blog due 4-2

“Four Meta-genres”

            After reading all four of Carter’s main ideas of meta-genres, I have decided that my major of health sciences fits best into the category of “responses to Academic Situations that call for Empirical Inquiry.” At first I wasn’t even sure what empirical inquiry meant, until Carter explained it. He states, “Empirical inquiry is a way of doing that consists of answering questions by drawing conclusions from systematic investigation based on empirical data.” (Cater, 396)The word investigation got my attention. Investigations directly relate to experiments, which play a big role in science majors. He gives an example of Microbiology and Political Sciences. Of course, microbiology relates more to my major, as I have to take that course in Fall 2013. With the information I know about my major, almost all studies start with a question. For example, “why do we sweat when we workout?” or “why do some people sweat more than others?” Under the points of microbiology, it mentions asking pertinent questions to formulate hypothesizes and designing experiments. I am very familiar with these steps. The points also mentioning observations and presenting findings in the appropriate forms. I am only a freshman in college, but have had science focused classes since my freshman year of high school. When it comes the other example Carter gives, my major may not directly relate to political sciences, but it does have some similarities. Health sciences as I know it, is a lot of research and experimenting. Political sciences have different types of questions, yet both subjects have hypothesizes and outcomes that support or deny that hypothesis. Before reading this article I would have never thought as to political sciences being similar. Finally, each of the assignments listed at the bottom all looked familiar. At some point in my career as a student I will use each and every one of the examples written on page 398.