<p>Fab,</p>
<p>keep in mind that most students entering in on a track such as Op’s D will not probably not take physics freshman year but will start out taking bio and chem. (by the time a pre-med student takes physics, they are in pretty much a self selected group and the pre-med weeding has probably already occured in bio I & II, Chem I & II and organic chem I & II). </p>
<p>In addition, your statement does not take into consideration that there are various science courses (science classes for science majors, science courses for those on the pre-professional track and science course for those who are simply trying to fill a distribution or degree requirement). So would a student who is a phsyics major or engineering major be required to take the same physics class as someone who is just trying to fill a degree requirement and is not looking to go any further (I know that they are vastly different where my D attends school).</p>
<p>even at school in question, there are different sections of the same course required for students in different pre-professional programs (there are different physics courses required for physics majors at this same school).</p>
<p><a href=“http://courses.k-state.edu/catalog/undergraduate/as/prehealth.html[/url]”>http://courses.k-state.edu/catalog/undergraduate/as/prehealth.html</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://courses.k-state.edu/catalog/undergraduate/as/phys.html[/url]”>http://courses.k-state.edu/catalog/undergraduate/as/phys.html</a></p>
<p>You are also correct that physics is probably the most “math based” of the sciences so a student who is strong in math (particularly calc) will not really struggle with physics. Unfortunately those skills so not transfer so smothly to the other sciences.</p>