Do these classes count towards BCPM?

[Sandman45]

1. Neurobiology xx - History of Neurosciences
2. Biomedical Research xx - Skills and Concepts
3. Molecular Biology xx - Biomedical Ethics

Could these classes fall under bcpm, since the department that they're under are science subjects? Or does AMCAS look at the title or the courses when verifying?

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[darkjedi]

1. Neurobiology xx - History of Neurosciences
2. Biomedical Research xx - Skills and Concepts
3. Molecular Biology xx - Biomedical Ethics

Could these classes fall under bcpm, since the department that they're under are science subjects? Or does AMCAS look at the title or the courses when verifying?

They all sound like BCPM, but your premed advisors are usually better to ask as they are more familiar with your courses.

 

[BigBlueBear]

Remember it's by class content, not the title. You could easily classify all of these as biology if you wanted them included in your BCPM.

 

[Plue00]

1. Neurobiology xx - History of Neurosciences
2. Biomedical Research xx - Skills and Concepts
3. Molecular Biology xx - Biomedical Ethics

I feel like only the second one could count for science GPA

 

[Sandman45]

Thanks for the responses guys! There seems to be two different opinions on this, anyone else have any experience in classifying these types of courses as bcpm?

 

[mcarrick]

FWIW, I took a History of Medicine class and I am not classifying it as BCPM.

 

[gettheleadout]

Thanks for the responses guys! There seems to be two different opinions on this, anyone else have any experience in classifying these types of courses as bcpm?

It's correct that classification is based on course content, but from the course titles by themselves I agree with Plue00.

 

[Colonel Sanders]

I just used this https://www.aamc.org/students/download/182162/data/amcas_instruction_manual.pdf The last page is all course classifications. If you've already seen this, my bad.

 

[theseeker4]

1. Neurobiology xx - History of Neurosciences
2. Biomedical Research xx - Skills and Concepts
3. Molecular Biology xx - Biomedical Ethics

Could these classes fall under bcpm, since the department that they're under are science subjects? Or does AMCAS look at the title or the courses when verifying?

You could do 1 and 3 either way. If it helps your sGPA, classify them as BPCM. If it hurts it, classify them outside BPCM. If AMCAS doesn't like how you classify the classes, they will change them, at which point you can appeal their classification or accept it. As long as you can make an argument for why it should or should not be BPCM, you are fine. The worst that will happen is they will change them on you, you won't be punished for choosing a classification that AMCAS disagrees with.

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

You probably could get it to count 99% of the time. I mean can any of you tell me that your introduction biology class was not at least 30% you learning paradigms and names of historical figures who did specific experiences that discovered certain things like genetics? It may not be as direct as learning cellular physiology, it is still science in that you examine paradigms and content that is relevant to the field and likely some function of those topics.
Bioethics however is a stretch, while you will be learning paradigms you'll be looking more at things like how Rene Descartes was an idiot and thought animals were without feeling and that now we reject that and maybe citing evidence to show otherwise. That being said, if you want it to count then you'll probably get it to.

 

[AestheticGod]

The research counts as BCPM?

 

[theseeker4]

The research counts as BCPM?

If it is a course for credit, and under a BCPM department, yes. You wouldn't mark it as a subject other than what it was, so it would be counted toward your BCMP GPA.

 

[cuculici1]

How strict exactly is AMCAS about BCPM classification, specifically about interdisciplinary science courses? Obviously there will be some courses that are impossible to argue that are not BCPM, such as "Organic Chemistry I" or "General Physics II". But what about classes such as "Geochemistry", "Environmental Biology", or "Stars and Atoms". All of these are interdisciplinary classes which could be argued as BCPM or non - BCPM.

 

[theseeker4]

How strict exactly is AMCAS about BCPM classification, specifically about interdisciplinary science courses? Obviously there will be some courses that are impossible to argue that are not BCPM, such as "Organic Chemistry I" or "General Physics II". But what about classes such as "Geochemistry", "Environmental Biology", or "Stars and Atoms". All of these are interdisciplinary classes which could be argued as BCPM or non - BCPM.

For my n=1 example, I listed a pharmacology course as biology. The title was "Pharmacology of drug use and addiction" and it focused mostly on anatomy, cell biology and biochemistry. I simply listed it as Bio and AMCAS accepted that classification without changing it or asking for justification.

 

[Sandman45]

For my n=1 example, I listed a pharmacology course as biology. The title was "Pharmacology of drug use and addiction" and it focused mostly on anatomy, cell biology and biochemistry. I simply listed it as Bio and AMCAS accepted that classification without changing it or asking for justification.

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