Spring '10 Pre-Med Schedule

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<p>I'm trying to figure out my schedule for next semester... I just transferred here this semester so I'm not entirely sure what to take. I'm a pre-med biology major in CALS and I finished all my CALS requirements so right now, I'm just working on fulfilling my major requirements and starting my concentration requirements. Here's my schedule that I came up with....</p>

<p><a href="http://cornell.schedulizer.com/s.php?db=cornell_sp2010&a=ID5Z&sched=%40BIOBM%403320%400%40LEC%40001%400%2C%40BIONB%402220%400%40LEC%40001%400%2C%40CHEM%403580%400%40LEC%40001%400%2C%40DSOC%402050%400%40LEC%40001%400%2C%40NS%402600%400%40LEC%40001%400%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://cornell.schedulizer.com/s.php?db=cornell_sp2010&a=ID5Z&sched=%40BIOBM%403320%400%40LEC%40001%400%2C%40BIONB%402220%400%40LEC%40001%400%2C%40CHEM%403580%400%40LEC%40001%400%2C%40DSOC%402050%400%40LEC%40001%400%2C%40NS%402600%400%40LEC%40001%400&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>I'm taking the 4 credit version of Neurobiology and Behavior, since that's what I want to concentrate in so I'm actually planning on taking 15 credits total. The issue is that I haven't taken BIONB 2210 in the fall, though my advisor said that taking 2210 isn't required for 2220...any comments on this? Also, I haven't taken BIOBM 3300 and am just starting with BIOBM 3320 for the spring...any comments on this? Does BIOBM 3300/3320 fulfill my biology major requirement and why is it only 2 credits? Is there a lab component? What are the pros and cons of taking the 2 credit option, as opposed to the 4 credit option? </p>

<p>Thanks for your help!</p>

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<p>Taking orgo lab? Or is it in the course? I dunno.</p>

<p>As for biochem, 3310/3320 is a total of 5 credits (3 for 3310, 2 for 3320), and it’s lecture. 3300 is 4 credits (1 semester) and is autotutorial. You must take either 3300 or 3310&3320, not both.</p>

<p>I’m not sure if you’re a sophomore or what, but I asked about biochem for planning my schedule, and they said the earliest anyone’s taken it (autotutorial anyway) is spring of sophomore year, and that was really difficult. He said it’s very helpful to have totally finished orgo before starting biochem.</p>

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<p>BIONB2210 is not a prerequisite for BIONB2220, so you should be fine. The class is extremely interesting, yet very challenging. Just sayin’. :)</p>

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<p>i took both bionb 2220 and biobm 3320 last spring</p>

<p>for neurobio, you don’t need behavior - the courses pretty much don’t overlap at all, and plenty of concentrators take them out of sequence. neurobio is very challenging - don’t take it lightly</p>

<p>2nd semester biochem is just annoying, lectures are hit or miss (i didn’t go and did fine), you get plenty of practice tests - it’s pretty much just memorization, and there is almost zero orgo on it - you do maybe 2 reactions, which are extremely basic. the entire class is basically on the biochem of nucleic acids</p>