<p>Yeah, I meant that those courses are required to apply to med school. Some schools might be a little lenient with their requirements, but I’ve heard from most of my friends that those requirements I posted are pretty much standard at every med school. You can do a google search to check the requirements for any med schools you are interested in though.</p>
<p>That’s why most students who are interested in med school have a degree in bio/chem/health science, because the med school requirements basically overlap with their degree requirements. That way you don’t have to really take any extra courses outside your major. You can also look at most of the upper division science classes and see that they are geared towards students interested in med school.</p>
<p>Haha, it’s not a pretty course load at all. Organic chemistry will probably give you nightmares for years. You should be fine in the rest of the courses as long as you are strong in math/science courses.</p>
<p>I hate math with a passion. Ever since it got into being completely about variables, imaginary numbers, and all that (hell I think I’ve forgotten how to factor equations by this point), I couldn’t stand it. I finished Pre-Calc junior year and said “**** it” to math and took 3 science courses. With science, I’m made. With math, I cant stand it. My mind is incredibly specialized apparently.</p>
<p>Now that you bring that up, I might have to change my major to pre-med. It’s annoying like no other, but what your saying makes sense, and I dont think taking psych on top of those other courses would do me any favors.</p>
<p>Unless of course those admins at orientation figure out a way to give me a schedule over 4 years that can encompass both my psych major and the med courses. Doubt it though.</p>
<p>Oh, you’ll need up to math 22 (multi variable calculus) for the med school requirements or for UCSC’s health science major (basically the pre-med major).</p>
<p>The people at orientation are just your college’s advisors, they won’t really help you plan out your 4 year schedule (got to go to your major’s advising for that). You can still major in psych and complete those requirements though, as long as you don’t have to repeat any of your courses if you fail them. If you’re interested in psych, you should at least minor or major in it.</p>
<p>So you think it would be best to stick with my psych major (as I am fairly interested in the subject), and wait until I can speak with the major’s advisors to see how I can include medical courses as well?</p>
<p>I take it Math 22 is a plethora of crap for students to deal with. Do you know how many quarters of math that would equal (up until one has satisfied the math requirements)? I know its a hassle of a question. If I search for Pre-Med major and Psych Major on the UCSC site, would they have that information?</p>
<p>For your first quarter, try to take classes that would contribute to both, or GEs so there’s no wasteful classes. And if you hustle, you can even talk to the adviser and swap classes in the first week or so.</p>
<p>It depends on where you start. That’s determined by either your math placement score or your score on the AP calc test.
The max is Math 2(algebra) -> 3(pre-calc) -> 11A/19A(calc part 1) -> 11B/19B(calc part 2) -> 22.
The min is Math 22 itself, the others being placed out of by a high AP calc score. </p>
<p>Right now you don’t have to worry about majors because you don’t officially declare until you are a sophomore. If you’re really interested in psych, I would lean towards that and just take the med-school requirements on the side. Talking with an advisor in the psych department will probably be really helpful cause they can help you build a strategic 4-year plan. </p>
<p>Like Liesel said, it depends on what math course you start with. I’m going to guess that you will probably place into Math 3 and that means you will need to complete 4 quarters of math. The 11 series works for students applying for med school, so I’d highly suggest taking that if you aren’t that great with math. The 19 series is the engineering series and it will be more in-depth/difficult.</p>
<p>Thanks guys. I have a feeling I may actually place in Math 2 (simply because I havent taken any math for so long, I’ve forgotten a lot of the concepts, etc) So I might have to start reviewing Pre Calc next week to be prepared for orientation, haha.</p>
<p>Thanks a lot for the above info though, appreciate it. Now I know to take the 11 series :P</p>
<p>You can take it during orientation, and if you don’t get the score you want, you can retake it in the first week of school (before classes start). That’s what I did. I switched math classes at the last moment because I scored higher the second time, but that wasn’t a big deal.</p>
<p>All courses are one quarter long. You can also take summer classes at a local community college next summer to finish up any of your GE’s/math/med school requirements. That way you can save money and also be able to finish all your classes faster. You can talk to your major advisor about this, but do know you DON’T have to take summer session at UCSC for these lower division classes.</p>
<p>UCSC offers those courses over the summer as well? I live right by DVC (East Bay, Walnut Creek area) and DVC is a popular CC to get summer credits in my area. That actually doesn’t sound like a bad idea to do (get a few GE’s out of the way during the summer, they tend to be simpler than specialized classes yea?)</p>
<p>I’m liking this info Golfer. I thank ye again. Options are nice to have, but options that aren’t hell to work with are even better. I’ll be sure to talk to the Psych major advisor (I assume we just need to make appointments with them once school starts?)</p>
<p>UCSC doesn’t offer all courses over the summer, but they usually offer essential classes (math, physics, etc) and certain upper-divs. It depends on the class because I know a couple of really easy GE classes at UCSC that are “specialized” but I also took a few online classes at a local CC and breezed through them with A+'s. The ONLY downside of taking courses at a CC is that they don’t directly calculate in your UCSC gpa (just credit). So if you need a grade booster by taking an easy GE, then it doesn’t really work. </p>
<p>However, that’s not much of a problem and it makes fulfilling your requirements very easy. Check [Welcome</a> to ASSIST](<a href=“http://www.assist.org%5DWelcome”>http://www.assist.org) to see what the course equivalences are at UCSC or to see what GE your CC class takes care of. Always make sure you don’t take extra GE classes and take note what course takes care of what requirement. Many students make this mistake and it can be avoided with very careful planning.</p>
<p>No problem! Yeah you can just walk in to the psych department and ask if an advisor can see you or if you can make an appointment.</p>
<p>So here’s what I’m thinking for Fall quarter.
-Crown core class
-Math 19A
-some kind of introduction to programming class or something related to computer science. What would be a good class for me to take?</p>
<p>19A is a good idea. Getting started on math is important. Now, you have a few choices for programming.</p>
<p>CMPS 10 : Intro to Computer Science. This is the class I took. It’s fairly easy/boring material, and doesn’t require a lot of work. If you have zero computer science knowledge, I would suggest it. It made for a laid back first quarter. </p>
<p>CMPS 5C : Intro to Programming with C/C++. I don’t know a lot about the professor or the course itself, but this is a basic class. It won’t contribute to the major in any way, but it will give you a chance to get some footing/mess up a bit before you get onto classes for the major.</p>
<p>CMPS 12A : Do not take this course unless you have prior programming experience. You could probably learn enough over the summer, but I wouldn’t recommend it. It fulfills the same requirements as CMPS 5J and 11 do together, which you would take in Winter and Spring respectively. So it gives you a head start, but do not not not do it unless you’re prepared.</p>
<p>I took AP Comp Sci and I can write programs and I understand conditionals, arrays, etc. and kind of understand sorting, but, reading the description for the course, I don’t feel like I’m ready for CMPS 12A yet. My APCS teacher also taught AP Bio, AP Chem, and Honors Chem, as well as at a community college, so he didn’t put a lot of focus into my class.</p>
<p>CMPS 10 will still probably be beneficial, because it goes back to the very very basics. It teaches actual thought processes to use when programming. I had done an intro course at a CC before I took CMPS 10, and I still learned plenty.</p>
<p>I’m looking at some of the assignments for 12A and it looks like I can do most of the them, but I think I’m going to stick with CMPS 10 as I never learned the thought processes behind programming. When I code, I just jump straight in. :D</p>
<p>I’m thinking of going into Dental afterwards; my currently proposed major is Biology.</p>
<p>So all freshmen should take 3 classes during the fall semester?
College 9 Core
3.</p>
<p>Maybe an easy G.E. class? Or a class that would be intro. to biology? Or is it already a time to think about furfilling Dental School required courses?</p>