I compare these to what I actually *took* in first year.
Physics 120-121 6 credits.
Required course. Honours applied Physics. No longer offered, but it used to be provided.
Chemistry 120-121 6 credits
Science Elective. Honours Chemistry. No longer offered.
Mathematics 120-121 6 credits
Required course. Calculus I and II, Differentiation and Integration.
Astronomy 101-102 6 credits
Science Elective. Survey course in Astronomy. Not a prerequisite for anything and no prerequisites required.
History + Philosophy of Science HIST 184/PHI 130 6 credits.
Elective. Joint course offered by History Dean and a philosophy professor. We covered important books in the history of science, some of them rather obscure.
Reading lists:
Marquis de Condorcet, Darwin, Copernicus, Galileo, Francis + Roger Bacon. Descartes.
If you haven’t read it already, read, “the New Atlantis”.
Which course of study do you prefer?
The only one on your list I have NOT read is the Marquis.
Interesting words, would you not agree?
Especially since I am the definition of blue collar. I have twice now declined office work for significantly better pay.