<p>I received a brochure from Rutgers contaning information specific to Life and Environmental Sciences. From the brochure it seems like a good place to study a science major. I am interested in their Molecular Biology and Biochemistry department which is located at their New Brunswick/Piscataway campus. Is their Life Sciences program as good as it looks in the brochure? Anyone attending or knows someone who attends? If so, what do you/they think about it?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>Hey-- I'm actually an MBB major at New Brunswick (that's the abbreviation we use). It's a small major and very intense... ie you need to do research and write a thesis, and take hard courses like Calc 3 and Physical Chemistry that you wouldn't normally need for a bio major (besides the biochem ones). Actually, their website makes it sound like you don't need to do a thesis, but I was under the impression that it was required. It doesnt matter for me anyway because I was planning on doing one. Anyway, I like it a lot because it's very challenging and you learn a lot. I also like it because its a small department so you get to know some of the faculty very well and some of them are extremely helpful. (Only around 30 or 40 major in MBB per year, it might be less im not positive).</p>
<p>Anyway, Rutgers is extremely strong in the Life Sciences (its one of their strongest areas.) A LOT of money flows into RU from national grants and a lot of innovative research goes on. There are a lot of facilities dedicated to the life sciences as well.</p>
<p>Any more specific questions you might have?</p>
<p>Here's a few websites that might be helpful:
<a href="http://mbb.rutgers.edu%5B/url%5D">http://mbb.rutgers.edu</a>
<a href="http://lifesci.rutgers.edu%5B/url%5D">http://lifesci.rutgers.edu</a></p>
<p>Hey, thanks for posting supermtt37. Hm.. that does sound pretty cool. The one on one interaction with faculty sounds good. Looking at the websites you provided, is there a real difference between the MBB major and the CBN major besides the latters concentration on the Neurosciences? They both seem interesting to me and I'm not sure which one I would go for, considering they seem so similar. Any advice?</p>
<p>Oh, another quick question, are the campus and facilities high-tech? I was just wondering ;p.</p>
<p>Hey--</p>
<p>Well, with MBB there is a lottt more chemistry involved. CBN has more to do with cells and stuff like that. I dunno, I mean they are both somewhat small depts its just that there are different courses required for the major.
Here you can find the requirements for MBB: <a href="http://catalogs.rutgers.edu/generated/nb-ug-0507/pg22717.html%5B/url%5D">http://catalogs.rutgers.edu/generated/nb-ug-0507/pg22717.html</a> (Click on Major Requirements)</p>
<p>Here's CBN:
<a href="http://catalogs.rutgers.edu/generated/nb-ug-0507/pg22703.html%5B/url%5D">http://catalogs.rutgers.edu/generated/nb-ug-0507/pg22703.html</a> , same deal</p>
<p>The facilities on campus vary. Some are older and some are very, very modern. There was a new Life Sciences bulding build a year or two ago, and the Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine is only a few years old I think.</p>
<p>Very interesting. I think I prefer less chemistry and more of the bio aspect. Hm.. decisions decisions.</p>
<p>Thank you very much for your help. Much appreciated :)</p>
<p>Oh sorry-- by the way, the "major requirements" on those websites aren't the only classes you need for the major. You should also click under "options" and look at those.</p>
<p>Yeah, I realized that, haha. Thanks again</p>