Science and Mathematics

cience is, in one sense, our knowledge of all that — all the stuff that is in the universe: from the tiniest subatomic particles in a single atom of the metal in your computer's circuits, to the nuclear reactions that formed the immense ball of gas that is our sun, to the complex chemical interactions and electrical fluctuations within your own body that allow you to read and understand these words. Mathematics is such a useful tool that science could make few advances with it. However, maths and standard sciences, like biology, physics, and chemistry, are distinct in at least one way: how ideas are tested and accepted based on evidence. Maths is the study of topics such as quantity, structure, space and change. Through the use of abstraction and logic, mathematics developed from counting, calculation, measurement, and the systematic study of the shapes and motions of physical objects.

Studying Science

Science is a system for exploring, and for innovation. It can fuel a nation’s economic growth. It can form a path for our young people in a competitive global marketplace. And it can fire our imagination.Science is explorative, innovative, and creative. Studying science will broaden student understanding of the world around them and will equip them with the skills needed to approach most things in a reasoned and analytical manner. Science is not static. New ideas build upon older ideas (some of which are being rediscovered). Science/maths helps students to understand not only the scientific method, but the importance of asking good questions, of sacrificing of themselves, and of tackling hard things as they seek knowledge, understanding, and wisdom.

Courses

Courses in science engage and inspire by showing students how many contemporary issues require a grasp of fundamental scientific and mathematical ideas. There is various numbers of full time programmes at various levels that will enable the student to develop the skills needed to go forward onto higher education or employment. Few divisions in sciences are Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Environment, Zoology and Mathematics, which has courses such as Acarology, Amphibiology, Arachnology, Entomology, Carcinology, Cetology, Atomic, molecular, and optical physics, Computational physics, Electromagnetism, Mechanics and Experimental physics, Embryology, Epigenetics, Ethnobotany, Food technology, Forestry or Silviculture, Genetic engineering, Genetics, Horticulture, statistics, Molecular biology, Microbiology, Analytical Chemistry, Bioinformatics, Biochemistry, Inorganic chemistry, Physical chemistry, Organic chemistry, Ecology, Conservation and Habitat Management, Ecology and Environments, Fossils and the Application of Palaeontology etc.,

Trend in Job Market

Good news for all you math and science students because you sort of own the job market. Most of the top 10 best jobs based on work environment, income, job outlook, stress and other factors call for backgrounds in those two fields. The top ten highest paying jobs for graduates all involved maths and science skills. There is a demand for mathematicians and science across a range of sectors, for example the medicine and health, IT, business consultancy and operational research, space science and astronomy, petroleum and nuclear industries, as well as many forms of engineering and different government departments. Typical employers include, Health sectors, local and central government, educational establishments, the pharmaceutical industry, IT companies, engineering companies, insurance companies, market research and marketing companies, finance, banking and accountancy firms. There are also opportunities for employment with publicly-funded-research institutes or government agencies.