<p>Can anyone who has taken this give me advice on the major? It’s pretty rigorous from what I’ve read on the website, but I’m also really interested in the designated course work. I’ll be in the Honors program so will that make it even more rigorous? I’m going to be pre-med and I think this is a great major. Thanks for the help.</p>
<p>I am not majoring in Human Physiology nor know anyone with that major either. I do know many students in the honors program and never hear anyone complain about it. Actually most students I know enjoy the honors program. Like for all students, there are also many resources within the honors program to help you with your courses. </p>
<p>There is also a living learning community for students interested in health science like pre-med. If your entering Iowa this upcoming fall it may be too late for consideration.</p>
<p>Thanks! Finally someone responded haha and no I’ll be a senior this fall but I have above-avg stats for honors. I have another question for honors… how hard is it to maintain a good GPA? Because you’re in classes with fewer people as well as those who are smarter. I’m afraid it’ll be really competitive if I do it. I need to try to maintain like a 3.8.</p>
<p>Well earning a 3.8 definitely will not be easy. If you have good study skills and interested in your courses I think you should be fine. Unfortunately I am currently not a honors student so I have never taken honor courses to give direct advice. As for competitiveness I have only met a few students that were cut-throat competitive, and kept mainly to themselves. Although I think many here like the competitive nature, it is a friendly environment.</p>
<p>You need to maintain 3.3 to stay in the honor program and if you fall below and subsequently improve you can be re-admitted. I believe it’s all automatic based on GPA.</p>
<p>The honors people are adamant that it is not harder and does not hurt GPA because grades are not curved in the honors sections. Everyone in the class could conceivably get an A. When you attend orientation next summer there will be a breakout session for honors and they will explain the whole program. It’s pretty cool but the website is quite complicated.</p>
<p>CB is right about living learning for health science. There is also Daum, the honors dorm. My son lived there last year and met a great bunch of nice, smart, motivated kids. His first year in engineering booted him pretty far out of the honors GPA range, so his honors days are perhaps done, but we’re certainly glad that his core group of friends are good students rather than slackers or partiers.</p>
<p>Wait, there’s no curve? So there’s a set range of grades? That’s nice. Does anyone know what the average ranges are? I’m sure it varies a little, but there must be some kind of typical range.</p>
<p>FYI, Azn…D1 graduated in '09 from Iowa with a BS in Integrative Physiology & a minor in Psychology. She is presently a 2nd year med student, and feels that this track prepared her very well for what followed.</p>