<p>Are Intro Bio classes harder than Intro Chem classes? (for Freshmen)</p>
<p>I'd be interested to know as well.</p>
<p>I thought intro Bio was harder than intro chem. Intro chem felt to me more like a high school course, whereas my intro bio class was noticeably harder than high school biology. (Granted, i was in a higher level chem class in high school).</p>
<p>chem is pretty much always harder than bio. Although the difference in difficulty isn't that pronounced at the intro level.</p>
<p>i would think chem.. just from my inexperienced view of what i took in HS. and my brother in med school always complained about chem being a b**** and not really bio ever</p>
<p>I guess it depends on your learning style. </p>
<p>I am a very conceptual learner and I found chemistry to be easier. Biology had too much stuff to memorize.</p>
<p>Like others have said, it depends. Biology is more memorization, and Chemisty is more analytical. I personally prefer Biology but I find Chemistry to be easier to me oddly.</p>
<p>A lot of intro chem deals with trends and what they mean (ie: electronegativity and bond disassociation energies). Intro bio is just a lot more memorization of terms. Both aren't really that hard...just put in the work.</p>
<p>In general, I think intro Chem material is harder than intro Bio. At my school Bio was harder though, because it was a weed-out class and the exams were outrageous... just memorization of the most minor and useless details. So it really depends on the school/professor.</p>
<p>People say chem is harder than bio, but they also say math is harder than physics is harder than chem.</p>
<p>Advanced bio is much easier than advanced orgo though.</p>
<p>Our intro bio course requires one semester OChem, so you do the math =P</p>
<p>Oh, how I wish I could be asking this... I'm taking both this semester (along with 7 other credits) and starting Wednesday, having both classes back to back, then chem lab on Friday and bio lab on Monday. From experience in both fields though I would say it all depends on how you learn. I love the sciences and mathematics, the ideas behind chemistry are easier for me to understand because of my math brain, and bio is interesting and easier for me because of my fascination with science. I think I should explain it as, chemistry is more absolute, right and wrong, like most mathematics, where bio is more theories that have been/have to be proven, and more learning and memorizing. theories/studies/outcomes and facts.</p>