Does anyone know the textbook for Bio 140 and Chem 150? Thanks!
@emory2023dad : congrats on your child’s admission! I would honestly wait until mid-march or so when the course atlas will change to incorporate Fall 2019: http://atlas.college.emory.edu/
I’m confident that biology 141 will continue to use Freeman 6th edition (you can look biol 141 up in the spring 2019 listings of the B&N. However, chemistry uses a new curriculum now where it has for the past 2 years recommended 2 books (one regular chemistry book and another organic chemistry) for the first year general chemistry sequence, I think as e-books and it mainly uses those supplemented with a bunch of other materials. I would really just wait for the atlas to update and tell you as it may be in flux (they may, for example migrate to an “Emory University edition” bundle package like biology used to), but here is a syllabus from Oxford (who assigns the same books):
https://app.oxford.emory.edu/WebApps/Directories/EResources/Syllabi/2018-Fall/CHEM150_sylpowelFA181.pdf
@bernie12 Thank you very much for the information!
@bernie12 My son is lost in biology. He took AP physics in high school and he didn’t take any biology before. Can you please kindly share some advices? What is the different requirement Biology have? How to approach biology effectively? Thank you very much!
@emory2023dad : What do you mean by “lost” and are they on the Oxford or ECAS campus? The two curricula may still be different. ECAS just rearranged its topics recently (1 year"ish" ago).
Does your son also have chem right now/have an AP chem credit? One thing I notice is that it places the chemistry heavy stuff earlier (I am advising someone elsewhere on chem and bio: I may just PM and get you to encourage them to perhaps reach out there) and that if you don’t have AP and chem 202 yet, it can get weird and students may find themselves rote memorizing stuff that is better to understand conceptually (because they don’t have the foundation to understand it as well as someone who already 202 at Emory which has a heavy dose of the organic chemistry concepts necessary to understand biomolecules and biological processes).
It also matters whose section they are in. Do you have any idea who they are taking?
I really need to know more about what they are struggling with (my understanding is that some basic Mendelian genetics, evolution, and biochemical concepts made the first test). If you can get any of this information, maybe PM me. I’m effectively a biochemist at this point so kind of know how to deal with troubles in learning both though I’m definitely a bit more of a chemist in some ways.
I can’t give general advice on studying biology because the approach really depends on the topic studied and how they want students to know it. I know that many sections like to use case studies for take-home quizzes and those may sometimes ask the student to do higher ordered thinking and then some test questions will also be higher ordered and build upon those activities, and most students may struggle with that (and that really will take more nuanced advising, because then you have to learn how to perhaps get creative and design your own questions/think of different ways of asking about certain material you think they may test at a higher level. The biomentor problem sets and any cases may hint at which topics they will do this for), but a student good at physics may struggle with the memorization of key details (in which case, flashcards could really help and getting a hold of some textbook derived testbank of lower level items to practice may serve as check-ups. Maybe during a session, draw processes from scratch/memory as a form of self-quizzing. I hate studying for test items that focus on recall/regurgitation of details/pathways, but the last strategy was very effective in a memorization heavy biochem course I took once upon a time)
@bernie12 Thank you very much! My Son is in ECAS. He did take chemistry and he did well in chemistry. His didn’t do well in his first bio class. That is what I am refer to as lost. I prefer to PM you but I can’t. I need at least 15+ posts to see the new message icon. I am going to visit Emory next week. is it possible to meet you? Thanks again!
@emory2023dad : I am not at Emory. I am an alum that’s in grad. school. I’ll just PM you