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health science - eating disorders
biological anthropology
intro to psychology
nutrition
healthful living


i think a few of them are science, but can anyone help me out?
 
2PacClone23 said:
health science - eating disorders
biological anthropology
intro to psychology
nutrition
healthful living


i think a few of them are science, but can anyone help me out?
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no. psychology/anthropology probably fall under social science and won't affect your science gpa. The indicator I look for is the abbreviation of the class. For example..I took biological psychology but it was PSY 330 - so it won't count for my science gpa.
 
I think the only science on that list for sure is Nutrition. A couple of others are questionable. Psych is non science.
 
The main thing that can effect if they're counted as Science is what department they are through, for example, if that Anthro class is called like:

Biology 241: Biological Anthropology
Biology 242: Health Sciences - Eating Disorders
Biology 243: Healthy Living

Then yes, they does count towards biology, if it is like this,

Anthropology 241: Biological Anthropology

then no, it won't count towards sciences. From the list below you will see that the above poster is correct for Psych, as it is a non-science. Nutrition counts as a other science, but if it is through the bio department it will count as biology.

Here's the instructions from the AADSAS application:

Course Subject
Use your best judgment to classify your courses as either Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Other Science (Sciences other than biology-chemistry-physics), or Non-Science. Use the examples below as guidelines.
Biology
Examples: Anatomy
Biology
Biochemistry
Biophysics
Botany
Chemistry
Genetics
Medicine
Microbiology
Neuroscience
Pathology
Pharmacology
Pharmacy
Physics
Physiology
Zoology

Chemistry
Examples: Biochemistry (if offered by a chemistry department)
Chemistry
General Chemistry
Inorganic Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
Chemistry for Engineering Majors (offered through engineering programs


Physics
Examples: Biophysics (if offered by a physics department)
Physics


Other Science Courses (Other science courses that do not fall under the categories of Biology, Chemistry or Physics
Examples: Agriculture
Animal Sciences
Astronomy
Clinical Sciences
Nutrition
Engineering
Health Technology
Geology
Kinesiology
Mathematics
Physical Sciences
Plant Sciences
Sports Sciences


Non-Science Courses (Humanities, Social Sciences, Health Services, Business and miscellaneous courses)
Examples: Anthropology
Art
Behavioral Sciences
Business
Computer Sciences
Communications
Economics
Education
English
Foreign Languages
Forensic Sciences
Geography
History Humanities
Music
Physical Education
Political Science
Psychology
Public Affairs/Administration
Public Health
Social Sciences
Sociology
Social Work
Speech
Sports Administration
 
I took pharmacology, medical terminology, a special topics public health course, and nutrition but the prefixes for the courses were HSC and HUN...according to the instructions they are sciences?
 
So ANTH101, for example, which is listed as Biological Anthropology would NOT be counted as a science course?
 
2PacClone23 said:
So ANTH101, for example, which is listed as Biological Anthropology would NOT be counted as a science course?
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This is correct. Its all about the department code....for example Statistics given by the Psychology department is counted as a non-science whereas if you took it with the Math department it would have been counted as Science (other) and would contribute to your sGPA.
 
so if medical terminology and other health classes count as science class, does anyone know about nutirion classes??
because i'm majoring in nutrition, i had nutrition, advance nutrition, metabolic, cardiovascular diseases, nutrition assessment, community nutrition, nutrition in life cycle, food science...are any of these count as science gpa?
 
impdstudent said:
so if medical terminology and other health classes count as science class, does anyone know about nutirion classes??
because i'm majoring in nutrition, i had nutrition, advance nutrition, metabolic, cardiovascular diseases, nutrition assessment, community nutrition, nutrition in life cycle, food science...are any of these count as science gpa?
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NUTRITION is counted as a science class.
 
Would medical terminology count as a science class (and contribute to my science GPA)? It's taught under "Health science" at my school.
 
could someone please clarify if medical terminology counts as a science class. Could someone who took the class and has applied to dental schools please answer?
 
Chrono said:
could someone please clarify if medical terminology counts as a science class. Could someone who took the class and has applied to dental schools please answer?
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That's a hard one - if you really wanted to you might be able to fit it under Bio as medicine, because its not necessarily "Health Technology" which is an other science.

If worse comes to worse they'll look at it and change it for you, no big deal.
 
I think science GPA calculation is ridicilous at some points. For instance introduction to computer class was given by both math and computer science department once I took at that time (and the content and even instructor was the same, was it count as science if it was written as Math in front). Same thing for biological antropology (As you guys mentioned). Unfortunately I took from ant. department which is the same course anyway(compared bio department), What about personel health which I took from health and education department? Will it be science or nonscience?I think science but who knows what do you guys think or what really is it?
 
Quick piggy-back on this list... what about Epidemiology? Where does that fit? Science or non-science?
 
Is exercise biology (under college of biological sciences but course Prefix is EXB) counted as a science course or biology course. Does the content matter at all? what if the course is exercise psychology? And is food science technology (FST) courses counted as science gpa?
Thanks. Appreciate your help.
 
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