Bio Classes

[Sakab]

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1. I know that most pharmacy schools require 8 semester hours of biology courses along with microbiology. Regarding med school, my college states the following:

"Two semesters of biology courses with labs are usually the minimum required by med schools. At (college name), this actually means three courses: Themes in Biology (and its lab); Eukaryotic Cell (which does not have a lab, but is now a pre-requisite for the other course); and Genetics (and its lab)."

I have already taken Themes in Biology which is a requirement for microbiology. If I take microbiology, will it fulfill my microbiology requirement AND the 8 semester hours of biology requirement? If not, I guess I will need to take Eukaryotic (plus it will probably better prepare me for the PCAT, right?)

2. Would you recommend that I take Genetics?

3. My school offers HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY I and HUMAN ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY II (both 300 level bio courses w/ labs). Some schools state that they accept Anatomy I/II and others only Physiology I/II. Should I take both semesters of the combination course that my school offers?

 

[KasHfg]

1. I know that most pharmacy schools require 8 semester hours of biology courses along with microbiology. Regarding med school, my college states the following:

"Two semesters of biology courses with labs are usually the minimum required by med schools. At (college name), this actually means three courses: Themes in Biology (and its lab); Eukaryotic Cell (which does not have a lab, but is now a pre-requisite for the other course); and Genetics (and its lab)."

I have already taken Themes in Biology which is a requirement for microbiology. If I take microbiology, will it fulfill my microbiology requirement AND the 8 semester hours of biology requirement? If not, I guess I will need to take Eukaryotic (plus it will probably better prepare me for the PCAT, right?)

2. Would you recommend that I take Genetics?

3. My school offers HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY I and HUMAN ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY II (both 300 level bio courses w/ labs). Some schools state that they accept Anatomy I/II and others only Physiology I/II. Should I take both semesters of the combination course that my school offers?

I am not sure that I understand your question correctly, but as far as I know for most schools one class cannot be used to fulfill more than one required prerequisite; you can use microbiology only once. If you need three classes for biology AND you have a separate requirement for micro then you can use micro class only to fulfill one of those. Every pharmacy school has different prerequisites (mine does not need micro at all) so you have to check with a specific school what do you need.