Advanced general chemistry lab ?

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Hi !

i have question about lab classes in US.

Due to my major (biochem) my university require us to start as advanced general chemistry instead of normal one.

What i'm afraid of is the labs. im international student and back in my country we did not have labs or did any science experiment. all what we had was our books and our imagination.

Im afraid of screwing up in the labs. Does it count in your GPA ?

Am i going to be alone or will the teacher tell us exactly what to do and walk us through it ? I know this might happen in normal general chemistry, but how about advanced one?

I'm going to talk to my advisor as soon as she becomes " available " but for the moment, can someone answer it for me ? its killing me 🙂

thanks.

 

[doc toothache]

You mean like requiring you to run before you can walk?

 

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You mean like requiring you to run before you can walk?

thats their rule. biochem and chem freshmen must start advanced general chemistry instead of normal general chem. same goes with bio majors. instead of normal bio, they start with adv bio.

 

[doc toothache]

thats their rule. biochem and chem freshmen must start advanced general chemistry instead of normal general chem. same goes with bio majors. instead of normal bio, they start with adv bio.

There is not a chemistry department in the world that would require an "advanced" course in inorganic chemistry, before a "general" course. Moreover, using "advanced" and "general" to describe a course, is an oxymoron. More likely, you misunderstood the terminology and the concept the university was trying to convey. What you were likely told is that, as a biochem major, you will be required to take a general (inorganic) chemistry course that is intended for science majors as opposed to an intro chemistry course designed for non science majors.

 

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There is not a chemistry department in the world that would require an "advanced" course in inorganic chemistry, before a "general" course. Moreover, using "advanced" and "general" to describe a course, is an oxymoron. More likely, you misunderstood the terminology and the concept the university was trying to convey. What you were likely told is that, as a biochem major, you will be required to take a general (inorganic) chemistry course that is intended for science majors as opposed to an intro chemistry course designed for non science majors.

believe me, i hope im mistaken because adv chem for the very first semester is just ..

Assuming from your shock, there is no such thing as adv chem for freshmen? thats good to hear. 🙂 thanks.