endoplasmic Posted August 12, 2011 Report Share Posted August 12, 2011 hi i would just like to ask if anyways has been in or is currently studying microbiology and immunology at the UoS and how they like it. i havent heard much great things about that department in general and in addition, few negative responses regarding some of the profs.. is this true but more importantly, what do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aishley Posted August 13, 2011 Report Share Posted August 13, 2011 hi i would just like to ask if anyways has been in or is currently studying microbiology and immunology at the UoS and how they like it. i havent heard much great things about that department in general and in addition, few negative responses regarding some of the profs.. is this true but more importantly, what do you think? I have taken MCIM 214, 309 and 417, and other than MCIM 214, I did not really enjoy the other courses. Its not like they were tougher, but I found the prof, especially for MCIM 417, not very helpful. For example, my prof for MCIM 417 would just skim through 55 slides of lectures in 15 minutes, even though the midterms and final exam was "open book". I think you will be better off asking Sebriz abut this since he/she (?) has a degree in Microbiology & Immunology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebriz Posted September 3, 2011 Report Share Posted September 3, 2011 Hey there! Im a he lol. Well after the first class I was super interested in it which made me want to major in it. The second class was brutal and everyone agreed. The teacher (goldie) is a nice person but one of the worst profs I have ever had. Overall micro wasn't what I expected it to be and I wish that I had majored in something else. The medical micro aspect I did like but the larger part of micro is more biochem. So if you really like biochem and are interested in it then go for it. Jobs wise... a 3 or 4 yr degree is almost useless to get a job unless you are lucky. a Msc is at least required for a good job involving micro almost even PHD if you want to make decent money. Marks wise.. its pretty hard to get high marks in upper year classes. In some of the lab classes we were all happy to get 70 on some of the labs/tests. Overall.. If I had the chance I wouldn't of majored in it. The staff are very pleasent for the most part even though some key teachers are not very good at teaching. Hope this helps!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aishley Posted September 4, 2011 Report Share Posted September 4, 2011 Hey there! Im a he lol. Well after the first class I was super interested in it which made me want to major in it. The second class was brutal and everyone agreed. The teacher (goldie) is a nice person but one of the worst profs I have ever had. Overall micro wasn't what I expected it to be and I wish that I had majored in something else. The medical micro aspect I did like but the larger part of micro is more biochem. So if you really like biochem and are interested in it then go for it. Jobs wise... a 3 or 4 yr degree is almost useless to get a job unless you are lucky. a Msc is at least required for a good job involving micro almost even PHD if you want to make decent money. Marks wise.. its pretty hard to get high marks in upper year classes. In some of the lab classes we were all happy to get 70 on some of the labs/tests. Overall.. If I had the chance I wouldn't of majored in it. The staff are very pleasent for the most part even though some key teachers are not very good at teaching. Hope this helps!! Gotcha! (10char)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciel999 Posted June 27, 2012 Report Share Posted June 27, 2012 Does anyone have any idea how the Anatomy & Cell Biology program compare to the other BMSC programs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MochaSoyFrap Posted June 27, 2012 Report Share Posted June 27, 2012 Does anyone have any idea how the Anatomy & Cell Biology program compare to the other BMSC programs? If I were to rate the 4 programs from easiest to hardest... 1.Physiology and Pharmacology 2.Biochem 3.Anatomy & Cell Bio 4.Micro Just my opinion from having taken classes from all four. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBoss Posted June 27, 2012 Report Share Posted June 27, 2012 If I were to rate the 4 programs from easiest to hardest... 1.Physiology and Pharmacology 2.Biochem 3.Anatomy & Cell Bio 4.Micro Just my opinion from having taken classes from all four. Have you taken multiple upper level classes from each or just the BMSCs? I think some people evaluate the major based on the bmsc classes, but the bmscs don't seem all that representative of the majors overall. Biochem especially, is completely different from bioc200/211 aka bmscwhatever, both in style and difficulty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David_007 Posted June 27, 2012 Report Share Posted June 27, 2012 If I were to rate the 4 programs from easiest to hardest... 1.Physiology and Pharmacology 2.Biochem 3.Anatomy & Cell Bio 4.Micro Just my opinion from having taken classes from all four. Its highly subjective and depends a lot on the persons interest... I know a few people in biochem that got high 90's but did poorly in phpy courses... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciel999 Posted June 28, 2012 Report Share Posted June 28, 2012 But can anyone tell me, from your experiences, why Anatomy and Cell Biology would be harder or easier compared to other BMSC degrees? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MochaSoyFrap Posted June 28, 2012 Report Share Posted June 28, 2012 Yes. It is highly subjective. It really depends on your academic strengths and weaknesses as well as your interests. I just wanted to share my experience and for me PHPY classes were the 'easiest' to get good marks in (90+) and MCIM classes were the hardest. Of course some people might feel entirely different. I'm in PHPY and I changed my major twice before that so I have taken more than a few 300 level classes from each (some more than others). Getting 90+ in 300 level PHPY classes was definitely doable but nearly impossible for micro classes (MCIM 321, anyone?) Upper level BIOC classes were very interesting but harder than PHPY classes because everything's written. I only took two upper level ACB classes (ACB 310 & ACB 325) so I can't say much about the program but I remember those two classes were time consuming and harder to get 90+. But then again some of my friends really liked ACB and did very well on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciel999 Posted June 28, 2012 Report Share Posted June 28, 2012 What makes ACB time consuming? Is it the labs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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