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STEM majors were 38% of Yale 2022-23 undergrad degrees. STEM + Econ - 48%. Arts & Humanities - 24%. Social Sciences - 38% https://oir.yale.edu/data-browser/stu
by thelock85 3y ago
STEM majors were 38% of Yale 2022-23 undergrad degrees. STEM + Econ - 48%. Arts & Humanities - 24%. Social Sciences - 38%
https://oir.yale.edu/data-browser/student-data/degrees/bachelors-degrees-awarded-major-w014 https://oir.yale.edu/data-browser/student-data/degrees/bache...
- LegitShady 3y agowhy would anyone bundle STEM and econ?
- mikeyouse 3y agoBecause Econ in good schools is extremely math heavy and is obviously STEM-adjacent.
- LegitShady 3y agonah. just because it uses math doesn't make it stem adjacent. economics is not a science.
- thelock85 3y agoMech.E + Econ here. As I recall after Intro to Micro and Macro, it was all calculus and statistical modeling.
- LegitShady 3y agoHow does that make it STEM? If I study social science and use math does that make social science stem? Or does it mean you used a lot of modelling in a non stem subject?
- bigstrat2003 3y agoSocial science is STEM by definition. The S stands for science.
- darth_avocado 3y agoJust because something has science in it doesn’t mean it actually is science. Political science, metaphysical science, spiritual science etc.
- LegitShady 3y agoyou can name anything anything. Rename astrology as future science and that doesn't make it science. Social science is science like or science-y, but not science. Same with economics. They are heavy in math. They are math adjacent. They are not the study of math. They are a not a science. They are not engineering. economics is not STEM and grouping it with stem is weird.
- LudwigNagasena 3y agoBecause it’s basically applied math.
- LegitShady 3y agoso is counting to 50 going up 5 at a time. that doesn't make it STEM. It's not a science.
- LudwigNagasena 3y ago3/4th of STEM isn’t science…
- MrMan 3y ago[dead]