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Just thought it would be fun to see what everyone is taking this semester..
I told my husband after sept 1st I will see him Dec 23..lol
I am taking:
Physiology of the Domestic Animal
Chem 2
Physics 1
Microbiology
Pre-calc
Very exciting..lol
 
Organic II
Organic lab
Genetics
Animal Agriculture
Professional development in Animal Science😕
Physics I lab (after this, I will be done with physics! I took physics II with lab this summer)
While having a PT job and TA'ing for animal nutrition

Excited for classes to start!
 
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Genetics
Animal Nutrition
Biochem II
Advanced Spanish Grammar
Horse Production and Management (should be fun!)
 
Bio 1 w/lab
Genchem1 w/lab
Biomedical Ethics
Pre-calc

15CR, plus hopefully around 15-20 hours a week of research in a biogeochemistry lab, yaaaay. 😀
 
Dang, you guys are crazy! Those of you listing a bunch of units, do you not have to work or something?
Or do I just suck?
 
Orgo I
Phyx
Invertebrate zoology (hopefully, if not then Bacteriology)
and a sociology class

in addition to that I'm working on campus, will most likely be getting involved in research on campus, and will hopefully be volunteering at a large animal clinic and an animal shelter and getting a job at a small animal hospital....I like being busy haha
 
Squibby, don't worry! You're not the only one NOT taking eleventy-billion classes.

I'm taking endocrinology and HOPEFULLY Animal Nutrition online through Purdue.

On the other hand, I also work 35-42 hours a week, own a horse who I ride 3-5 days a week and show, and do pet sitting on the side. I generally have at least pet sitting job just about every week at this point with the sheer number of clients I have. Not to mention sometimes wanting to see my boyfriend and/or family. And I'm trying to arrange spending some time at a wildlife rehab center. *is dead of tired*:diebanana:
 
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Uggg fall classes are:

Biochem I + Lab
Genetics + Lab
Virology
Medical Ethics
Major Writers till 1800

Should be a fun semester, hopefully Biochem isnt as scary as people say it is. I LOVED ochem, so I hope it is similar to that 🙂
 
For me, it's the very beginning of the post-baccalaureate program.

So Biology I with lab, General Chem I with lab.

If you had told me 25 years ago that one day I'd be this excited about classes starting, I wouldn't have believed you. 🙂
 
Chemistry 1
Chemistry 1 Lab
Spanish 1 (Required)
Computer and Internet Literacy (Required)
Developmental Psychology Honors
 
I will be taking
BioChemistry I
Ecology w/ lab
Herpetology w/lab
P.E. :laugh:
Principles of Accounting (online)

So a total of 15 credit hours plus working 25 - 30 hrs. a week plus riding and showing my horse = no life 🙄

Good luck to everyone in their classes this fall!
 
chyactnate said:
Uggg fall classes are:

Biochem I + Lab
Genetics + Lab
Virology
Medical Ethics
Major Writers till 1800

Should be a fun semester, hopefully Biochem isnt as scary as people say it is. I LOVED ochem, so I hope it is similar to that 🙂
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Wait wait wait....you said you loved ochem? Am I reading this correctly?? That is not right at all! Haha just kidding:laugh:
 
I'm taking...

Ochem II (absolutely terrified!)
Writing in Biology (req. for my major)
Bio of Microorganisms
Physics II (have to retake, got C- last time)

I'll probably shed quite a few tears this semester b/c of organic. Word is the professor is an ass. When my mom took his class (she went to college later in her life), he told her that she wasn't smart enough to take his class!
 
Cell biology/ lab
Pre-cal II
Critical thinking
Biology seminar
and General Chem I/lab

Im absolutley terrified of Chem. Never took a chem class in my life and my first day (today) they were talking about cubic centimeters equaling 1mL and something about grams and my brain exploded. Just a little.
 
Taking my last 2 pre-reqs, biochemistry and genetics, which will be my last 2 undergraduate courses ever! I graduated in May, so I'm taking these two as a post-bacc student. Come the end of December, I will be a free man (at least for the next year and a half-ish).


squibby said:
Dang, you guys are crazy! Those of you listing a bunch of units, do you not have to work or something?
Or do I just suck?
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Squibby - I think course loads also depend on the school you go to. The undergrad school I went to is known to be one of the most academically rigorous schools in the country (at least according to Princeton Review). So 4 courses was a normal load (and advisors generally suggest that freshman take 3 courses their first semester). You had to petition to overload if you wanted to take 5 courses, and the few students I knew who did overload ended up hating themselves by the end of the semester. However, I know that at the majority of other schools, 5 courses is a normal semester load, which I think is because the work load per class is less, and therefore 5 classes is more manageable.

In general, I think it's sometimes problematic to compare yourself to other folks on here when they go to different schools, and that a better way to figure out if you're taking a heavy enough load is to compare yourself to other pre-vet/pre-med students at your school.
 
Biostatistics
Health Care Organization
Environmental Health
Epidemiology of Zoonotic Diseases

I'm sure the material for the last two will be worthwhile and entertaining, but the first two might bore the crap out of me. I am glad that I did the Public Health minor in undergrad. I've already been introduced to one-third of the material. I'm hoping that will help out tons my first year of the program.
 
This semester i'll be taking

biochem 1 lab
genetics
speech
nucleic acids
survey of pchem (oh my lanta 🙁)
 
god help me...18 credit hours (our max) along with working and o. chem!!

Organic chemistry I + Lab
Evolutionary Biology
Dance in it's Time
Abnormal Psychology
Computers/Public Speaking (each class is half the semester)

we'll see how it turns out :scared:
 
I'm really excited about fall quarter. It's gonna be my first year without any chemistry classes. I'm taking:

Intro to Sociology (gen ed that I've been putting off for three years)
Vertebrate Evolutionary Morphology
Evolution and Ecology of Terrestrial Vertebrates + lab

I'm also currently enrolled in an intro anthro course which was supposed to be another gen ed but then I figured out I already had that requirement finished so I'm going to drop it and see if I can crash Intro to Ecology.

I'm looking forward to everything except the soc class, which I'm kind of neutral about. But it's at a convenient time, so oh well.
 
Principles of Animal Disease
Toxicology
Animal Nutrition
Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy+Lab
Mammalian Physiology

😍
 
Fall Semester Classes:
Bio I with lab
Chem I with lab
Trigonometry
Intro to sociology
18/19 Century Humanities
English II
Selected Topics in Emergency Medical Services

Total: 21 credits for the fall semester
 
LittleWiz said:
Wait wait wait....you said you loved ochem? Am I reading this correctly?? That is not right at all! Haha just kidding:laugh:
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Hahahahaahaah:laugh: no really I do, I think that I am the only one in my school that thinks this way....well except for my professor...haha
 
Fall Semester:

(Taking an easy senior year!)
Environmental chemistry + lab
Marine biology (with lab)
Genetics (with lab)
3 credits of research

Should be an easy semester 🙂
 
Calc I with lab
American History II
Expository Writing
Gen. Chem I with lab
Successful College Transfer- a 1 credit class for us freshman who will be transfering (from CC) to a 4 year. 🙄
Plus volunteering in lab with several PhD's and DVM's for research hours and equine vet stuff!
Amber
 
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-Horse Management
-Animal Nutrition
-Microbiology
-History of Medicine (Part of a History/Philosophy/Sociology of Science series that is required for my major)
-Dairy Cattle Nutrition Research (for credit, and hopefully a little money if the grant comes through 🙂 )
 
Is there anybody else who is not taking classes? I am taking the next year off since I just graduated in May. I have no classes but will still be working around 40-50 hours/week as a vet tech at a small animal clinic and volunteering with horses once per week for about an hour each time. Anybody else doing the same thing that I am?
 
chyactnate said:
Hahahahaahaah:laugh: no really I do, I think that I am the only one in my school that thinks this way....well except for my professor...haha
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There must be a wire loose in your brain.
Honestly, I liked applying OChem in research extracting toxins from sea slugs, but the class sucked.

canis13 said:
Squibby - I think course loads also depend on the school you go to. The undergrad school I went to is known to be one of the most academically rigorous schools in the country (at least according to Princeton Review). So 4 courses was a normal load (and advisors generally suggest that freshman take 3 courses their first semester). You had to petition to overload if you wanted to take 5 courses, and the few students I knew who did overload ended up hating themselves by the end of the semester. However, I know that at the majority of other schools, 5 courses is a normal semester load, which I think is because the work load per class is less, and therefore 5 classes is more manageable.

In general, I think it's sometimes problematic to compare yourself to other folks on here when they go to different schools, and that a better way to figure out if you're taking a heavy enough load is to compare yourself to other pre-vet/pre-med students at your school.
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Thanks, that's what I was hoping. I will untie the noose now.

DVMDream said:
Is there anybody else who is not taking classes? I am taking the next year off since I just graduated in May. I have no classes but will still be working around 40-50 hours/week as a vet tech at a small animal clinic and volunteering with horses once per week for about an hour each time. Anybody else doing the same thing that I am?
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After Fall quarter I will be finished with my second bachelor's degree, and plan on rewarding myself with a winter packed with snowboarding in Tahoe.
I'm taking:
Qualitative Analysis (for my chem minor)
Evolution and Ecology (lame, didn't transfer from previous school)
History of CA (gen. ed. requirement)
Philosophy of Sex (hah!)
 
I'll be taking:
Developmental Bio w/ Lab
Ecology w/ Lab
Some Writing Class
General Zoology Lab - credits didn't transfer from previous school
Nutrition from Purdue (probably)

plus I'll be working 20-25 hours a week

but this is my last semester of undergrad
thank goodness
 
DVMDream-

I love your choice in avatar. That was such a good movie!

Oh, and I'm only taking Chem II this Fall.
 
English 101 (Note: I'm a junior. ahhh.)
Technology in Society and Culture (Non-English Language requirement - no idea how that works, but whatever.)
Physics I + Lab (Ewwww.)
Human-Animal Interactions (I'm the TA but still attend the class.)
Genes & Development (Cool class!)
Genetics Laboratory (Just managed to fit it into my schedule, two semesters later.)

I also work a couple PT jobs and TA another class. I never sleeeeppp.
 
I'm entering second year of my undergrad. This fall I'll be taking:

Calculus I + Calc I Lab
Animal Biology + Animal Biology Lab
Ecology Biology + Ecology Lab
Introduction to Computer Programming + Lab
Development Studies of Canada
 
-Calc 1
-Gen. Chem 2
-Gen Chem Lab
-Gen Microbiology
-Microbiology Lab

So excited to start back! I go back to school on Monday so I hope my flu is over by then :scared:
 
I'm taking:
Genetics
Microbiology
Nutrition
Limnology
Japanese (for my minor)

Thinking whether to take Immunology online through UC Berkley extension or not...
Has anyone taken that class?
 
After an incomprehensibly difficult spring and summer that made me almost give up on vet med entirely (but instead I'm just taking another year of classes and applying next summer for c/o 2016), this fall I am taking:

-Organic I
-Organic I lab
-Botany (w/lab)
-Microbiology (lecture only)
-Histology (w/lab)

16 credits of awesomeness. And taking care of my own farm. And volunteering at the zoo. And at the shelter's hospital wing. My head already wants to explode, but at the same time I can't wait!!!
 
Ausheya said:
I'm really excited about fall quarter. It's gonna be my first year without any chemistry classes. I'm taking:

Intro to Sociology (gen ed that I've been putting off for three years)
Vertebrate Evolutionary Morphology
Evolution and Ecology of Terrestrial Vertebrates + lab

I'm also currently enrolled in an intro anthro course which was supposed to be another gen ed but then I figured out I already had that requirement finished so I'm going to drop it and see if I can crash Intro to Ecology.

I'm looking forward to everything except the soc class, which I'm kind of neutral about. But it's at a convenient time, so oh well.
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Same here!! Finally done with chemistry after Biochem whipped my butt last semester. I'm taking Human Histology, Medical Botany, General Physiology, The Bible As Literature, and Animal Nutrition.
 
Genetics
Physics I
Technical Communication
Reproductive Physiology
... and, drum roll, "Complexity and Conservation of White Tailed Deer"

I absolutely love that my university offers ridiculous classes like that.
 
Physics I w/ Lab
Molecular Genetics
Animal Nutrition
Research Proposal-related class
Microeconomics or Intro to Public Health (I need to hurry up and decide)

15-20hr/wk paid veterinary work (if I can find something suitable)
5-10hrs/wk volunteer veterinary work
 
psilovethomas said:
I look forward to being your ANS313 TA! hehe.
And you should be grateful that you don't have to take MMG301 with Bertrand:scared:.
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Awesome! I'm really excited for ANS 313, especially the chickens 🙂

And yeah, I made a specific point of avoiding Bertrand at all costs...I heard WAY too many horror stories about those pop quizzes 🙁
 
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