1st year course selection

<p>Someone already talked here about general first year science.</p>

<p>I am from an Ontario school and no AP programs or IB, so I am proceeding into U0 year :)...haha...</p>

<p>Anyways, I keep looking at my course requirements... as for Biochemistry I need:</p>

<p>Biol 111
Biol 112
Chem 110
Chem 120
Math 223 (lin. algebra)
Math 140
Math 141
Phys 101/131
Phys 102/147
And another physics...</p>

<p>How can I possible take all of those courses?!!? Most, if not all of those are four credit classes... </p>

<p>Can anyone recommend to me as I am going in to U0 freshman science, what courses I should take to get myself ready for Biochemistry or what I need, because that amount of courses seems bogus. It also recommends that I take organic chemistry too.... how?!!?</p>

<p>I'm sure that if they recommend all their students to take these courses first year, it's not as difficult to do as it may seem. Either that or they're starting to weed out students early. You should just take what they say you have to take. Science is competitive anywhere, and especially at McGill. However, I'm sure a lot of the math and science courses are review, so make sure that you learn them well in high school. Make sure that your teacher tests you at the right difficulty level and that he covers the material that he or she is supposed to. If he or she doesn't, you can do some extra prepping over the summer. Doesn't sound too fun, but it'll make your time easier next year if you know most of it. A lot of my math and science teachers are saying that a lot of first year is review because they have to make sure that all their students are on the same page. I believe harpgirl said that math 140 is for people who've never taken calculus (although I could be very much mistaken), so if you've taken calculus you should be ok. Just make sure you're on top of what you're supposed to be on top of and the admin will take care of the rest.</p>

<p>I'm going to be in the Faculty of Arts next year. When I visited, I picked up one of the McGill papers and saw an article which explained that this faculty was going downhill and desperately needed to be fixed - the classes were too large, the professors were too focused on research, etc. I'm not that concerned about it, but can anyone tell me if this is a really big problem?</p>

<p>when do we get to speak to academic advisors? we can contact them by email right? I read that at cafe connect or some event like that you can go there and speak to advisors, but I don't think I'll be making another trip up there any time soon. However, I really want to know if the courses I want to take are ok or which courses I should or can take.</p>

<p>harpgirl27...
with the schedule you listed for freshman year, how many credits did that amount to?</p>

<p>Could anyone from Arts post their freshman year courses?</p>

<p>If you're in arts you have waay more freedom in what classes you choose than ppl in the other faculties. Look at the calendar online at <a href="http://www.mcgill.ca%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.mcgill.ca&lt;/a> if you want more info in freshman year courses</p>

<p>To the current McGill students: has anyone had John Toth for math or has had a friend who's had him? I can't find any comments on him on ratemyprofessor.</p>

<p>Charzy Chai how can u find out which proffesors teach a ceratin class</p>

<p>if you look up the class in class schedules (you can access it through minerva for students) you can find the time of the class and the professor who's teaching it.</p>

<p>crap...so I got a 3 on my ap physics e/m exam and now i have to take either PHYS 102 or 142. any suggestions on which one i should take? both professors are apparently very bad. the guy in 102 doesn't curve and the lady in 142 tries to fail her students. on the other hand got credit for everything else but still...physics makes me miserable :(</p>

<p>they don't really curve in mcgill at all..</p>

<p>though i've heard that they curve management to be around 65-75 average now... well, read it on the "i hate mcgill management's curving policy" group on facebook</p>

<p>oy.......is 102 easier than 142?</p>

<p>hey- i took sl physics... even if I got a 7, (I didn't) I wouldn't have had credits nor an exemption right? so as a b.a. & sc. candidate I still have to do the freshman science req. right?
someone was saying you're departmental with an I.B. diploma so that means no freshman requirement no matter what or no?</p>

<p>yeah, i don't understand about the IB diploma thing, either.</p>

<p>also, is anyone take any french courses? i have no idea what level to take and am so confused about what i should sign up for!</p>

<p>i think the placement tests determine which level.</p>

<p>so are we not supposed to register for any french classes until after we take the placement test?</p>

<p>about the french - perhaps you sign up for a course now and then you can adjuust it later on after you've taken the placement exam.</p>

<p>for IB- SL makes absolutely no difference. For every HL paper you write and get 5 or more on you get something like 6-20 credits for that subject. If you get 30 credits, that's equivalent to doing a year of university, regardless of what the courses you got them for are. You still have to fulfill the requirements somehow before you graduate in order to get your diploma. Although for science students there's a rule that's like you can't take more than 18 transfer credits that are not in the sciences. Basically, if you got 5 or better on all 3 HL's you get second year standing.</p>

<p>hmm, ok thank you so much bittersweet. i have been a mess trying to figure all of this out!</p>

<p>"Could anyone from Arts post their freshman year courses?"</p>

<p>So far, I've figured I'm going to take:</p>

<p>1st Semester</p>

<p>Introductory Arabic
Introduction to International Development
Microeconomic Analysis
Economic Development 1
Development and Underdevelopment</p>

<p>2nd Semester</p>

<p>Intermediate Russian Language Intensive
Introductory Arabic
Economic Development 2
The Study of World Religions
And some class that doesn't conflict with those, which I haven't been able to find yet.</p>