<p>Can anyone tell me about the difficulty of the lower division requirements for the biology major, i want to switch my major to bio but its impacted so i have to do really well (they rank by GPA). How hard is it to get a's??</p>
<p>The classes are general chemistry (6 series), math (10 or 20 series), physics (1 or 2), BILD 1, 2 and 3 and Organic chem (upper division).</p>
<p>Also can someone compare math 10 vs math 20 series</p>
<p>And compare physics 1 vs 2 series</p>
<p>I have to have a backup and biochem requires the math20 and physics 2</p>
<p>I’m not a bio major so I can’t really tell you much from my personal experience, but I’m pretty sure the 20 series are harder than 10, and 2 harder than 1. And since you are a science major, and it seems like you might want to switch to biochem, than you should probably take the 20 and 2 series to not waste time.</p>
<p>It makes no sense to ask how hard it is to get A’s, because we don’t know how smart you are, how hard working you are etc… If you don’t study, you’ll get D’s/F’s. If you study for your classes every day, go to office hours when you have trouble, and study 20+ hours for each midterm, you’ll get A’s. Simple as that.
Also, 20 series/2 series will count in the place of 10 series/1 series, but not vice versa. If you are planning to change your major at all take the 20 series/2 series. What has happened to many people is they’ve taken 10 series/1 series and changed their major and then they have to take 20 series/2 series, so they wasted their time the first time.</p>
<p>“If you study for your classes every day, go to office hours when you have trouble, and study 20+ hours for each midterm, you’ll get A’s. Simple as that.”</p>
<p>There are always exceptions … gotta feel bad for those people.</p>
<p>sorry i guess i’m wording my questions wrong</p>
<p>I was just trying to compare the material covered between the different series(1 vs 2 and 10 vs 20). Do they cover completely different things, is one more watered down than the other, ect. I just to get an idea about how each of the classes are.</p>
<p>my opinion, the 1 series for physics and 10 series for math are easier in that they are more generalized, they don’t go into depth as much on a topic. physics 1 series is comparable to hs physics, and though you have to take 3 quarters of lab with it, as opposed to 1 quarter of lab for 2 series, it’s “easier.” the engineers MUST take 2 series…the bio people like me are allowed to take 1 series, we have it easy! similar to that, the math 10 series caters more to those majors that do not heavily rely on math. that’s why you can see on the website that the pre-reqs for 20series are ‘higher’ than those for 10series. however, if you want to keep your options (major) open, the counselors recommend taking 20 series because the 10series can limit your choice of majors more.</p>
<p>chem 6 series = your average general chem classes in hs.
bild = bio AP
ochem = depends from person to person. some find it easier than 6 series, others find it much more difficult (i found it much more difficult). nothing a little time, practice, studying, and office hours couldn’t solve. </p>
<p>i think the hardest thing is just remembering to keep up with work. if you think about it, in hs, you managed work for 5-7 classes EVERY day. you did math homework, chem problems, read your assigned reading, etc. in college, you have so much freedom, you tend to skip out on doing those tedious, repetitive homework problems that once helped drill concepts/methods into your head. you figure you don’t have that bio class EVERY day, but every OTHER day, so you put the reading off…</p>
<p>@alwayslove: thank you so much! Thanks for comparing the physics and math classes for me. I think im just going to take the 20 and 2 series to keep my options open. I guess i’ll just have to study a little harder.</p>