

Owen Seiner


Beginning Biology at Dartmouth
As a freshman who just went through the process of choosing my first classes for my intended biology major, I thought I'd walk you through the options for your first term and what I'm planning on doing for the rest of the year. The Biology department offers a ton of introductory classes for students looking forward to exploring life sciences like Biology 2: Human Biology (a non-major course for students who want a better understanding of biology as it applies to us), Biology 7: Politicized Topics (a first-year seminar writing class), Biology 11 (an introduction to biology at Dartmouth), and the foundation courses (Biology 12-19), which are all prerequisite courses that focus on specific areas of biology ranging from cell biology to genetics to ecology. The Biology department offers a series of videos and a placement test to support students while making their decision, all of which were super helpful.
Personally, I decided that I wanted to start with a foundation course immediately because I wanted to get to the advanced and intermediate courses as quickly as possible. I highly suggest looking for advanced biology courses that you're interested in taking and using the prerequisites for those courses to plan out which three foundation courses you plan to take. Since I'm more interested in cell biology or biochemistry, I decided to take Biology 12/19: Cell Structure and Function, Biology 13: Gene Expression and Inheritance, and Biology 14: Physiology.
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