Course Requirement Gen. Bio 2 .. Please help

[Savvy ?]

Hello Everyone,

I I have a question regarding course requirement. I see that all the medical schools require at least 8 credit hours in biology. Do they mean Gen. Bio 1 & 2 by 8 hours?

I have a BS degree in Healthcare and I have taken Gen Bio 1 and other science classes in my undergrad years. However, I never took Gen Bio 2. I have taken other classes like Anatomy & Physiology, Microbiology, Cell science etc. Do these classes count towards 8 hours Bio requirement or I have to take Gen Bio 2 ?

Thank you in advance.

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[efle]

The usual requirement is one year of college biology, including a year of lab. As long as you have taken two biology labs (maybe GenBio Lab and then a physiology lab, etc) you can satisfy the requirement without doing General Bio 1&2

 

[mcatjelly]

At my university, pre-meds/science majors weren't even supposed to take the general biology course sequence. You should be fine.

 

[Savvy ?]

Thank you very much friends. I didn't really want to take gen bio 2. I find it it very boring. .

 

[efle]

Yeah, my general bio 1&2 were the low point in prereqs
Do make sure you have a full year of labs though!

 

[Savvy ?]

I do. . More than full year. . Just need to take org 2 abs couple humanities. .. I'm thinking about taking philosophy and psychology. . What would you suggest. ..

 

[efle]

That's a personal preference thing. I love philosophy and take as much as I can because college is one of the few chances I'll have to do so

 

[Savvy ?]

Ok. . Thank you