AMCAS classification for Physical Anthro courses?

[burlypie]

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Mmm, I love filling in AMCAS course information. 😉

How would you classify PHYSICAL/BIOLOGICAL anthropology courses? I'm leaning toward Natural/Physical Science considering it was all evolution, skeletal analysis, etc. ( the intro phys anthro class at my school counted as an intro to natural science class)and really not social/behavioral science as cultural anthro definitely was.

What do you think? will my app get delayed beacuse AMCAS wants to call all anthro a social science? HELP!

 

[burlypie]

Anyone? Please?

 

[Yogi Bear]

just fill out what u want to. most likely, it's not a science but u might be able to get it as a bio.

i took an anatomy course listed under the anthro dept. i listed as "non sci" and they initially changed it to "bio" until i sent an inquiry and they changed it back to non-sci. so i think u might be able to get away w/ a bio.

 

[loyen]

I'm tempted to say Social Science. What dept taught it? If it was the anthro dept, its an anthro class, not a physical science class.

 

[Tamomo]

Originally posted by burlypie
Mmm, I love filling in AMCAS course information. 😉

How would you classify PHYSICAL/BIOLOGICAL anthropology courses? I'm leaning toward Natural/Physical Science considering it was all evolution, skeletal analysis, etc. ( the intro phys anthro class at my school counted as an intro to natural science class)and really not social/behavioral science as cultural anthro definitely was.

What do you think? will my app get delayed beacuse AMCAS wants to call all anthro a social science? HELP!

I had the same dilemma last year. I took Human Evolution which was a physical anthro class as well as a Forensic Anthro class and a Monkeys and Apes class. When my advisor called the TMDASAS they said that any class not taught by the deptartments of chemistry, biology, physics or math DO NOT count toward science gpa....all these classes were bascially science but were counted as social science b/c they came out of the anthro dept. I am sure AMCAS will say the same thing...call them or write an email to their help desk.

I hate filling out the damn AMCAS application which was more cumbersome then the TMDSAS

 

[koma]

That's very inconsistent - classifying courses as bcpm by which department the course is taught. For ex, i took Stats under Psyc dept. so I have to list it as psyc instead of math (which is fine with me). But some classes are cross listed between two depts - such as Anthro & Biology - but if you took it under Anthro it will be non science. If you happen to take it under bio, it will be science. It seems pretty random to me.

 

[Tamomo]

I think it makes perfect sense since there are hundreds if not a thousand colleges and universities in America. This is the only way to keep it consistent....not all schools will teach a very science oriented subjet such as physical anthro the same or up to par with how a biology dept. may teach it.

 

[burlypie]

I'm not so concerned about the anthro classes (to clarify: human evolution--upper and lower division, forensic anthro, human adapatability, human skeletal biology a senior seminar on evolutionary theory, and anatomy w/ lab) being counted in the BCMP GPA -- I actually don't have grades for them anyway because I took it all at UCSC when there were just narrative evals.

Please correct me if I'm wrong -- "Natural/Physical science" classification doesn't even go towards the BCMP, so why would they care that much? I just don't feel like they were behavioral science classes and I feel like I'm cheating myself classifying them as such.

Argh but I'm having my main anthro prof write a LOR as my "non-science" prof....what to do? call AMCAS???

 

[Tamomo]

Originally posted by burlypie
Please correct me if I'm wrong -- "Natural/Physical science" classification doesn't even go towards the BCMP, so why would they care that much? I just don't feel like they were behavioral science classes and I feel like I'm cheating myself classifying them as such.

Argh but I'm having my main anthro prof write a LOR as my "non-science" prof....what to do? call AMCAS???

WHAT!?!?
What do you mean that "natural/physical science" don't count toward BCPM....BCPM stands for biology, chemistry, physics, and math which are natural/physical sciences.

I would say call them or email them.

 

[burlypie]

I don't think that natural sciences goes toward the BCMP -- geology, for example, is definitely a natural science but is not bio, chem, math or physics -- all of which there are specific categories for and most likely are what make up the BCMP GPA. There is a separate category for natural/physical sciences.