Anatomy

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Sammy2016

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Is it required to take both semesters of anatomy for dental schools? Or is it okay to take anatomy 1 and not 2?
 
It depends on what schools you want to go to. Different schools have different requirements.
 
For the ones that do, I don't believe there are many (if any at all) that require 2 semesters, 1 should be sufficient.

As stated above, each school has different requirements and you should take a look at those prerequisites for schools that you are interested in applying to.
 
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Personally I'd take both. A lot of schools I'm applying to happen to require it though. At least more than I thought.
 
On the other hand, none of the schools I applied to required anatomy.

Well, okay. One required anatomy.
 
Is anatomy 2 physiology?
Schools do it differently. Mine has an Human Anatomy/Physiology 1 & 2 progression at the 200 level, then it has a Comparative Anatomy at 300 and a Physiology at the 400. I ended up doing the latter two to make my schedule work, but as far as I know my schools aren't too concerned with it.
 
Oh ok yea mine has 1 semester of anatomy then 1 semester of physiology OR 1 semester of A&P depending on your major.
 
Well, for future records. MWU-AZ is the only school I applied to that required those courses.

I applied mostly to schools on the east coast and USC out in Cali.
 
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I originally took a&p 1 as just a recommended course for dental school. When I got into dental school they told me I needed to take a&p 2 before I matriculate as a requirement now, so I am currently taking it over the summer (I didn't get accepted till mid-Feb). I got got
 
I originally took a&p 1 as just a recommended course for dental school. When I got into dental school they told me I needed to take a&p 2 before I matriculate as a requirement now, so I am currently taking it over the summer (I didn't get accepted till mid-Feb). I got got


Did you take upper level anatomy or lower level? My university has both
 
Did you take upper level anatomy or lower level? My university has both
I took a&p 1 at a CC so that's where I'm taking the second half. So lower level would probably do, but it never hurts to take upper level (if you feel like you can succeed in it)