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06-20-2009 at 11:28 PM
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1M03 was a lot of memorization because of all those homonoids and what not. You had to know the name of all the species of homonoids as well as their characteristics (mostly related to the head). I found that to be the hardest part of 1M03
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It seems like Bio 1M03 = Anthro 1Z03
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06-20-2009 at 11:59 PM
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Well, just that section. There were also 2 other sections in that class... one was about ecology, like population growth, diversity, types interaction between species. The other part was something about darwin related material, like bottleneck effect, what happens when a species is divided... stuff like that.
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06-21-2009 at 12:27 AM
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I know that you can get into medical school with any degree but unless you are in a program with lots of electives I would just switch faculties. (I think there is bio/chem/physics/english in mcats that you have to prepare for). Keeping options open may be kind of wasteful in the long run (because it sounds like you have a specific goal), cost $ and could prove to be very stressful. Just my opinion but I understand why your route is desirable and could be beneficial to ambitious individuals.
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06-21-2009 at 12:29 AM
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I know that you can get into medical school with any degree but unless you are in a program with lots of electives I would just switch faculties. Keeping options open may be kind of wasteful in the long run (because it sounds like you have a specific goal), cost $ and could prove to be very stressful. Just my opinion but I understand why your route is desirable and could be beneficial to ambitious individuals.
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I can fit in my electives but I just need that one extra chemistry in my first year.
I don't quite understand the financial aspect; do you mean, if I'm taking several courses in summer school etc, that it would cost me, or would it still cost me if I just keep doing 30 credits per school year?
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06-21-2009 at 12:33 AM
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Would you recommend doing 2 Economics courses together?
I mean I don't have any other choice but I'd appreciate your feedback
Thanks for the links and they're great, they do help thank you
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06-21-2009 at 12:36 AM
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Would you recommend doing 2 Economics courses together?
I mean I don't have any other choice but I'd appreciate your feedback
Thanks for the links and they're great, they do help thank you
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I did them separately, but I don't see a problem with doing them together. The material in the beginning of both classes is nearly the same, to the point where both first midterms will be on basically the exact same material. So if anything, you'll probably do even better on them by taking the classes together.
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06-21-2009 at 11:17 PM
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I think you'll have to do some hard timetable gymnastics as time goes on. Many of the 4th year Commerce classes are only offered in 1 section that has class once a week in a 3 hour chunk. Then there are lots of group meetings. Scheduling Science courses that have labs might prove very difficult unless you're willing to do summer courses. The cost of this is lost $ from working a summer job or summer internship. Also, if you end up having to take extra courses (extra meaning more than you need to graduate) then that's extra tuition and book money.
I'm not saying it can't be done. But I do think it will be very hard to do Hons Commerce & a Science Minor without summer school or extra courses.
You should contact your APO and ask them if anyone else had made this work in the past.
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06-22-2009 at 04:44 PM
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Scheduling Science courses that have labs might prove very difficult unless you're willing to do summer courses.
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LOTS of upper-year bio (mostly third and fourth year) do not have labs. And if a course has a lab it is also dependent on what area of Bio it falls under. You'd have to see what courses are required for the minor, and if any of them have labs according to the course descriptions.
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06-22-2009 at 05:04 PM
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The minor for biology is very general in terms of courses:
6 units BIOLOGY 1A03, 1M03 (or 1AA3)
18 units Levels II, III, IV Biology or Molecular Biology including at least six units from Levels III, IV Biology or Molecular Biology Source: http://registrar.mcmaster.ca /CALEN...nt/pg1537.html
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