Word: sciencese
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"There is a way in which social sciences and humanities are more accessible to scientists than science is to humanists and social scientists," Verba says. "I've been told by physicists that I'll never understand what they are talking about, and I accept that."
In marked contrast to most professors, James L. Michel '76, head tutor of biochemical sciences, says he is dismayed by the science education at Harvard for non-science concentrators and those who are pre-med.
"Students who are in the sciences have requirements in math and science," he says. "Everyone else has watered down requirements which are not adequate today to be an intellectual person."
"Basically, the AP tests are what we would consider high school-level science and math, they are useful only for placement--not for credit--in most cases," Michel says. "Students in the sciences take much more rigorous courses in math and sciences."
"Or, he says, "you can be a science concentrator and pick up a rich humanities education, but it's harder to do the opposite. I know many students in social sciences or humanities who do serious sciences beyond the Core because they're interested in it."