Choosing a Biology course

apumic
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:27:38 +0000

117 & 119 look like a Gen Bio 1/2 sequence, which is what you have to take. 100 is a common non-major survey course. So actually you have to take both and the fact of the matter is that an understanding of cell bio/molecular bio/genetics is far more important for the learning and practice of medicine than diversity or evolution (seems like common sense to me – anyone disagree?). Physiology would be important, of course, but you have to take both anyway, so take 117 in the fall and 119 in the spring.

You need a full year of each of the following:
-General Biology
-General Chemistry
-Organic Chemistry
-Physics
-English
-Math*
-Biochemistry*

*These two are generally recommended by most schools and req’d at a few. Math is often req’d 1 sem w/ 2 sem recommended; biochem is not really req’d by most schools but it’s very frequently recommended and shows you can handle upper-division bio/chem, which is important to demonstrate