Take a science class EVERY semester?

apumic
Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:17:19 +0000

since a standard major is ~10 courses, one should not have to triple up on sciences. Assuming a two courses each in the first two years, that leaves 6 courses over the last two (for a bio major, for example), plus physics, for premed.

Of course, a neuroscience major might need more science coursework.



What major is 10 courses?!? I want to switch to that one! 10 courses =~30 units. The only major at my UG that fit that description would be philosophy (at exactly 30) and you can bet those were 30 hard-fought units. (Phil classes aren’t exactly mass comm!)

Of my two UG majors, the smaller was 15 classes min and the larger was ~36 classes min! My UG’s bio major was about 20 classes. There’s no way you could fit any of those into 10 classes.

Nevertheless, no, you shouldn’t have to triple up on sciences. Granted, it’s not that bad as long as you don’t take more than a class beyond your 3 sciences (2, maybe, but I wouldn’t suggest it).