03-03-2019, 09:17 AM
(This post was last modified: 03-03-2019, 09:17 AM by cookderosa.)
I agree with Dave and Dfrecore regarding math. See if you can get there first. I found Khan Academy very helpful, even used it to learn stats that I passed via DSST exam.
For someone who isn't mathy, I used Math for Liberal Arts as my BA math for the same reason. I didn't want to do a business degree and learn college algebra or precal. But, when I decided to go into a science for my master's, I needed a bunch of classes that had math in them. I found chemistry very hard and physics too hard given the amount of time I wanted to invest - I can tell you that coming at stuff as an adult is different than as a teen, but it does take time to build that intuition if you're starting from scratch (I was).
If I were approaching math with enthusiasm, I'm certain I could learn what I needed to via Khan Academy. It's a fantastic free resource. You should give it some thought- the speed of earning this degree does buy you a little time if you'd like to learn the math, but if not, you have options. If you dive in and find it too much, just go a different direction.
For someone who isn't mathy, I used Math for Liberal Arts as my BA math for the same reason. I didn't want to do a business degree and learn college algebra or precal. But, when I decided to go into a science for my master's, I needed a bunch of classes that had math in them. I found chemistry very hard and physics too hard given the amount of time I wanted to invest - I can tell you that coming at stuff as an adult is different than as a teen, but it does take time to build that intuition if you're starting from scratch (I was).
If I were approaching math with enthusiasm, I'm certain I could learn what I needed to via Khan Academy. It's a fantastic free resource. You should give it some thought- the speed of earning this degree does buy you a little time if you'd like to learn the math, but if not, you have options. If you dive in and find it too much, just go a different direction.