from a solid bio perspective, you want to have some sort of genetics & cell biology. in most bio programs, genetics & cell bio is required whereas dev bio is an elective. now, having said that, i love developmental biology. you get a real sense of "life" as it occurs from one cell to a multicellular organism. developmental biology, when taught right, incorporates pretty much everything in biology-- genetics, cell biology, molecular biology, a bit of anatomy... which i guess brings me to this last rambling consideration.
is cell biology or genetics a pre-req for dev bio? if it's vertebrate focused class, you can probably get by without too much genetics. you can get by without cell bio, too, but it might be harder... i TA'd the dev bio class here for a few years. we focused alot on experimental techniques and problem solving. i found students had an easier time of it if they've taken cell bio or had some lab experience. it's doable without, though.
i loved cell bio at MIT, but hated TAing it here. it can be really good when taught right so if the instructor seems lively, that might be the way to go for now... g'luck!
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Date: 2006-08-22 07:35 am (UTC)is cell biology or genetics a pre-req for dev bio? if it's vertebrate focused class, you can probably get by without too much genetics. you can get by without cell bio, too, but it might be harder... i TA'd the dev bio class here for a few years. we focused alot on experimental techniques and problem solving. i found students had an easier time of it if they've taken cell bio or had some lab experience. it's doable without, though.
i loved cell bio at MIT, but hated TAing it here. it can be really good when taught right so if the instructor seems lively, that might be the way to go for now... g'luck!