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General Principles

A few principles for advising and scheduling courses in the sciences:

  1. MATH 3 and the General Chemistry sequence (5-6 or 3-6) should be completed by the end of the first year, particularly for pre-health students who want to keep open the option of applying to medical school during the junior year.

  2. BIOL 11 precedes all the other “foundation courses” (BIOL 12-16) in the Biology department. A student considering majoring in Biology should consider taking BIOL 11 and at least one other Biology foundation course during the first year.

  3. The Biology foundation courses (BIOL 12-16) can be taken in any order.

  4. MATH 3 (or MATH 1-2) is the prerequisite for both the Physics sequence (3-4, or 13-14), and for the General Chemistry sequence (3-6 or 5-6).

  5. Students should be cautioned against taking two lab courses in one term.

 

Last Updated: 9/11/07