What College Academic departments and/or program do you take if you want to be a pediatrician?
Q. I want to plan my future before its too late
Asked by Diana - Fri Aug 25 18:42:34 2006 - - 8 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Yes thts a good idea indeed plan ahead before its too late and its never too early to plan for college! First of all after you graduate from highschool..get into a good undergraduate college...and it would be good to major in biology or pre-med, some schools don't have pre-med as a major..then u can consider biology or biochemistry. It would also be helpful to meet with a pre-med advisor who can help you out with you medical school application and interview. While you are a junior in college, take the MCAT...and keep trying again and again until you get a good score. Your MCAT scores and ur college GPA are the main componets that will decide weather you get accpted into medical school. It takes a lot of dedication and hardwork. After… [cont.]
Answered by Smiling_angel - Fri Aug 25 19:54:51 2006

Which British universities' History Departments hold the best academic reputation ?
Q. Specifically, good reputations for research in Modern British History.
Asked by Rita K - Mon Jan 12 06:11:55 2009 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Do you want an undergraduate course - or a post graduate course. If post graduate you should remember that we do things slightly differently in the UK. In American Universities you choose the University first - do a general year for a PhD and then opt for a course within the University. In the UK you apply for a particular course - which has already been awarded funding. You will then, upon acceptance research into a particular area - so rather than choose the University you would be better looking at post grad. opportunities in an area of research which interests you. This applies to Science which I know a little about. For history you may be able to work on your own - but do remember that we are far less financially generous to… [cont.]
Answered by Helen P - Mon Jan 12 06:30:24 2009

What is the best academic title for someone who coordinates between two faculty departments?
Q. like someone who coordinates between English and Dentistry.
Asked by Sama A - Thu Jan 29 02:43:13 2009 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Facilitator?
Answered by Jennifer Rush - Thu Jan 29 03:13:23 2009

Are academic departments capitalized? (ie History Department)?
Q. Are academic departments capitalized? (ie History Department)?
Asked by Amber - Fri Jul 25 09:09:15 2008 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

What college department would forensics fall under?
Q. I'd like to go into the criminal justice and forensics career track and I was wondering if you are looking at colleges, which academic department would those things fall into? I don't know whether to look for colleges that offer criminal justice departments or some type of science department. Any advice would help. Thanks.
Asked by Megan - Tue Jul 7 19:36:48 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Often a sub-specialty under chemistry or toxicology.
Answered by jerry758 - Tue Jul 7 19:58:40 2009

how many faculty departments don't need to secure any funding?
Q. for example, philosophy and english professors don't need any funding to conduct advanced research because their research just involves going to the library. what other academic departments are like this?
Asked by worldpeace - Tue Sep 19 21:08:49 2006 - - 1 Answers - 1 Comments

A. Actually, faculty department do have to secure grant funding. In academia, it is "publish or perish." To do so, much research is needed, sometimes in other countries. Also, the state does not totally fund a university, so grants assist in paying for overhead (electricity, etc.). Every seven years, professors are eligible for a sabbatical. They can take one-half or one full year to study in their field. This takes money, and here again the grants come into play. Grants fund their travel.
Answered by Rhonda - Tue Sep 19 21:37:37 2006

How do I find information about the academic quality of a University...?
Q. How do I find out about the academic quality of a university in a certain field? I want to major in English. There are two large schools I'm looking at. How do I find out which one has the best English department (one has a significantly larger department). All of my google hits are on sports and science.
Asked by Lea - Wed Nov 28 16:03:32 2007 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. USNews.com has an amazing site for colleges. They have just about every college in the US on their site. They give ranking, acceptance rates, reviews, number of students, male to female ratio, faculty ratio, etc You have to pay for a subscription to get the real indepth stuff from them, but there is a part called "at a glance" that allows you to see a few various facts and information that can be helpful. Most news stands also carry their magazine, which has the top 300 schools in the US (i believe), I found it REALLY helpful. You can have a look for yourself :) there's a search portion so you can look up your schools.
Answered by lilsoapspudz - Sat Dec 1 02:14:48 2007

Can a public school (in CA) require a parent to pay a specific $ amount in order to fund an academic program?
Q. My son is a 7th grader at our local public school and today he brought home a rather threatening letter stating that each parent MUST contribute a specific $$ amount in order to help fund the science department at the school. According to this letter we must pay this $$ amount now or, if we are unable to pay the entire fee now, there is a payment plan available. I am wondering about the leaglity of this, considering it is a public school and this is a regular academic program (i.e. this is my son's regular science class). The letter is chock full of the words "mandatory" and "required" etc. which leads me to believe that I MUST pay this fee. I can afford the fee but i am sure that there are many parents who cannot, and may feel… [cont.]
Asked by luxie - Wed Sep 26 23:00:22 2007 - - 6 Answers - 0 Comments

A. contact your city counsel member or mayor if your town is small and ask why your tax money for schools is not paying for this. Then explain that you will need to got to the newspapers for a better explanation if they give you the run around. Extortion is illegal even for the school dept and local government.
Answered by Carl P - Wed Sep 26 23:11:20 2007

Any contacts for finalyear academic projects in IT department.?
Q. Iam in final yr b.tech computer science...searching for good projects in IT companies-chennai. Any information on this please post it here. Thanks.
Asked by hayram . - Thu Oct 4 21:25:10 2007 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. You can go For Image Processing,any Mobile Application,Or Mini OS Or You can create any embedded device using languages such as C,Java.
Answered by arup s - Mon Oct 8 08:36:31 2007

Modern Feminists, do history departments recruit misogynists in academia...?
Q. I would think that if history is incorrectly taught as it pertains to women, then the right approach would be to address this with preexisting departments that apparently aren't doing the job they're supposed to, e.g. preeminent historians, sociologists, anthropologists, biologists, etc. I think we can all agree that ladies have existed prior to 1900 AD. If the root of the problem with the way "women's matters" are taught stems from academic departments not providing accurate information, wouldn't it make more sense to solve such problems at the root rather than opening Women's Studies departments in academia which cost Universities huge sums of money which get trickled down to tuition costs? Wouldn't it make more sense to put out a… [cont.]
Asked by Ivan H - Tue Dec 30 16:22:00 2008 - - 7 Answers - 0 Comments

A. The achievements of important women are studied in University History Departments along with the achievements of important men. Logically...it must be the unimportant women who are covered exclusively by Women's Studies Departments. In any case first world culture owes a great deal to the achievements of dead white males so it is not surprising that their stories are well represented in history classes. Edit: I think that there is a free market in achievement. The biggest achievers will get noticed and be recorded in history no matter what their sex or race is.
Answered by keypointist - Tue Dec 30 16:57:28 2008

what are some examples of obsolete academic disciplines?
Q. In other words, please give me some examples of what used to be academic disciplines (i.e. had departments in universities and students who majored in this discipline) but which are no longer in existence (or are very rare today) thank you
Asked by worldpeace - Tue Nov 28 21:42:00 2006 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Hmm. Sophistic rhetoric (sophistic refers to the Greek Sophists). This was basically public speaking to train men to enter the two most common college-educated professions: the ministry or public office. It has since been almost entirely replaced by composition (writing). Probably certain types of medicine/biology courses have changed since the nineteenth century (or earlier) as well, but I'm not sure how.
Answered by Franzia Kafka - Tue Nov 28 22:06:52 2006

How invovled do parents get in the teaching part of home schooling?
Q. This generation is more advanced in the academics department than my generation. I wasn't taught things the same way they teach students now. Would that become a problem if I was to have my children home schooled? I was also wondering where is the best place to look for information on home schooling?
Asked by Chelsea - Mon Jul 16 22:53:38 2007 - - 14 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Most teachers teach how the textbooks tell them to teach or how they just naturally teach. If a 12yo knows how to do large multiplication after being taught way A and another 12yo knows it by way B, does it really make a difference? No. For homeschooling, once you get into advanced material, there are plenty of resources for the student to learn from on their own if there isn't an adult present who can fully explain the material. Keep in mind that knowing how to learn is more important than learning itself. If you do your job and help your children figure out stuff on their own, then the more advanced stuff won't be much of a problem. For information on homeschooling, I started with my local library. Then I sought out a homeschooling… [cont.]
Answered by glurpy - Mon Jul 16 23:15:33 2007

What does it mean when your academic advisor is ignoring your Emails/calls?
Q. And I know the email did get sent cause I got a delivery receipt. Also, I know she's in her office because I called the department to ask if she's sick or something. I emailed her once last week, once this week, and left her a voicemail on Monday morning. What should I do?
Asked by Katherine in MI - Wed Jan 10 15:19:58 2007 - - 7 Answers - 0 Comments

A. i agree.. stop by her office.. or simpley switch to a different advisor and let her superior now why you requested the change. your education should be her top priority (it's her job).. and if she's putting you on the back-burner than it's time to step away and leap foward to someone who does want you to succeed and meet all of your educational needs and goals. good luck & happy learning!
Answered by lucia - Wed Jan 10 15:31:04 2007

How do you politely tell your professor / academic adviser that he is a...?
Q. douche bag and the reason that his department is suffering is because he is a jerk and no one likes him? mustang69: I get your point, but insulting his students and treating us like we're stupid for all these years hasn't come back to haunt him yet. tio paco: I do fairly well in most of his classes. The issue is not mine alone, other students have switched their courses of study because of his attitude toward the students.
Asked by rebekkah - Mon May 4 00:50:25 2009 - - 8 Answers - 0 Comments

A. There is no way to politely do that. You just deal with him strictly about what you need to get done and nothing else. If this is hindering you, make an appointment with the dean of students or the chair of the department of your major and discuss what problems you are having with that person. I wouldn't use words like jerk, nobody likes him, etc. Just stick to what the problem you are having and ask for help for a solution. I had two academic advisers (one was for a program within a larger program) who refused to talk with each other. If I needed any advice about course choice, I had to run from one building to another and then back again, sometimes as many as three times. Nowadays there are cell phones, but if I need to do this,… [cont.]
Answered by keiko - Mon May 4 01:32:19 2009

Help! What does this mean in an academic recommendation letter?
Q. I am a Chinese student asking a professor to fill in a recommendation letter of University of Western Ontario, but we don't know what does this sentence mean? "Would you accept this student into your department for the degree he/she requested?" Help!!! Please
Asked by Shan - Sun Apr 8 05:06:45 2007 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments

A. It's basically asking your professor if he or she was over the area/field that your applying in, would they accept you.
Answered by Ryan - Sun Apr 8 05:10:09 2007

what should i write exactly in these two fields in an application?
Q. Major/Department ? and Academic year/Position? ok so now i study English literature. That is my major?
Asked by lumos - Sun Sep 21 18:40:21 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Major/Department: What major do you want to go into? If you don't know put "undecided" or "open option". Academic year/Position: Are you going to be a Freshman next fall? Put 2009/Freshman. Are you transferring with 30 credits? Put 2009/Sophomore.
Answered by Belie - Sun Sep 21 18:44:29 2008

Privacy Law/Unauthorized Access Into Academic Records?
Q. Just found out that my ex has been getting access to our college age daughters academic records. Not sure if they were provided to him by a third party or if the school provided them directly. I definently suspect that a third party/employee was involved. My ex is required to receive all academic information through the Justice Department because of a claim of risk that is filed against him and his wife. This claim of risk requires the Justice Department to not provide him with any personal info such as my daughters school schedule times, but they do provide her class info and grades. My daughter and I both have been harrassed by both, but denied a protective order because no direct verbal physical threat of violence was made. Does… [cont.]
Asked by Pinky Lee - Mon Sep 10 23:01:16 2007 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Basically, the college legally violated your daughter's right to privacy by giving information out to someone other than herself (I assume she didn't sign any ROIs for her father to do this). I'd talk to a lawyer about this because I really think an employee gave out the information to your ex.
Answered by Sturm und Drang - Tue Sep 11 21:01:37 2007

Okay, wait, so if creationism teachings reach schools what is it going to be all about?
Q. We should remember that school is a department specialized in academic subjects, rather than dogmatic subjects. The beliefs of a God cannot be consider academic, since such claim of a creator cannot be a testable hypothesis and of course the teachings would be based merely on faith. I hope some answer to help me understand this because right now it makes as much sense as trying to teach evolution theory in churches.
Asked by Hippie! - Mon Mar 9 23:21:55 2009 - - 16 Answers - 0 Comments

A. If it reaches the schools your kid's homework will be watching the Flintstones cartoons .
Answered by Lizard of Ahaz reconstituted - Mon Mar 9 23:33:27 2009

College at NYU? What to major/(maybe) double major in!?
Q. I am interested in pursuing a career in Musical Theater. I would like to go to NYU, because you're in the city-which is an easy way to get introduced to casting directors, producers etc. I looked at NYU's website and Saw they had Acting, Drama and Music Theatre. What is the difference of all which should I do? I would be interested in Voice performance too. But there really isn't a "musical theater" program-at least I don't think!
Asked by Dallas P - Sun Oct 22 21:59:12 2006 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. If you want to be in musical theatre, major in music theatre. The majors are exactly what they sound like--acting is theatre without music emphasis, musical theatre is acting and singing. Do what sounds the most interesting to you. Make sure you read the curriculums and all of the pertinent information for each major. NYU is very difficult to get into and very expensive, especially if you're out of state. Good luck!
Answered by Esma - Mon Oct 23 00:07:19 2006

I'm looking for a college with the following characteristics.?
Q. Near large city Small campus feel, but could be large campus Many scholarships available Many extracurricular activities- music, writing, political groups Not centered around sports Great academic departments Offering majors in economics, international business, political science, government, or chemistry Good foreign language dept. Study abroad opportunities All suggestions are appreciated. If you could give reasons why you suggested the school, that'd be great. In case this is helpful: unweighted 4.0; weighted is about a 4.3 gpa act 28- taken as a freshman Haven't taken SAT yet Lots of extracurriculars and volunteering plus I have a job
Asked by jake2011@ymail.com - Mon Feb 16 19:20:57 2009 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments

A. I'm basically a breathing advertisement for the school, but Washington U. in St. Louis is a great school- it definitely fits all of the requirements (although I'm not sure how good their foreign language department is, but its by no means 'bad') The school is near the city of St. Louis, but actually isn't in it- its in a wealthy suburb. The campus isn't huge but its not small, but its gorgeous. Presuming you're a candidate that they want, I hear they Fin Aid office is fantastic (and the scholarship programs are pretty good too.) The school definitely isn't centered around sports, its much more academic. The teams are all D3 (mens basketball was the 2008 D3 champions) but the school by no means is sports crazy. I don't know how accessible… [cont.]
Answered by grace877191 - Mon Feb 16 19:46:35 2009