<p>I'm a prospective history major who will enter Princeton this fall, and I would like to fulfill part of my science requirement in the fall semester...</p>
<p>So my question is... is MOL/EEB 211 (the Biology of Organisms) a completely killer course for a non-science/non-pre-med person? I really enjoy biology, and would like to take some of it in college (I'm taking AP Bio currently and I've done well in it this year) but I'm really afraid of being chewed up and spit out in my math/science classes next year...</p>
<p>If anyone who's been through the course could give me their take on it, I'd appreciate it...</p>
<p>if you like biology, but aren't really into the whole science thing and don't really want to take more bio classes, id recommend MOL101--- its taught by weischaus (nobel prize winner) and bassler (just got inducted to NAS) and is a really cool course. </p>
<p>I wouldn't take EEB 211, ive heard that its pretty boring. You could place out of it using AP bio credits and either take 214 in the spring, or if youre particularly ambitious, an upper level mol course (don't take biochem, ive heard that it was terrible)</p>
<p>Its funny this topic should pop up, because I was just looking at my A.B. program sheet trying to figure out what courses I will say I'm interested in taking in the fall. I pretty much know already that I'm going to concentrate in EEB come my sophomore year, so I think I will have to take EEB 211 at some point, so I figure I would take it this fall. </p>
<p>However, does anyone know what upper level MOL or EEB courses people with AP Bio credit are allowed to take as freshmen? That would be really helpful for me to figure out what I would take in the spring.</p>
<p>you can take any mol class that only asks for mol 215 as a prereq (i think biochem and genetics, maybe some others), however I know that if youre a mol major you cannot skip mol 215, and i think that the same is true for EEB majors. Also, i'm pretty sure (but once again not certain) that if you take 211 you lose whatever credit you have for 215... although talking to the department would help. At princeton, you can take any class without the prereqs that they ask for, and if you aren't looking for advanced standing then they basically take your word as to what you can place out of. However, it obviously doesn't do you much good totake a 400 level math class if you really should be in calcII</p>
<p>Also, the A.B. program course sheets don't actually matter-- they're used to help set you up with an advisor, but no one ever looks at them again</p>