<p>Anyone currently in or graduated with this major? How is the curriculum? Hard, easy, intriguing? Does it prepare one for optometry school?</p>
<p>Anybody out there? Any reply can help.</p>
<p>Im wondering the same thing. I really want to go UC Santa Cruz because of this major...Anyone have any info on good it is?</p>
<p>It's been a while so I'm bringing this topic up again. Is anyone under this major have any information on this? How hard are the classes/requirements for the major? Is the Spanish not too hard for someone who didn't take spanish in high school? How many quarters of Spanish is needed?</p>
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<p>^ haha it wont be for a while until we hear an answer o.o</p>
<p>Guess not. I have done my research and the spanish can become a pain in the *** if you don't need it. I don't know about med schools but optometry, dentistry, and pharmacy don't even care about second languages.</p>
<p>well.. i am actually interested in spanish and wanted to minor in spanish so this major is perfect for me. I think spanish will come in handy in any medicine you do. My mom is a doc and if she knew spanish she would get a ton more patients ( not that she would be crazy enough to ask for more patients). It looks good to know spanish for med schools.</p>
<p>well yes but the major is demanding enough (yet does not include all of the requirements for grad schools). i guess 5 quarters of spanish is good if you already have some college credits saved up.</p>
<p>The health sciences program at UCSC is brand new, but is on par with the other biological sciences here in terms of rigor. In my opinion, some of the major benefits of UCSC's health sciences program are the 5 quarters of spanish required and the required senior internship.</p>
<p>Spanish is an extremely important language to know living in California. Doctors and nurses need to know how to communicate with all of their patients to effectively treat them. The senior internship gives you the opportunity to get real world experience and training -- at the undergraduate level this is almost unheard of. UCSC is known for its undergraduate internship and research opportunities and the Health Sciences program takes full advantages of the university's resources.</p>
<p>The biology program here at UCSC is getting stronger every year. Here's a list of requirements for each major: <a href="http://www.biology.ucsc.edu/ug/program/index.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.biology.ucsc.edu/ug/program/index.html</a></p>
<p>Length of major ranges from reasonable to insane, majors from the Ecology & Evolutionary Biology department being the former and Neuroscience & Behavior being the latter.</p>
<p>A word of caution however, most of the majors including Health Sciences make the third quarter of Organic Chemistry optional, but most top grad schools REQUIRE a full year of O-chem. So if you plan on doing something with that major, don't be lazy and take the extra quarter of O-chem.</p>
<p>Also, If you don't place into calculus right away, don't expect to graduate in 4 years -- these majors are LONG.</p>
<p>Hope this helps.</p>
<p>thanks =] really really helpful</p>