If you are a North Campus student, you probably try your best to avoid periodic tables, physics equations and Punnett squares. So it’s unlikely that you’re taking Chemistry 14A, Physics 1A or Life Sciences 1 to meet your science general education requirements, even though these classes are basic introductory requirements for science majors. Instead, your requirements will likely be met with one of the classes that upperclassmen or bruinwalk.com have told you are easier, such as Astronomy 3 or Physiological Sciences 5. This practice of taking easy science GEs exists because non-science students want As. But this leaves non-science students graduating from UCLA without ever taking an introductory-level chemistry, physics or biology class ““ a travesty. The GE requirements should be changed to force all students to take one physical and one life sciences “core” course that students in science programs take. I do not mean to belittle the classes “Diet and Exercise” (Phy Sci 5) or “Nature of the Universe” (Astro 3) which students often regard as easy classes. They teach meaningful, relevant topics, but they’re tailored to North Campus ways of thinking because they’re designed for non-science students. They don’t serve as a way for North Campus students to push their limits by taking a science class.
Science GEs pose little challenge
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