ccrocks

is this a hard major? why is it the only bio major that requires only the 20 series for math?
if any of you out there are in this major i'd like to know all about it, thanks

ccrocks

noooo responses?

astrina

now that's called whining.

seriously, don't let others' opinions deter you from picking a major you like. it's your experience that counts, not theirs.

i_lose

not too many people major in it so good luck on finding an answer. why? i *suspect* that it's because the more popular majors look more favorable to professional/grad school opportunities. examples:
*human bio = med school, pharm school, dental school...
*biochem/cel bio = pharm school
*physio/neuroscience = med school

whereas microbio or mol-bio don't look as "favorable"...but really, who cares?

that said, do pick the one you feel you might enjoy the most. and if not, it's REALLY easy to change bio majors. it's simply filling in your name, ID and major, turning it in and waiting 2 weeks.

i feel like almost all bio majors are 90% the same (exception: EBE)...just differences in a few electives.

ccrocks

thank you for the feedback!

LifeTranscends

I'm a mol bio major, though I haven't taken the more specific classes (i.e., bimm 112 and 122). The major is more or less the same as biochem/cell bio or micro (other than the two classes I listed), so if you end up not liking molbio, you can easily switch majors (you can do it online now).

Molbio majors are rare, and I think its because people don't really like molbio...

As for requiring 20 series... I have no idea. The only theory I have about it is that the 20 series is required because of the close ties that molbio has to bioinformatics, so stronger math skills may be useful, but molbio majors don't take bioinformatics classes so I am not really sure why its required. For the future, maybe?

ManOfFaith

I'm a molbio major, too. What do you plan to do after college?

ccrocks

probably med school

ManOfFaith

Forensic science.