Science and Chicago life

phuriku
Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:08:22 +0000

Core Bio isn’t a good standard to judge our Bio department. The reason a lot of people dislike it is 1) EVERYONE is required to take it (there are NO alternatives, like PhySci has) 2) there are 7 hours of class each week, compared to 3 for most other classes. The latter seems particularly distressing… the average Chicago student is already pretty stressed, and throwing in a random core class that requires so much time is really unnecessary. I haven’t actually taken the course yet, so I can’t say much for content.

However, if you’re a bio major, you probably won’t have to sit through the normal Bio core. You can either test out of it or take the advanced Core Bio, designated for people who received a 5 on their AP test. We have a very good Bio department here.