Microbiology Requirement

Started by lthu0492
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lthu0492

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Hey guys, just a quick question. Some of the schools require an applicant to have taken a microbiology course. Would bacteriology count towards that even though it just focuses on, well, bacteria? Thank you!
 
At my undergrad school (VCU) we had a bacteriology course that was then replaced with microbiology the following semester. I also took bacteriology, but was able to TA for microbiology because it was the same professor that taught both classes. I'm pretty sure it would count. (The material was 99% the same).
 
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I would contact the school. I took microbiology, but I also took virology...they were NOT the same. Micro covered both viruses and bacteria along with other, well, micro bacteria. Virology covered as one would assume only viruses.