<p>There are five divisions in MCB, but all the classes in MCB are titled MCB. MCB students take a courses in division other than their own also.</p>
<p>If you are looking for an easy biology major, MCB is the wrong place to be looking, but historically people have considered CDB the easiest of the MCB tracks because it allowed for the most out-of-department courses; however, MCB appears to be reconstructing the CDB program, so I don’t know how much longer CDB can be called “easy”.</p>
<p>Leftist is correct in that CDB is probably going to get harder very soon (1-2 years). The main draw of CDB is that there are fewer requirements that are set in stone, and thus more electives. Thus it was easy to customize CDB to a particular track eg. take MCB150 (Immunology) without having to take all the electives of Immuno, or the Immuno Lab (150L). Now they’re putting in more of a physiology aspect into the major, generally making the classes harder and cutting down on the requirement-elective ratio. </p>
<p>CDB has always enjoyed massive numerical superiority compared to the other emphases. I remember seating charts for graduation showing the CDB section to be 2-3x some of the other sections. This will probably not be the case for much longer.</p>
<p>hey leftist, that 2.96 GPA number you give - that’s MCB upper-div courses right?</p>
<p>it is the departmental average. It includes lower-div MCB courses in addition to upper-div courses, so it would be logical to assume MCB UDs have averages even lower than 2.96 (since the MCB LD like MCB 32/L aren’t as hard)</p>
<p>[MCB</a> Undergraduate Program - At a Glance - MCB Major Requirements](<a href=“http://mcb.berkeley.edu/undergrad/major/major_requirements/glance/]MCB”>http://mcb.berkeley.edu/undergrad/major/major_requirements/glance/)</p>
<p>new MCB programs up</p>
<p>CDB has one level elective and it appears that there will be new elective lists. CDB will no longer be the safer MCB program I am guessing</p>
<p>In relation to post #9
This is your guide.
<a href=“http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/site/changing_colleges.php[/url]”>http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/site/changing_colleges.php</a>
Switching between CNR and L&S is very easy to do and there is no hurry to do so.
I am not quite sure if one can switch to CNR even before they get here, but nonetheless it still is rather easy to switch into CNR</p>
<p>just incase anyone is interested in neuroscience (since I am), you should take biological psychology 110 with walker, and human neuropsychology (psych 117), they’re both great courses for anyone interested in neuroscience (psych isn’t purely social science!)
psych 110 would be an introductory course to neuro though, and psych 117 gets a lot more clinical… pretty fascinating though.</p>
<p>What do you know about BMB: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology? How does it compare to the rest of the MCB emphases?</p>
<p>Go on campusbuddy or pickaprof and look at the grades for the require BMB courses and you can get an answer.</p>
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<p>This is arguably the emphasis with the most solid foundation for doing research in molecular and cellular biology. You start from the basics and you learn from the best in the field of biochemistry, molecular biology, cell biology, and genetics.</p>
<p>It’s quite intensive in comparison to other emphases. The only one that is comparable is the Biological Chemistry emphasis.</p>
<p>what’s your reasoning to say that? personally I’d say CDB is the easiest and immuno or nbio are the harder emphases.</p>
<p>Your opinions might not be really valid anymore because CDB has been split into CDB: Cell Biology and CDB: Physiology and they only have two electives now from NEW ELECTIVE LISTS that have not been released.</p>
<p>There also is new GG&D track on developmental genetics</p>
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<p>CDB was the most flexible and the easiest. Any emphasis that requires C100A and 110 is not easy.</p>
<p>Now that the requirements have changed, it’s still probably still true that BMB and Biological chemistry are the hardest and most useful for grad school. The curriculum is just more focused on practical material for biological research.</p>
<p>Does anyone else with experience second NoOnMCB’s opinion that if you are interested in immunology or anything MCB you’re better off taking MEB or MB at CNR ? the decision is killling me here…</p>
<p>I don’t know any other immuno major on CC, but I do have one friend who was in my Latin class last semester who is graduating Immuno Track 2 this semester who has said pretty much said the same stuff</p>
<p>Do you have any friend that is in the CNR majoring in either MEB or MB ?</p>
<p>I have a friend who is undeclared intended MB major, but she is one of those people who accidentally applied CNR undeclared instead of L&S undeclared. She is also a member of the Class of 2011. She hasn’t done started her upper division biology work yet though.</p>
<p>ohh i see. What is your major btw leftist if that is not too personal ?</p>
<p>Integrative Biology + Latin non-premed
I want to be a paleontologist.</p>
<p>BTW i just realized something; intended undeclared CDB students who jumped the gun and are taking IB 132 (or already took it) are kind of screwed because it blocks them from CDB: Physiology and it is useless for CDB: Cell Biology (which currently only has MCB electives).</p>