Bio lab pre req

[Cornfed101]

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I wanted to ask this here before spending an entire day calling a bunch of pre med admissions offices in case someone has had a similar experience.

Here are the classes I took for bio at my old university

• Science of biology - 2 credits (first in pre med bio series)
• Principles of biology - 3 credits (basically general bio)

NO LAB for either of these classes. The lab at my old university was a separate class after micro.

Fast forward to now. I am doing a post bac and will take all of the following classes for bio

• Micro - 4 credits w/ lab
• Cell bio - 4 credits w/ lab
• Genetics - 4 credits w/lab

I have no intention of taking intro to bio a third time just to get the lab. Have any of you only had second semester bio lab + upper level labs and been ok?

 

[Forever Geebs]

I think you should be fine. Were the first two courses you mentioned for science majors? I’ve not seen general bio courses not include labs, so that seems odd to me.


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[Cornfed101]

I think you should be fine. Were the first two courses you mentioned for science majors? I’ve not seen general bio courses not include labs, so that seems odd to me.


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The first one was, the second was for engineering majors. They do it a little weird where all the labs are actually separate classes. If I were still there it would be pretty easy to take the lab at this point.

 

[trev5150]

Yeah your 4 cred classes/ lab have you covered.

 

[Lucky Day]

I don't have the answer to your question of whether they would accept your situation, but I remember having physics labs where the students did not take the lecture. In the worst case scenario, it may be possible to take stand alone bio lab courses. Mine were 1 credit courses.