Alferd P

Thanks for the replies. Yea, I tend to do well at both memorizing and problem solving but I tend to retain interest in the memorization type classes. My major pretty much leads me to doing labwork in a hospital, so on the surface biochem is looking a little more attractive if it is more of an applied chemistry. Like you said though, I don't want to miss any of the fundamentals of O. Chem either. Right now I suppose I am leaning towards the molecular biochem. However, I really don't understand the difference between Biochem and Molecular Biochem, as they are separate classes.

I'm starting my med tech major this fall at OSU, and I have a choice between two quarters of O. Chem or two quarters of Molecular Biochem. Could anyone tell me what the differences in difficulty between the two classes are? According to OSU the class descriptions are: Molecular Biochemistry 311: Basic structures and interactions of biomolecules in health and disease. Relevant organic chemistry included. Topics essential to human nutrition, dietetics, clinical chemistry, nursing, premedical education. Organic Chem 251: Structure, nomenclature, physical properties, preparation, and reactions of hydrocarbons, alcohols, and ethers. I can see the difference in the subject matter itself, but I'm more concerned about the level of difficulty...I want to take the most useful class to my major, but I don't want to stress over a single class. I'm pretty sure I know what to expect with Organic Chem from talking to other students, as it's a pretty universal class that a lot of people take. I guess I am trying to determine if the other class is signicantly more/less difficult. I have asked the departments involved and my counselor but none of them seems to have a good answer for me. I don't know any students there yet either. (I realize that this post essentially amounts to: "what's harder? O. chem or molbiochem?", but I figured I'd at least TRY to be a little less crass)