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Last year I transferred from a small out-of-state school to a very large state school. As a freshman I took a course called: "Introductory Biology: Principles" (1xx level) and got a C in it. This was like "general biology 1" for the school and "general biology 2" is "Introductory Biology: Diversity".
I would like to retake the class at my new school, but unfortunately this class didn't transfer, so there isn't an equivalent class where I am now. The closest thing to it is a one semester class called "General Biology" (1xxx level) or a 2 semester sequence which is "Foundations of Biology for Biology Majors Pt. 1" and "Foundations of Biology for Biology Majors Pt. 2" (2xxx level).
If I took "General Biology" (1xxx level) as the retake for my C at my other university, would I be able to explain this anywhere on the application? Or, would I be able to get away with taking "Introductory Biology for Biology Majors Pt. 1" (2xxx level) as the replacement?
Edit: Also, the 2xxx level biology course for biology majors has prerequisites of general chemistry and calculus 1, whereas the 1xxx level doesn't have any.
I would like to retake the class at my new school, but unfortunately this class didn't transfer, so there isn't an equivalent class where I am now. The closest thing to it is a one semester class called "General Biology" (1xxx level) or a 2 semester sequence which is "Foundations of Biology for Biology Majors Pt. 1" and "Foundations of Biology for Biology Majors Pt. 2" (2xxx level).
If I took "General Biology" (1xxx level) as the retake for my C at my other university, would I be able to explain this anywhere on the application? Or, would I be able to get away with taking "Introductory Biology for Biology Majors Pt. 1" (2xxx level) as the replacement?
Edit: Also, the 2xxx level biology course for biology majors has prerequisites of general chemistry and calculus 1, whereas the 1xxx level doesn't have any.