• Question: What are the main things you have to study to become a scientist?

    Asked by Ronnie to Abid, Donna, Sanjib, Thomas, Avril on 9 Jun 2017. This question was also asked by 0121MarvinOnTheMap, smithyyyyyy.
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      Avril Tucker answered on 9 Jun 2017:

      Science and maths! I did biology, chemistry and maths at school then went to uni to do pharmacy.

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      Thomas Booth answered on 10 Jun 2017:

      Well you certainly need to study science!

      Maths to a degree is helpful, but you shouldn’t be put off if you are not amazing at maths – so long as you can do the basics you will be fine!

      I would also highly recommend studying Computer Science or something similar. The way science is moving having a good knowledge of computers and programming will help you go a long way!

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      Donna Johnson answered on 10 Jun 2017:

      Science related subjects – at least one of chemistry, biology or physics and then some maths will help though it’s unlikely you’ll be doing anything as hard as A-level maths in a bio-related field.
      I wish i’d had more statistics and programming knowledge before starting out, i’ve had to learn it and it can be a bit tough (worth it though!).

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