PPL familiar with MCB & IB upper divs - help me out here guys.

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>I need an easy elective to get my MCB CDB Physiology degree. Originally, I had planned on taking IB 131, but I keep hearing about how much work it's going to be, and I don't want to deal with that my final semester. I don't care about what I take lol, just want an easy A.</p>

<p>So out of the following classes, do you guys see any easy ones?</p>

<p>MCB:
MCB C100A
MCB 110
MCB C112
MCB C116
MCB 118
MCB 132
MCB 135A
MCB 140
MCB 143
MCB 150
MCB C160</p>

<p>IB:</p>

<p>123A/123L Exercise Physiology (F, 3 & 2 units)*
131 General Human Anatomy (F, Su, 3 units)
137 General Endocrinology (F, 4 units)
C143A Biological Clocks: Physiology & Behavior (F, Sp, 3 units)
148 Comparative Animal Physiology (3 units)</p>

<p>Nutri-Sci:
103 Nutrient Function & Metabolism (F, 3 units)
108A Introduction & Application of Food Science (F, 3 units)
110 Food Toxicology (F, 3 units)
150 Mechanics of Metabolic Regulation (F)
161A Medical NutritionTherapy (F, 4 units)</p>

<p>Plant & Microbial Biology:
135 Plant Physiology & Biochemistry (F, 3 units)
150 Plant & Microbial Biology (F, 3 units)</p>

<p>Psychology:
110 Introduction to Biological Psychology (F, Sp, Su, 3 units)
C113 Biological Clocks: Physiology & Behavior (F, Sp, 3 units)</p>

<p>Public Health:
141 Intro to Bio-Statistics (Su, 5 units)
142 Probability & Statistics in Bio & Public Health (F, 4 units)
150B Intro to Environmental Health Sciences (F, 3 units)
162A Public Health Microbiology (F, Su, 3 units)</p>

<p>Statistics:
131A Statistical Inference for Life Scientists (F, Sp, 4 units)</p>

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<p>One of the Pbhlth stats classes is supposed to be easy.
And 131 is not difficult at all. It’s just a **** load of memorization but it’s not difficult.</p>

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<p>dude it’s the ****load of memorization part that makes me want to avoid it.</p>

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<p>Stats is gonna be your best bet, though I can’t speak for certain anything outside IB. </p>

<p>Are you not good with rote memorization? haha Anatomy’s a helpful-ish class.</p>

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<p>Seems like statistics would be a very useful course to take, since statistics concepts are used in a lot of biology and medical research papers.</p>

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<p>memorizing just takes time, time that could be placed elsewhere my final semester here lols. stats is interesting though.</p>

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<p>I doubt you’re gonna get into 142 now though. It’s a popular class because it’s easy…or so I think</p>

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<p>Just take IB 131. It would only be overwhelming if you skip most to all of the lectures. It is the easiest class of all of the classes on the list that you could still get into. Only requires studying around exam time. Seriously, if you want an easy A class take it!!!</p>

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<p>take MCB 132 - Cancer biology, seems really interesting and people say it’s not hard. I think i might be taking it :)</p>

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<p>123A/L will be hard to get into, if you don’t have IB 132 or MCB 136, you won’t be let in. 137, C143A, and 148 will also be very hard to get into.</p>