<p>Would AP Biology or AP Chemistry in high school better prepare me for a Computer Science Major in college? What are the differences in difficulty between the two classes and which is more related to computer science?</p>
<p>Neither are really relevant, unless you plan on going down a track like bioninformatics…look into the school’s curriculums that you’re considering and see if they require either</p>
<p>They are completely irrelevant, but of course you should take those AP courses, study hard, and do well.</p>
<p>If I were forced to decide which of AP Bio or AP Chem is more relevant to Comp Sci, I would go with AP Bio. Memorizing metabolic pathways is, in some ways, like memorizing processes in data structures.</p>
<p>actually ap in calculus or physics is better than chem or bio for a CS major</p>
<p>I suggest you take both if you can handle it.</p>
<p>If you want to know the relevance, then you have to think in terms of applicability to your future career that you intend to have with your CS major. Maybe you should ask those in the engineering forum if it’s suggested to take chemistry. I think there are probably CS majors who become software engineers and work with chemists/chemical engineers. Otherwise, biology could be used for things such as biometrics.</p>
<p>Also, as stated, AP physics is good too. As a CS major, you’re required to take physics anyways, so you might as well “buff up.”</p>
<p>AP Chemistry and/or AP Biology are not particularly relevant to computer science, unless you end up in a job where you are doing software development with applications to chemistry and/or biology or their engineering counterparts (e.g. embedded software for chemical instruments, bioinformatics).</p>
<p>Of the AP courses, Calculus (preferably BC) and English are the most useful. AP Computer Science A may be equivalent to 1/2 to 1 introductory computer science course at a university.</p>
<p>Physics is required for some universities’ computer science majors, but not others. AP Physics C would be more useful than AP Physics B.</p>
<p>Some schools require chemistry for their CS majors if the major is in the engineering college. If you place out of the chemistry requirement you will have credit toward your degree. Most engineering programs do not requirement biology.</p>