BCPM: Bioethics

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I was wondering if a bioethics course would count as biology or not for bcpm? My head says no but my gut says I can argue that it does have biological content.

Sidenote: Gut is usually right...but both ideas come from my brain...don't want to talk about this any further...I type ellipsis too much...

 

[eellen3]

It counts under a philosophy class in my school.

 

[copingmethods]

I was wondering if a bioethics course would count as biology or not for bcpm? My head says no but my gut says I can argue that it does have biological content.

I don't think it does...

 

[dd128]

I think it depends on the classification at your school. Mine categorized it as an upperlevel Bio special topics class, so it did.

 

[Encrypted]

Yeah but neuroscience courses under psychology count as biology so why not this?

 

[MassTransport]

Because those courses are taught primarily from a biological perspective. Psychology courses that count under biology are the exception and not the rule.

I don't think your bioethics course will count. You're welcome to claim it as one on AMCAS and see if a verifier corrects it.

 

[Bond8204]

Philosophy/Religion (PHIL)
·Ethics
·Logic
·Philosophy
·Religion
·Theology

By contrast, these are the courses listed under biology:

Biology (BIOL) - BCPM
·Anatomy
·Biology
·Biophysics
·Biotechnology
·Botany
·Cell Biology
·Ecology
·Entomology
·Genetics
·Histology
·Immunology
·Microbiology
·Molecular Biology
·Neuroscience
·Physiology

Pretty cut and dry if you ask me. BCPM is core, pure sciences. Trying to pass off a bioethics course seems silly to me at best and like you're trying to cheat the system at worst.

Note: I'm not saying you're trying to cheat the system, and I'm not sure ADCOMS/interviewers can see the verification on AMCAS printouts like we can, but I can just imagine an dingus interviewer snorting "You tried to say bioethics was a science course! Was that to boost your gpa from course x!?"

 

[MattD]

AMCAS says that the classification determination should be made based on course content, not course designation. An ethics course focuses on philosophy. Biology is simply used as the framework for your discussion. A feminism class would not count as BCPM either, even though I'm sure sex would be a topic and you could call that biology too ;-)

 

[futuredrcrawfor]

At my university bioethics has a biol prefix which would make me think it will count. However, if you don't have the prefix good luck- I don't think they will count my philosophy and ethics of the holocaust as BCPM even though most of it was about genocide and medical experimentation.

 

[TopDocChick]

Yeah but neuroscience courses under psychology count as biology so why not this?

Do they? I am taking that next semester

 

[DredPiratRobrts]

I was wondering if a bioethics course would count as biology or not for bcpm? My head says no but my gut says I can argue that it does have biological content.

Sidenote: Gut is usually right...but both ideas come from my brain...don't want to talk about this any further...I type ellipsis too much...

not even close to BCPM...

 

[Encrypted]

All right, thanks for the input guys. I'm sure you guys'll understand that med school admissions is so competitive that we should try to get the highest advantages possible short of cheating so that is why I was wondering.