would be towards the bottom of this list:

Engineering and technology – 23.97%

Physical sciences – 22.10%

Computer science – 20.99%

Art and design – 16.74%

Agriculture and related subjects – 16.67%

Languages – 16.65%

Medicine and related subjects – 16.64%

History – 15.93%

Architecture – 15.66% (http://www.brightknowledge.org/knowledge-bank/education-pathways/which-subjects-award-the-most-first-class-degrees)

Law is disgustingly low.

Reply 13

TaylorGang_4

Original post by tehforum

Law is disgustingly low.

Law is for phaggots.

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Reply 14

tehforum

Original post by TaylorGang_4

Law is for phaggots.

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Ah, so you're doing Law.

Reply 15

TaylorGang_4

Original post by tehforum

Ah, so you're doing Law.

Yes in fact I am sir! Do not put yourself through the same misery.

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Reply 16

why-hello-there

It's all subjective and I don't think you could accurately judge without somehow experiencing every course. Gut instinct though - maths is horrible from the ouside looking in, but a lot of that might be just down to the fact I've never been taught maths to a university standard (and I hope for maths students' sake it is). :tongue:

Reply 17

Noble.

Original post by why-hello-there

Haha, as a maths student, it's usually the other way around for me. From the outside a lot of the topics look quite approachable and straightforward/logical, and then you start studying it you realise it isn't.

Reply 18

why-hello-there

Original post by Noble.

So the things I think definitely don't look straightforward to begin with... look straightforward to you...but then still aren't?

I think we may have a winner of the thread. Good luck, sir. :redface:

Reply 19

Noble.

Original post by why-hello-there

Unfortunately so. I think that is generally true though, and probably with anything, that it is much easier from the outside compared to rigorously studying it. You can have an appreciation of how something in any subject works, but actually understanding it from the foundations up is much more difficult.

I get what you're saying though, I think if anyone looks at undergrad. maths without having studied it, it will look incredibly complex (especially if you have no idea where to begin with 'appreciating' it, let alone trying to understand it).