Sure, the program I went through for biology wasn't so bad. I know there are better programs out there (for example, it's only recommended you go through wave physics for this program), but it served pretty well.
The classes themselves are rigorous, taught from theoretical approach, and the like. I wish there were more focus on mathematics, but there's something of a lobbying force that premeds seem to hold (considering the UW's med school is rank #1 for primary care) so it's not the best.
Oh definitely though, masters programs are a different ballpark though. I'm really just speaking about what I think would be a good degree for an undergrad pick.
Anthony Sanders
>Choose one option: algebra / calculus based options
You can choose the difficulty and still be given the same amount of credits? How is one semester of physics decent?
Zachary Rivera
That's one of the concessions made to premeds. I took the calculus based, but I heard the algebra based course makes up for its lack of calculus with a lot more in-depth sort of take on classical mechanics. No idea how they teach electromagnetism without it.
And the courses themselves are fairly rigorous, and really thorough as far as EM, wave mechanics, and classical mechanics are concerned. The individual biology and chemistry courses take a physical approach to a lot of problems, and the way the curriculum carries QFT through chemistry from physics and how orbital dynamics are integrated into biology makes for good reinforcement.
That's not to say you can be a physicist or a chemist after getting a bsc in biology, that's just silly. Just that chemistry and physics are appreciated and often used in relationship to biology in competent programs, and that it's often respected in higher education and beyond.
Ayden Lopez
Well, I'm now partially convinced that there are fairly good biology programs.
Matthew Sanchez
but I'd still have to really see the syllabus of the physics classes to appreciate the decency of the course.
Brandon James
>>math has no use anymore This triggers me so much. Every real geneticist/molecular biologist/bioinformatician is a mathematician FIRST AND FOREMOST YOU ABSOLUTE FUCKING SCUM HOW DARE YOU INSULT THE QUEEN
Nolan Hill
Yes, because many bio lab jobs are for pharma which needs no elaboration to convey just how truly awful the pharma industry is. Lab jobs in pharma are essentially the epitome of wage slave.
