Count as BPCM?

[springbg]

I took a course called Human Growth & Development.

I was wondering if AMCAS would count this as Bio?

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[UCLAstudent]

What kind of human growth and development? Is it more psychological?

 

[springbg]

What kind of human growth and development? Is it more psychological?

it's actually a combination of physical and psychological.. so it's sorta both.. i really wanna count it cuz it would bring up my overall bpcm, as well as my bpcm for the year i took orgo. do you know if AMCAS has access to the course descriptions of certain courses or do they just decide based on the name?

thanks!

 

[UCLAstudent]

Content is more important than name. I took a psychobiology course, which, at my school, is offered through the psych department. I classified it as a biology class because of the content. Use your judgment.

 

[springbg]

Content is more important than name. I took a psychobiology course, which, at my school, is offered through the psych department. I classified it as a biology class because of the content. Use your judgment.

did amcas ask you to explain your classification? or it just went through? what was the name of your course?

(mine is in the nutritional sciences department - yeah it's weird)

thanks again!

 

[UCLAstudent]

My course was Psych 15: Intro to Psychobiology. AMCAS will switch anything that is categorized incorrectly ... my class was not switched, though, because content is what matters (and it was definitely biology in content). It sounds like yours could qualify for biology, but it really depends on what was covered and how detailed it was!