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Hello everyone...
So I've decided to attempt to become a physicist as a career change, something that I've always been fascinated by and am certain will enjoy...
My particular circumstances are that I cannot begin my college education at a university until the fall of 2012, due to financial reasons, but I am able to start at a community college to knock out some courses until then, starting this fall of 2011...
With all of that said, I want to ensure that I take the proper course of action in insuring that I'm not taking unnecessary courses, but those that in fact will help me the most upon starting at a university...
I've done a lot of research on physics course curriculums, but am now more confused than when I started... I thought that to get any bachelor's degree, that you had to have a broad spectrum of general education classes, but from what I've been finding, that doesn't appear to be so, just math, physics, writing and second language... So is this information correct or have I misinterpreted it?
I guess what I'm asking is that, if you were in my boat, starting out at a community college, planned on going there for 2 semesters, then going to a state university to get your bachelors degree in physics, what courses would you take at that community college?
Here's the other kicker, I never graduated high school, much less took any advanced math courses, English or second language. I do have my GED and have graduated from 2 different technical colleges with a minimum of a 3.8 GPA in all classes. So I thought about self teaching myself at least Algebra 1 prior to starting in August of 2011, so that I could hopefully start with Algebra 2... Is a thought anyway...
Any advice and/or input would be greatly appreciated... Thank you in advance...
So I've decided to attempt to become a physicist as a career change, something that I've always been fascinated by and am certain will enjoy...
My particular circumstances are that I cannot begin my college education at a university until the fall of 2012, due to financial reasons, but I am able to start at a community college to knock out some courses until then, starting this fall of 2011...
With all of that said, I want to ensure that I take the proper course of action in insuring that I'm not taking unnecessary courses, but those that in fact will help me the most upon starting at a university...
I've done a lot of research on physics course curriculums, but am now more confused than when I started... I thought that to get any bachelor's degree, that you had to have a broad spectrum of general education classes, but from what I've been finding, that doesn't appear to be so, just math, physics, writing and second language... So is this information correct or have I misinterpreted it?
I guess what I'm asking is that, if you were in my boat, starting out at a community college, planned on going there for 2 semesters, then going to a state university to get your bachelors degree in physics, what courses would you take at that community college?
Here's the other kicker, I never graduated high school, much less took any advanced math courses, English or second language. I do have my GED and have graduated from 2 different technical colleges with a minimum of a 3.8 GPA in all classes. So I thought about self teaching myself at least Algebra 1 prior to starting in August of 2011, so that I could hopefully start with Algebra 2... Is a thought anyway...
Any advice and/or input would be greatly appreciated... Thank you in advance...