<p>Okay, I'm doing Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins and I want to get some of the writing intensive requirements over with.</p>
<p>What classes besides writing seminars and expository writing classes are writing intensive?</p>
<p>If you go to advanced search on ISIS, you can set a search for all W classes. If you’re premed, you’ll need to take two English/writing sems class, but if not, you can take any writing classes you want. Look at Intro to Business (in Entrep. and Management in WSE) and Professional Communication (in Professional Communications program, the class used to be call Technical Communications aka TechComm). I took Intro to Business and thought it was a great class. It gives an overview of different areas of business - management, marketing, accounting etc - and the reading and writing work isn’t too heavy</p>
<p>Wait, tanman.</p>
<p>If I’m premed, I specifically need to take two English/Writing courses? Intro to Business would not count?</p>
<p>If you don’t mind, what did you take freshman year?</p>
<p>I can place out of Calculus III and Differential Equations since I took them at a local county college, but should I retake them? Should I retake Chemistry and Physics (even though I have 5s) for Medical school requirements?</p>
<p>I think you should try to avoid Expository Writing at all costs. It is an absolutely terrible class, and the instructors only make it worse. Basically, they expect you to write in their style and if you don’t, you don’t do well.</p>
<p>Do you know for a fact if you can place out? You have to speak to Dr. Rich Brown first-he will review your coursework from those classes, such as textbook, homework, and exams to determine if the class is comparable to Hopkins’.</p>
<p>Alright, how do I talk to Dr. Rich Brown?</p>
<p>So far, they only sent me this form to complete:</p>
<p><a href=“http://engineering.jhu.edu/include/content/pdf/acadaff/COLLEGE_COURSE_INFO.pdf[/url]”>http://engineering.jhu.edu/include/content/pdf/acadaff/COLLEGE_COURSE_INFO.pdf</a></p>
<p>I already sent them my transcript in my mid-year reports.</p>
<p>You can send him an email, [Professional</a> Existence](<a href=“http://www.mathematics.jhu.edu/brown/]Professional”>http://www.mathematics.jhu.edu/brown/), but he will probably ask that he meet with you in person. He’s going to ask to see coursework, textbooks, exams, and so forth so he can assess whether or not he thinks the course you took adequately prepared you for Hopkins. Although I didn’t have this problem, I have a friend who got calc III cleared but not differential equations (he still doesn’t get why and he’s quite upset about it, even though it was two years ago).</p>
<p>K, thanks. </p>
<p>If I’m premed and wish to go to medical school, must I repeat General Chemistry and Physics? Is that recommended? </p>
<p>And what type of English/Writing Intensive requirement course should I take to fulfill my BME/premed requirement? Will a course like Intro to Business suffice?</p>
<p>I’m not pre-med so I’m not completely sure, but I believe that there are some medical schools that like to see a grade for college-level bio, chem, physics… But as I’ve said before, if you did really well in high school, then it shouldn’t be too hard the second time around, right? I’m not saying you’ll get an A, but you shouldn’t struggle as much as others might. It’s still Hopkins and it’s still hard.</p>
<p>Sorry for taking so long to get back to you. There are some med schools that insist that you take actual English courses. While many will accept any writing intensive course, I think it’s better to be on the safe side and take two English/Writing Sems classes at Hopkins. As for what classes to take, I’ve heard many people say the same thing about Expository Writing. While Expos and IFP (Introduction to Fiction and Poetry aka “Fiction/Poetry I”) are the two most common writing courses people take, they are by no means the ones you have to take. Most English classes have no prereqs, so you’re free to take more advanced courses. They may seem harder, but they infact give you a lot more freedom in terms of writing style and you actually learn how to read and write instead of just following a preset format. I took one intro English course (“Intro to Literary Study”) which was okay, not great, and another upper level English class with Dr. Macksey, who is pretty much the greatest professor at Hopkins (in my opinion). I was really hesitant about taking the upper level class but it turned out to be fantastic. </p>
<p>My first semester at Hopkins, I took Linear Algebra, Orgo I, Intermediate French, Intro to Business and BME Design Team (the equivalent of BME Modeling and Design). I placed out of Chem and Physics, as well as Calc I and II. Yanks is the resident math expert so go with what he says about contacting Dr. Brown. As far as retaking Gen Chem and Physics, it depends on where you’re from. If you’re a resident of California (and intend to apply to med school there), then you need to retake Chem and Physics (with labs). Otherwise, it’s normally okay to skip out of the intro courses. [This</a> document](<a href=“Pre-Professional Advising | Student Affairs”>Pre-Professional Advising | Student Affairs) from Pre-Professional Advising will give you some more info about using your AP credit</p>
<p>if you’re premed you will want to take expos or ifp. otherwise, i would also recommend intro to business (great class with Aronhime) or tech comm (changed the name recently to professional comm, I believe) for something easier.</p>
<p>Best writing intensive course: Oral presentations. As long as you can give a coherent speech to 20 people, show up to every class without falling asleep, and hand in your assignments on time, you will do relatively well.</p>
<p>would the oral presentations course be counted as one of my writing intensive courses if i am doing premed?</p>
<p>You’ll know if a course is writing-intensive if it has a W next to it in the course catalog. Just as an example, it would look like this in the:
230.106 (S,W) Freshman Seminar: Education in the Media
I don’t know anything about this class-it’s just an example to show you how you know whether or not it’s writing.</p>
<p>Pre-professional advising [url=<a href=“Pre-Professional Advising | Student Affairs”>Pre-Professional Advising | Student Affairs]recommends[/url</a>] that you take two courses from the English or Writing Seminars departments. From that page, “Courses from the Professional Communication Program do not fulfill the “intent” of the English requirement and therefore are not recommended to be used to satisfy this requirement.”</p>