<p>Are core classes easier generally? I’m assuming they are also bigger in size.</p>
<p>Is a core class gonna help your GPA? </p>
<p>Just Curious since im going to be a premed.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>I don’t think there are any special core classes except the honors program ones. You take regular classes that are used for filling the core requirements.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t count on core classes being “easier” (this is BC!) – or even necessarily bigger, although some are. </p>
<p>Each student has a wide variety of classes to choose from for each core area and also has four years to fulfill the requirements. So some core classes are big lectures (for example, Micro or Macro Economics – which also serves as a requirement for many majors), but others are relatively small, like the First-Year Writing Seminars, which are capped at around 15-20 students.</p>
<p>thanks for the info! </p>
<p>Any more input welcome!</p>
<p>As an accounting major here at BC (accounting and pre-med are often considered the two most intense majors at BC), I consider my core classes somewhat of a GPA bolsterer. Do note, however, that people often make the mistake of putting little to no effort into their core classes and actually use core classes against them. Accordingly, grades in core classes are often just as stratified as in major / school-specific classes. Those who put in the effort are those who have the As and B+s.</p>
<p>Dear trizz75 : Beyond a shadow of a doubt, the sciences at Boston College have been considered hardest (even excluding the content discussion) as the required lab courses have historically NOT been counted towards your total course load of “32 courses”. New freshmen (Class of 2014) are now on the revised credit load format which should hopefully turn the discussion from required classroom hours to difficulty. (Hint : it will still be more difficult to successfully navigate the sciences.)</p>
<p>Dear Wittlefelluh : Core courses are simply the needed requirements to complete a well rounded college degree at Boston College with a liberal arts focus. As others have cited, there is no collection of core courses, aside from the Honors Program (CAS specifically), which form a prescriptive model for completion of the requirements. Remember that the core courses are the foundation of the Boston College philosophy and will therefore be as important towards your overall GPA as your desired major track courses.</p>