classes premeds would find AWESOME?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>What are some classes offered at Cal that y'all think a premed would be interested in? please and thank you. :]</p>

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<p>I am premed here at Cal. Your question is extremely vague…</p>

<p>In terms of INTEREST I find that many of my premed friends really enjoy physiology classes such as IB 131A. I’m a MCB - Neurobiology major and I haven’t had room for any IB courses, but thus far I’ve really enjoyed MCB 102 and MCB 163, which is an intense course on Neuroanatomy. I mean, if you really like medicine any upper division anatomy course or biology course should interest you. You learn a lot of biochemical pathways that really make you think about how the body works in 102. You can’t really go too wrong with MCB and IB courses. A lot of my premed (and non premed) friends have also suggested drugs and the brain, but I’m not sure where that course falls.</p>

<p>Hope that helps! Let me know if that was actually your question!</p>

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<p>I’ve heard good things about ESPM 162 (Bioethics and Society).</p>

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<p>You learn a lot of biochemical pathways that really make you think about how the body works in 102. </p>

<p>lol. other than zusman, 102 was a joke.</p>

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<p>If you’re looking for a bio class, some of the MCB elective classes are pretty cool - bacterial pathogenesis (mcb c103), cancer bio (mcb 132) are good ones. If you’re looking for a social science class, there are some really awesome upper div classes in the public health, psych, & soc departments. Take whatever sounds interesting to you though.</p>

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<p>Thank you happypatatoes. You answered my vague question finely [haha sorry about that]. I’m also a hopeful MCB-neurobio major and I will definitely look into those class. :]</p>

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<p>And thanks everyone else as well. REALLY HELPFUL. :]</p>

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<p>Hi there. I’m no longer pre-med…hehehe. Anyways just like to share some classes I enjoyed as an undergrad:
MCB 103 was a very engaging class about diseases and treatments of various bacterial species (3 awesome prof)
Public Health 116 was a nice chill class about current health issues,
Premed 101 was a class to feel premed (but honestly it’s good to interact with fellow premeds right?)
Do take some humanities courses (I took Art, Philosophy, Roman Civ classes that I enjoyed because they taught me how to care about aesthetics, suffering, history of humanity, etc…)
Oh and I signed up for Taekwondo, becuz that’s what premeds do!</p>