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As an architect, you’ll want to understand the fundamentals of physics so that you design with realistic constraints in mind from the get-go (or risk your structural/civil engineers frustrated redesign of unfeasible features, dropping structural columns all over your beautiful, dramatically spacious plans). Beyond a conceptual grasp, though, you won’t practice detailed physics or high-level calculus as a professional.But that’s more of a note on particular skills as they relate to the profession, while what I think you’re looking for is strategic advice for a prospective college student, so let’s look at that.If you review the curriculum of a typical architecture program you’ll notice many years of studio coursework. Architecture studio is very much like a fine arts studio in curriculum structure, assignment type, and grading. There’s very little focus on real-world engineering (or budgets!) and you can typically get away with designs that play it loose with the laws of physical reality on Earth. You will be judged primarily on your creativity in both problem solving skills as well as presentation.What should you do now to prepare? That depends a little more on your background. Have you taken art courses before and are you comfortable with their structure? Do you have a strong portfolio of work to submit with your application to universities? If the answer is no, take the art classes in high school. You will absolutely need to prove exceptional skills in a variety of art forms as a requirement for acceptance. Also consider, if you walk into architecture studio blind, you may have trouble with the ambiguous expectations and often self-guided, flexible environment. Some familiarity with this world will go a long way.If you have a solid portfolio (or can otherwise work on one outside of classes) and will continue to practice artistic development on your own, then take the physics and calculus AP classes. Not because I think you’ll need them, but because you’re likely to receive college credit for those general education requirements and can instead take a couple interesting electives. Having the credits affords you more control over your schedule and the background is enough to help ground your work through school. (Biased side note, AP physics/calc was a lot of fun)Good luck! If you have any further questions feel free to contact me directly, I’m happy to help.

What is gender studies?Students learn about gender, sexual difference, masculinity and femininity. Courses examine the intersections of gender with race/ethnicity, nationality, socioeconomic class, ability levels, sexuality, and additional dimensions of difference.[1][1][1][1]AlsoGender Studies is an interdisciplinary field that focuses on the complex interaction of gender with other identity markers such as race, ethnicity, sexuality, nation, and religion. Gender— femininity and masculinity—is such a basic form of social organization that its operation often passes unnoticed.[2][2][2][2]But can I get a job?Some career options for gender studies graduatesArtist/filmmaker.Communications Officer.Counsellor.Cultural programs coordinator.Diversity officer.HR coordinator.International development.[3]Is it right for me?Sadly, economic prospects for many jobs in liberal arts related fields are limited, depending upon one’s major. A college degree is no longer the ticket to the middle class as it once was 50 years ago. The jobs listed above are going to be limited in demand. Further, some right wing HR managers will likely discriminate against you for this major. Decades ago, just having a college degree in the liberal arts showed employers that you can read, research, think critically, and write well. These are valuable skills. But neoliberal capitalism has changed the nature of society dramatically. The West has become a highly technocratic place. Credentialism has limited the avenues for success of liberal arts majors unless they attend in-demand graduate or professional schools. If you come from a middle class family or below, survival is unfortunately something you have to consider. College shouldn’t be job training. If it is, then why aren’t capitalist employers paying for it? Why should labor pay to train themselves to earn profits for the owners of the means of production? We live in an inverted world, indeed.With college degrees costing $100K+, liberal arts have become the purview of the rich. We have regressed to medieval times. Everyone else is supposed to major in a STEM field, learn a trade, go to the military, or go to prison. Homelessness is the “threat” by which we live.There is a value in studying gender studies. This is especially true for people who are working to integrate their sexuality as they come of age. If you are attending college to get a job, then consider how your options may be limited by selecting this major.Liberal arts degrees are not “worthless.” In fact, studying this area enables us to ask the most important questions of who we are as members of the human race, where society has been, should be, and is heading, how to read well, write well, think critically, and to appreciate the arts in a way that breathes life into our existences.Footnotes[1] Knowledge & Skills Gained [1] Knowledge & Skills Gained [1] Knowledge & Skills Gained [1] Knowledge & Skills Gained [2] About - Gender Studies[2] About - Gender Studies[2] About - Gender Studies[2] About - Gender Studies[3] Careers in gender studies - University of Victoria

Hi even though you asked for five but I got the bet ten enjoy!!!!!10. New Species of Human AncestorIt was a big year for fossils, and an even bigger calendar for evolutionary science. In March, a 2.8 million-year-old jawbone was found in Ethiopia, extending theHomo genus’ evolutionary timeline by 400,000 years. Then, in September, a collection of “weird” and “bizarre” bones were found in a South African cave. Not much is known about them, but scientists considered the remains different enough from anything previously known to garner a new classification of species,Homo naledi, a discovery that could force scientists to rethink human evolution.9. It’s Not Just Gas, Liquid and Solid, AnymoreThe belief that matter exists in three states, solid, liquid or gaseous has been around for generations, but that changed this year. Joining the big three is “Jahn-Teller metal,” which is not a catchy name but is an important discovery. In this new, cool state localized electrons on the fullerene molecules demonstrate coexistence with metallicity. It won’t permeate everyone’s lives the way most matter does, but the new state is influential for the world of superconductors.8. New Horizons Pluto Flyby​After being knocked down in 2006, Pluto made a huge comeback this year when the New Horizons probe completed a flyby of the dwarf planet. The flyby produced a bevy of discoveries, many of which are still being analyzed and considered, but among them are Pluto’s significant geological activity that includes mountain ranges and nitrogen glaciers.7. Bionic LensDr. Garth Webb, an optometrist in British Columbia developed the Ocumetics Bionic Lens which could give patients perfect vision and removes the chance of cataracts because the new lens replaces the existing, natural one. Even more impressive, Webb says the surgery can be done in eight minutes and will immediately correct the patient’s vision. The lens is custom-made and inserted like a taco into a saline-filled syringe, then placed into the eye where it unfolds within 10 seconds. Depending on how animal and human trials go, the new lens could be available within two years, and could completely change the eyecare industry.6. First Man-made LeafThe pesky lack of oxygen in space is a major hindrance to increased exploration, as is the inconsistent results with growing plants outside of Earth. Enter Julian Melchiorri, a Royal College of Art graduated that invented the first man-made, biologically functioning leaf. Made out of chloroplasts and silk protein, the leaf is capable of absorbing carbon dioxide and light, converting it into oxygen. The most obvious application is for space travel, but Melchiorri sees Earth-bound applications as well, like providing bursts of fresh air in otherwise stale office buildings.5. First New Antibiotic in 30 YearsIf you’re like me and not on the up and up with the world of antibiotics, you’ll be surprised to learn that doctors have used the same antibiotics for decades to fight disease. In that time, the diseases have fought back, many developing resistances to common antibiotics. Early in 2015, a team from Northeastern University in Massachusetts put a notch in the win column for medicine when it discovered Teixobactin, the first new antibiotic in 30 years. The team used it to treat drug resistant disease-infected mice and hope to begin human trials within two years. If those trials go well, Teixobactin could be instrumental in treating the mutated, resistant diseases, and the method used to discover it could lead to more antibiotic findings.4. Water on Mars​The prospect of water on Mars has been debated for decades, but 2015 finally gave us a definitive answer. Sadly, the water found on the Red Planet is not in the same family as Earth’s vast oceans, lakes and rivers. Instead, the water is what’s called “recurrent slope linae” and is thought to be the Martian equivalent of seasonal melt water. Nonetheless, the discovering of flowing, liquid water on Mars is groundbreaking, and could lead to more revelations about the planet’s history.3. First Laboratory Grown Human MuscleUsing human cells that had progressed beyond stem cells, but were not yet muscle, a team at Duke University grew muscle that contracts and responds to stimuli just like native tissue. Though not expected to revolutionize the medical world in terms of growing new tissue for humans, the work done at Duke is still monumental. The ability to grow muscle tissue in a lab could lead to safer drug testing and medical experiments, removing living humans from the equation.2. Kepler-452b​The search for a second Earth has been at the forefront of science, and science-fiction, for years, and now scientists have found an exoplanet so similar to our home it’s been dubbed “Earth 2.0.” The planet is located in the Cygnus constellation and orbits the G-Class start Kepler 452. There are numerous parallels, such as the same size orbit around the same kind of star and same year length, to make scientists excited about the prospect of life on the planet, or the potential of it being a second home for the human race. The issue of distance is real, however, as Kepler-452b is 1,400 light years from Earth.1. HIV VaccineThe fight against HIV and AIDS took a huge step forward in 2015 when researchers at the Scripps Research Institute developed a vaccine that was incredibly effective against HIV-1, HIV-2 and simian immunodeficiency virus. The key difference here is the new HIV vaccine actually alters DNA to fight off the virus, rather than injecting a weakened form into the body so the immune system can learn to fight it. The research is still in the early stages, but the results thus far are extremely promising and if they continue to be, HIV treatment will become far simpler.Hope it helped ; ) !!!