Biology pre-requisite question?

[mintysparkle]

Pre-requisites for Dental school are 2 semesters of biology with lab or in other words 8 semester hours of Biology with lab. I took Biology 101 with lab and currently enrolled in Biology 102 with lab. I am wondering if I can drop this Biology 102 w/lab in place of another Biology course. Does the lab and course have to be paired? For example if I were to later take Molecular Biology lecture and a Cell biology lab would that count for the pre-requisite or do I just have to complete the sequence of 101-102 with lab?

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[THS]

For dental school, you probably do not need to take the 101-102 sequence, but for your undergrad program, 102 may be a pre-req for the higher-level biology classes you would prefer. In my opinion, I would take the 101 and 102 (do not drop the class, it doesn't look too good on your transcript) and take higher level classes in addition. I am assuming you are not a biology major, or you would have to take Cell/Mol anyway.

 

[musician7]

i agree with above poster and also finish the 102, in addition to upper-level bios later on.

i took all the upper level bios first, then my state school told me go to back and take 101/102 -_-

 

[215]

Don't make things tougher on yourself. There's a 100% chance that dental schools will count your Bio 101 and 102, but the same cannot be said if you swap out 102 with an upper level class.

 

[mintysparkle]

i agree with above poster and also finish the 102, in addition to upper-level bios later on.

i took all the upper level bios first, then my state school told me go to back and take 101/102 -_-

oh gosh, that would have annoyed me to the umpth degree. btw the puppy in your display pic is absolutely precious!

 

[musician7]

oh gosh, that would have annoyed me to the umpth degree. btw the puppy in your display pic is absolutely precious!

definitely! i went from immunology to "what is a cell?" glad that's over

thanks!! puppies <333

 

[Snowmead]

Pre-requisites for Dental school are 2 semesters of biology with lab or in other words 8 semester hours of Biology with lab. I took Biology 101 with lab and currently enrolled in Biology 102 with lab. I am wondering if I can drop this Biology 102 w/lab in place of another Biology course. Does the lab and course have to be paired? For example if I were to later take Molecular Biology lecture and a Cell biology lab would that count for the pre-requisite or do I just have to complete the sequence of 101-102 with lab?

hey . did you find out if the lab course have to be matching pair with lecture course for dental school biology prerequisite?
it is quite vague because they just say , 8 semesters with lab.... ?

 

[Daneosaurus]

hey . did you find out if the lab course have to be matching pair with lecture course for dental school biology prerequisite?
it is quite vague because they just say , 8 semesters with lab.... ?

They mean general biology

 

[Snowmead]

They mean general biology

oh ! i see. that is great. except my school general bio didn't have lab component.
So as long as i have one year of lab (any bio lab) would that satisfy the requirement??

 

[Daneosaurus]

oh ! i see. that is great. except my school general bio didn't have lab component.
So as long as i have one year of lab (any bio lab) would that satisfy the requirement??

I have no idea, tbh. I have never heard of general bio without the lab. You're going to have to call the schools you're planning on applying to.