<p>I am planning to be a Biochemistry major (and possibly an ancient civ minor)</p>
<p>can u tell me how the schedule works? is it 5 courses per semester?</p>
<p>also, i am planning on doing pre-med, so would this factor into my courses at all?</p>
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<p>you are given a set of classes you have to take, the university core classes as well as the core classes required for your major. you are able to pick and choose which classes you want to take and are essentially limited to 5 classes. i dont know much about the pre-med program, but there might be core classes for that as well.</p>
<p>ok i see</p>
<p>i want to do a BioChem major with an ancient civ minor</p>
<p>most of the ancient civ minor stuff looks like it would fulfill a lot of the requirements such as theology, philosophy, and writing</p>
<p>I looked at it, and it should work in</p>
<p>I was wondering if a science class and its lab count as one class
because i know there is orgo chem, and orgo chem lab
is this counted as one class, or fills up 2 of the 5 class slots?</p>
<p>the pre med program is basically an advising program i guess</p>
<p>is the curriculum overly rigorous at BC, or is it pretty good, and pretty easy to attain a 3.5-3.7?</p>
<p>Dear jorr08 : The science lab courses are not included in the standard count of five courses per semester. So, you will have you five classes plus the three hour lab session. </p>
<p>Side note for those reading : if you are in the Honors Program, because your Western Cultural Traditions (freshman/sophomore years) counts as a double class, you would actually take four classes plus the science lab.</p>
<p>As for rigor, your GPA will reflect how much work you put into your courses. The courses in the freshman year are fairly standard from university to university. For example, suppose you were a Calculus BC student and scored a "5" on the AP exam - you would expect reasonable success (an "A") in Multivariable Calculus. If you scored a "3" on the Calculus AB exam, you might expect to struggle as you go through a second tour of Integral Calculus. Rest assured that the workload will be more than you had in High School (regardless of your AP course load) and the time pressures you will feel will be more intense as you will be responsible for planning and budgeting your time.</p>
<p>labs are only 1 credit courses that are added onto your schedule and don't count as part of the 5 required courses. from my experience, classes aren't too rigorous; however, i've only been here for a semester.</p>
<p>Jorr I'm a premed (biochem) major and it isn't exactly easy to attain the 3.5 and above. Primarily because the courses are graded on a curve and there are lots of smart and determined students in the same boat. That said, compared to what I've heard from my friends at some other top schools, I don't study quite as much as they do (read: they study ALL the time! boring) I can tell you that I studied as hard as I ever had to get a A in Chem, and lots of kids got C's, the profs aren't afraid to hand those out.</p>
<p>so are u saying that the curve can actually work against u in the BC system</p>
<p>one of those curves that say only a certain number of kids can get A's?</p>