Selecting Subjects- PHYSICS UNITS 1/2 VS BIOLOGY UNITS 1/2

[bobovikisan]

Hello peeps!
I'm in year 10 and I'm picking my subjects for VCE. I'm doing unit 1/2 Computing this year. I have an interest in programming/robotics and genetics. I have already decided to take Specialist Maths unit 1/2, Methods unit 1/2, Chemistry unit 1/2 and english is of course necessary. I'm tossing between physics and biology. Will I be disadvantaged in engineering if I don't take physics? Will I be disadvantaged in studying genetics if I don't do Biology? Any advice would be appreciated.
Thnxs guys!

[Sine]

Hello peeps!
I'm in year 10 and I'm picking my subjects for VCE. I'm doing unit 1/2 Computing this year. I have an interest in programming/robotics and genetics. I have already decided to take Specialist Maths unit 1/2, Methods unit 1/2, Chemistry unit 1/2 and english is of course necessary. I'm tossing between physics and biology. Will I be disadvantaged in engineering if I don't take physics? Will I be disadvantaged in studying genetics if I don't do Biology? Any advice would be appreciated.
Thnxs guys!

as long as you complete the prerequisites required you won't be disadvantaged in the long term since once you get through the first semester of units (or the first year) everyone kinda ends up at the same level and if you were super keen you could just learn the important parts of the summer holidays before uni.

but obviously if you do physics you will be better prepared for a engineering degree and if you do biology you'll be better prepareed for a science degree.

[AngelWings]

but obviously if you do physics you will be better prepared for a engineering degree and if you do biology you'll be better prepareed for a science degree.

In saying this though, I did not do VCE Bio and still got an extended major in genetics. Of course, this didn't come without studying really hard. I also know people who did Spesh, but not VCE Physics and did Foundation Physics at the beginning of their Engineering course, so... take this as you will.   

OP, I think you're looking towards biotechnology/ bioengineering, if you wish to combine the two. That might help you figure out what you actually need or not.   

[Sine]

In saying this though, I did not do VCE Bio and still got an extended major in genetics. Of course, this didn't come without studying really hard. I also know people who did Spesh, but not VCE Physics and did Foundation Physics at the beginning of their Engineering course, so... take this as you will.   

if the possibility exists (as it does) of course some people will go through that pathway (not doing physics before eng, bio before sci) but that doesn't change the higher probability of being more prepared

And this is not saying more prepared = better results because some people who know they have covered something previously go into subjects with some sort of hubris which result in underachievement.

but anyway anything you learn in vce is basically useless at uni since they go through content super quickly e.g. You can complete methods and spec equivalents in a semester and a lot of vce biology (minus plants/evolution) in maybe 50-75% of a semester whilst going in more detail.