Many students enroll in our introductory courses as a compulsory requirement of their STEM major; to satisfy a requirement for admission into medical school; or because they appreciate the quantitative training and intrinsic value offered by a basic understanding of modern physics.
The difficulty with a user-submitted recipe is that it has to stand on its own: reader reviews offer some guidance but one probably needs a basic understanding of food to predict whether a dish is going to work.
Google had already teamed up with Udacity to offer a free course in Android development, but that class required a basic understanding of programming starting with lesson one.
Sympathetic towards Chabaneau's state of poverty, the director of a Jesuit college in Passy offered him a position as a mathematics professor, despite Chabaneau having only a basic understanding of arithmetic.
On Jezebel, Middleton was offered a "hearty congratulations … from CNN, Victoria Arbiter, Henry VIII and everyone else out there who lacks a basic understanding of how sex chromosomes work".
Let's face it, you only need a basic understanding of a subject to manage a pass.
Therefore, a basic understanding of science benefits everyone.
"It gives you a basic understanding of the life of a horse," Mr. McKeller said.
A basic understanding of immunology and neuroscience is required.
Prerequisites: A basic understanding of agricultural, corporate, or managerial finance.
