- Joined
- Feb 9, 2009
- Messages
- 1,502
- Reaction score
- 5
I'm tempted to take genetics this fall. I'd kind of like to take it since I'd like to know more about it, plus it'd be a four hour class that would push me to the limit of being classified as a full-time student.
That said, what does one do in a genetics class? What about the lab? I don't really like labs, and although I wouldn't be obligated to take the lab I'm not sure there'd be a point to taking the lecture without the lab? Are they hard courses.
I've got a bit of biology background. I've taught at the high school level and have read some supplemental genetics books, and so I now wonder if I'd even walk away from the class knowing much more than I do now which may not be a lot in the grand scheme of things. I'll be taking organic chemistry I and physics I with labs for each, and I really don't want to overload myself. I hate math, and I'm not that good at it so I need to really limit myself in the numbers department.
That said, would you take genetics? What about cell biology which won't be until next spring? It doesn't even have a lab component which I think is fantastic, but does it get mathy at all?
That said, what does one do in a genetics class? What about the lab? I don't really like labs, and although I wouldn't be obligated to take the lab I'm not sure there'd be a point to taking the lecture without the lab? Are they hard courses.
I've got a bit of biology background. I've taught at the high school level and have read some supplemental genetics books, and so I now wonder if I'd even walk away from the class knowing much more than I do now which may not be a lot in the grand scheme of things. I'll be taking organic chemistry I and physics I with labs for each, and I really don't want to overload myself. I hate math, and I'm not that good at it so I need to really limit myself in the numbers department.
That said, would you take genetics? What about cell biology which won't be until next spring? It doesn't even have a lab component which I think is fantastic, but does it get mathy at all?