<p>The title is my proposed schedule for next semester, and is basically what is recommended by the chem bio sample schedule.</p>
<p>But is it realistic? I'm getting the vibe that chem/math/physics in the same semester would be killer.</p>
<p>Chem 4B is easy. The labs’ll require some work, but overall, easy class. Particularly relative to 4A.</p>
<p>If you’re taking 1B, I assume you can’t get out of taking it via AP/IB credit, in which case you’ve got no choice. If you can get out of it, take 53 - both profs for the spring are very good.</p>
<h2>For 7A, you again have very little choice.</h2>
<p>I’ll put it this way: I know several people who got As in all four classes last semester with the same technical courses and harder R&Cs. These people, while above-average even for Cal, are by no means geniuses and pulled the grades they did by working hard - and, honestly, not even THAT hard.</p>
<p>When you’re an engineer/CS/math/physical science major (chem/chembio), 3 technicals per semester is typical.</p>
<p>Most have some sort of math class, physics class, and then a class related to their major (CS, Chem, etc)</p>
<p>what if you’re taking chem 4b without having taken chem 4a? how would you estimate the difficulty of chem 4b?</p>
<p>just wondering. my schedule looks like that, just with physics 8a instead of 7a, and with an extra linguistics class…</p>
<p>Chem 4B really isn’t too difficult. It’s more ‘tedious’ than ‘hard’, really. I know several people who took 1A before 4B and they all did fine. As long as you go to class and do the homework/labs, it’ll be fineeeee (:</p>
<p>I wouldn’t even have called it tedious.</p>
<p>RE: meakame:
There’s no connection between 4A and 4B material. It’s just that 4A is such a grind that any easy class following it is going to seem even easier by comparison.</p>
<p>thanks guys :)</p>
<p>is 4a material used in upper div chem courses though? like 120a/b?</p>
<p>120A covers quantum mechanics and spectroscopy i.e. particle in different potential wells, harmonic oscillators, rigid rotor, hydrogen atom, so pretty much all the microscopic stuff you cover in 4A gets vamped to a whole new level. 120B covers statistical mechanics and thermodynamics, so a lot of material on gas laws, thermo, kinetics are covered in that course. </p>
<p>Also 104A (inorganic) covers more in depth of the valence bond theory and molecular orbital theory. It’s pretty neat, actually. </p>
<p>For pchem, do well in Math 54. Linear algebra is pretty much necessary to understand principles of quantum mechanics.</p>
<p>looks like i’m screwed for 120A/B then. i didn’t take 4A. or 1A. ah well.</p>
<p>will pay special attention to Math 54 then!</p>