Human Structure & Function Major

[jinny1]

Hey Guys,

i was just wondering for the Human Body and function major; is it mostly just rote learning and memorising human body parts?? Or is there something more to it.

I have no idea which major do and it kind of seems like a boring major...

thanks

[Peedles]

The anatomy component of the hsf major: human loco motor systems and viscera and visceral systems are reliant on memory but not completely . There are concepts that need to be understood and also you can take up neuroscience and physiology as the other components of the major that doesn't.t involve just memorising body parts. At the end of the day your major isn't.t really a big deal if you want to do one one of the postgraduate health science courses. Stick to what you are good at and enjoy the most. It's how you perform  in the subjects you do that matter the most.

[jinny1]

The anatomy component of the hsf major: human loco motor systems and viscera and visceral systems are reliant on memory but not completely . There are concepts that need to be understood and also you can take up neuroscience and physiology as the other components of the major that doesn't.t involve just memorising body parts. At the end of the day your major isn't.t really a big deal if you want to do one one of the postgraduate health science courses. Stick to what you are good at and enjoy the most. It's how you perform  in the subjects you do that matter the most.

Thanks, Do you know any good HPSC/Philosophy Breadth subjects that help with Section 1 & 2 of the GAMSAT?

Plato to Einstein or Philosophy: The Big Questions look pretty good.

[Peedles]

Personally, I don't think that you should choose subjects that you think will benefit you in gamsat at the expense of you not enjoying it and doing badly and it having an impact on your GPA. In first year I was kind of the same in that I chose to select breadths and subjects that would benefit me with GAMSAT. For instance, I did Marketing and Management breadths to brush up on my essay writing skills for instance. But at the end of the day the GAMSAT doesn't require you to meticulously formulate a wonderful piece of writing across many days as most arts subjects will have as their major assessment components. I also chose Physics because I thought it would benefit me in GAMSAT only to get a H3 in it and then having to endure a whole summer relearning it again. Treat GAMSAT and Uni separately. Read widely to increase your awareness of greater vocabulary used in context for section 1 and to also familiarise yourself with non-every day writing styles eg. poetry. Find some gamsat prompts and practice planning and jotting down arguments and getting use to writing a cohesive and fluent piece of writing in 30 minutes. Or take a course... I think this is the best way to prepare yourself for the GAMSAT.

But this is my personal opinion. xD

[jinny1]

Yea i agree with you; although i kind of enjoy learning about HPSC related things

[Starlight]

I've heard human structure and function isn't that great of a major if you don't get into one of the postgrad degrees, so i'd consider some subjects that will lead to  backup majors in second year too

[Peedles]

I've heard human structure and function isn't that great of a major if you don't get into one of the postgrad degrees, so i'd consider some subjects that will lead to  backup majors in second year too

That's true. Chris Briggs kind of went on a rant about this in the first Human Locomotor Systems lecture. Having also applied for honours this year. I don't think my major really had an impact on what the potential supervisors were looking for in terms of honours students (I applied for bioengineering projects with the anatomy department and I think these were the only projects that appealed to me because of my interests of anatomy and what not. Most if not almost all of the projects are lab based/biochemistry-techniques based). The supervisors weren't interested at all at what I was majoring in but rather the grades that I had received and some of the subjects I did as the supervisors are looking for a passionate interest and some background knowledge. But I would definitely not do a HSF major if I wasn't going to pursue a professional postgraduate degree. A genetics, bioengineering or biochemistry major will definitely put you in better stead down a research pathway or like other masters courses.

[jinny1]

Thanks for the info guys

I've decided on doing a Genetics major