Organic Chemistry 1&2 w/ lab are weeder courses.
P Chem sucks too.
For EE:
Diff Eq., Digital Logic, and Microprocessors.
Loved Organic Chemistry and Qualitative Organic Analysis. I agree with you on P Chem and also Analytical Chemistry. Too dry.
I do agree, the courses you cited are the big stumbling blocks for people seeking those majors—however, as a 77 year old, I would not want to go back into the classroom, I would ask how well this professor was able to keep up with advances in O Chem — my best profs were not this old.
I can accept that maybe math courses are more stable?
I took two O-chem lecture and 1 lab in a 10 week 8 AM to 5 PM M-F lecture, T-Th 6 PM to 10 PM lab during the Summer of 1975. Earned an A in all classes. It was challenging, but worthwhile to do it that way. The P Chem needed the diff EQ to comprehend the material and perform on the exams. Digital logic and microprocessors were straight forward. I taught the microprocessor course at my local college for 3 1/2 years. When I purchased a house 30 miles from the college campus to be closer to the data center where I worked doing software engineering, I stopped teaching. Too much traffic. The Molecular Biology degree was intended a prelude to med school. I decided that I preferred EE/CS as a career with less educational costs. Zero regrets.
Weeder courses are a necessary part of colleges. Some people are academically capable of continuing, many are not. It's better to sort it out early. While pursuing my master's in pathogenic microbiology, I managed to catch a case of flu that progressed to bacterial double pneumonia. It trashed my 2nd semester of grad school. While recovering from the pneumonia, I studied and acquired a 2nd class radiotelephone license, added a ship's RADAR endorsement then upgraded to 1st class radiotelephone. For fun, I acquired a Tech class ham license, upgraded to Advanced, then Extra. Life in the EE/CS realm is more pleasant than a smelly lab.
For ME
Intro to thermo
Statics and dynamics
Third semester physics
All had labs
“Organic Chemistry 1&2 w/ lab are weeder courses”
Yep. Knocked me out of Pre-Med. Went on to do well elsewhere though. Funny enough, I’m still a Medical Underwriter though. LOL.