I saw that most schools require 8 semester hours of Biology with lab. I have 8 hours of Biology lecture & 6 hours of Biochemistry lab, NOT Biology lab. Does anyone know if I meet the requirement?
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htown wildcat said:
They are looking for Biology courses with a lab. Not Biology courses and some other lab from a different course.
Specifically most schools ar elooking for Intro to biology (usually a majors course) with lab and zoology (or sometimes called biology 2) with lab.
mshheaddoc said:
At my school, "intro to biology" was a non-major course.
"General biology" was the major (pre-med) course.
The best way to tell is that "intro" was a 1-semester 4-hour course, where as "general" was a 2-semester 8-hour course.
Obviously you need 8 hours, no matter what the course is called.
I was always under the assumption that any 2 biology courses (8 credits) would fulfill the requirement such as anatomy with lab and microbiology with lab. Am I wrong to assume this?
I know KCOM accepts AP Biology taken in high school that transfered to 8 credits in my college.
I know KCOM accepts AP Biology taken in high school that transfered to 8 credits in my college.
timmah2k you are correct. I had AP credits for general bio so my 8 credits of bio were a year long physiology+lab class, and I had no problem with any school I applied to. You can take upperlevel bio classes to fulfill the credit but when its all said and done you need 8 credits of classes starting with bio and 2 semesters in a lab associated with those classes.
