Freshman BioSci major @ UCI

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<p>I'm trying to reach out to all Anteaters who are BioSci majors, but any advice would be appreciated just as much. I'm going to enter UCI as a freshman majoring in BioSci and I have absolutely no idea what would be the best courses to take to finish college in time. I apologize for my newbieness in advanced.</p>

<p>What I want to know is how your fall schedule in freshman year was set up: the number of units completed, the courses, things like that. If your willing to share all the specifics of your schedule, it would be very helpful to me.</p>

<p>I made a mock schedule:</p>

<p>Biosci 93 Lec - 8:00-8:50 MWF
Biosci 93 Dis - 12:00-12:50 Tu</p>

<p>Biosci 2A Sem - 8:00-8:50 Tu</p>

<p>Chem 1A Lec - 10:00-10:50 MWF
Chem 1A Dis - 12:00-12:50 Thu</p>

<p>Writing 39B Sem - 9:30-10:50 TuThu</p>

<p>I feel as if I'm missing something. If I'm understanding the way units work, my mock is 13 units. 12 is bare minimum right? I read that math 2A should be held off until spring so it doesn't interfere with bio, but i want to get at least one more class that can fulfill some kind of bio prerequisite. Would you recommend getting one more class? If so, what class should I take?</p>

<p>Also, how do some students graduate in three years? Is it mainly because of their fall/winter/spring schedules or is it because of courses taken in summer school?</p>

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<p>Yes. Remember you have to satisfy both the unit requirement for graduation and your school/major class requirement.</p>

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<p>I would knock out math or a easy GE course. Whatever you can handle.</p>

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<p>Ok,freshman year/sophomore year, you want to knock out those General Education courses, so in addition to your major courses, take your GE classes as well. That way, you only need to deal with your major courses/major electives for your junior and senior year. Also if you want to graduate in 3 years, take a courseload of maybe 18-21 credits, if you can handle that, and take all the summer session courses as well. You can definitely add in some afternoon or night classes if they have them.</p>