Which Chemistry course should I take?

Question

I just graduated High School and now enrolled in College. I never took Chemistry in High School. I took Physics!

Anyways, I need to take Introductory Chemistry or Principles of Organic, Inorganic, and Biochemistry.

Which course should I take? As I said before. I do not have any chemistry knowledge; yet both of these courses are only introductory courses?

Which one?

Answer 1

First take the Introductory Chemistry. From their you could learn the basics. Then take the Inorganic, Organic and finally the biochemistry.

Answer 2

Firstly, you need to be quite sure that both of these courses will actually satisfy your degree requirements (you have not said what major you intend).

Secondly, you need to find out which will actually be more useful to you. So you need to find out more about the actual course content. You can get an idea of this from looking at their textbooks.

The next thing you should do if you have the opportunity is to talk to people who took both of the courses, and see how they got on.  It could well be that one of these courses is much more demanding than the other, but much more interesting, and that will affect your decision.  

From the names of the courses, it could well be that one of them is really designed for chemistry majors, in which case you should only take it (assuming you are not a chemistry major) if you are sure that you will find it interesting and within your abilities.

If your mathematics background is strong, that will be a great help whichever course you take.  If not, you need to think very hard about how much time you are willing to give chemistry, and whether you should be going for the easier course.

Answer 3

Since you have no experience, the intro class would be your best bet.  Don't hesitate to go to office hours early to build a strong relationship with your professor and TA in case you need help later.

Answer 4

I think you better take Introductory Chemistry as this course is sort of the overview about chemistry. You would not learn the detail of every chemistry branch (organic, inorganic, physical chemistry, analytical chemistry etc.) so it will be a lot easier for you.  

Answer 5

If you're planning on majoring in a science, the introductory chemistry class will give you a better foundation for later classes.  The other class will likely be more interesting to you if you are going into an entirely different field.