Lower Division Microbiology?

[Longcatislong]

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I'm a post-baccalaureate student. My school offers two courses titled General Microbiology (both are 4 units w/ a lab). Course A is lower division and has no prerequisites for enrollment. Course B is upper division and has one year of general bio and one semester of o-chem as prerequisites for enrollment. Otherwise, the course descriptions for both the upper and the lower division general microbiology courses are similar.

Which course should I take? I have free space in my schedule next semester for an elective, and I'm thinking about enrolling in the lower division micro class, because I haven't taken o-chem and only have a half-year of bio so far. Does it matter which course level of microbiology I take, upper-div or lower div?

From what I've gathered, dental schools don't specify whether the microbiology requirement is supposed to be upper division or lower division.

 

[flyingforever]

I'm a post-baccalaureate student. My school offers two courses titled General Microbiology (both are 4 units w/ a lab). Course A is lower division and has no prerequisites for enrollment. Course B is upper division and has one year of general bio and one semester of o-chem as prerequisites for enrollment. Otherwise, the course descriptions for both the upper and the lower division general microbiology courses are similar.

Which course should I take? I have free space in my schedule next semester for an elective, and I'm thinking about enrolling in the lower division micro class, because I haven't taken o-chem and only have a half-year of bio so far. Does it matter which course level of microbiology I take, upper-div or lower div?

From what I've gathered, dental schools don't specify whether the microbiology requirement is supposed to be upper division or lower division.

I think either one will be fine to meet the requirements.

 

[molar3]

yea, take the upper division one.
the lower division one sounds like its for non bio majors or something.
normally ppl take micro as an "upper dvision" science after theyve completed bio1+2 etc, and thats why dental schools care for it/reccomend it. If its a 100 level micro vs like 300 micro.....the 300 ones the one that they care about IMO.
my micro course was a 300 level & my school also offers a micro100 level as well except i dont even know who thats for....im not sure who takes that at my school bc none of the bio majors took it

 

[Longcatislong]

yea, take the upper division one.
the lower division one sounds like its for non bio majors or something.
normally ppl take micro as an "upper dvision" science after theyve completed bio1+2 etc, and thats why dental schools care for it/reccomend it. If its a 100 level micro vs like 300 micro.....the 300 ones the one that they care about IMO.
my micro course was a 300 level & my school also offers a micro100 level as well except i dont even know who thats for....im not sure who takes that at my school bc none of the bio majors took it

Yeah, it does say for non-bio majors in the course description for the lower-div course. But, I would imagine that as long as you have some familiarity with microbiology, even at a really,really fundamental level, you should be ok for dental schools, right? Only a handful require micro, anyway, correct? For the rest it's a recommended course.

 

[Nat426]

None of the school I applied to that required micro cared which one I took. I took the higher level one because all my friends were in that one.

 

[THRILLOFDAFILL]

good choice, the upper div will make microbio at MWU much easier for you. I am taking it for them as well because I think it is part of their requirements.

 

[7 Iron]

I would take the upper level one... because I'm pretty sure you will take micro again in dental school, and you'll want to have as much background as possible in the subject before it comes up again!

 

[dentalWorks]

I'm a post-baccalaureate student. My school offers two courses titled General Microbiology (both are 4 units w/ a lab). Course A is lower division and has no prerequisites for enrollment. Course B is upper division and has one year of general bio and one semester of o-chem as prerequisites for enrollment. Otherwise, the course descriptions for both the upper and the lower division general microbiology courses are similar.

Which course should I take? I have free space in my schedule next semester for an elective, and I'm thinking about enrolling in the lower division micro class, because I haven't taken o-chem and only have a half-year of bio so far. Does it matter which course level of microbiology I take, upper-div or lower div?

From what I've gathered, dental schools don't specify whether the microbiology requirement is supposed to be upper division or lower division.

Every school is different. Some will be okay, others will complain. But usually taking upper division biologies and acing them looks more impressive.

 

[RONDIZZLE27]

On a related note, If a microbiology course is cross-listed between two departments (say bio 280 or MCDB 350) is it always better to elect the class with the highest number, even though they are the same class