Hi,
I'm going to be a Junior in my undergrad this year. I've started to look at schools I want to apply and I noticed that plenty of them require a full year of biology with lab. I've been reading that this needs to be a basic biology course with a lab. My school has a funky biology department, there is no intro biology courses that are taken consecutively. I plan on taking microbiology with lab, so I know I have 1/2 of the requirement done. However, I'm not sure if any of my other classes will fulfill this requirement. I took Principles of Biology which is a basic biology but there was no lab offered with it. I've taken Anatomy with lab and I've also taken physiology without lab, both of which are in the biology department. I've heard anatomy does not count toward the requirement. Will physiology fill it? I could take the physiology lab this upcoming semester if I needed to in order to get another bio class with lab. What are the qualifications for a course to fulfill the biology requirement? I was planning on taking a "Pre-dental orientation" class called Biol 3080 which is 4 credits. I'm worried that this won't fill the requirement so I should ditch it and take a biology course that dental schools will accept. I'm just freaking out that I won't be able to apply to schools I want because I only have 1 biology class with lab.
Would it be better to take another basic biology course? My school offers a class called "Evolution and Diversity of life" which is a lower division biology class offered with a lab. There is also another course "Cell Lab" which is al lecture and a lab. I went to my pre-dental advisor last week and she looked over my plan and didn't say anything about this biology requirement. I think she might have overlooked it. I just need some guidance as to which of these I should take. Any help is much appreciated.
I'm going to be a Junior in my undergrad this year. I've started to look at schools I want to apply and I noticed that plenty of them require a full year of biology with lab. I've been reading that this needs to be a basic biology course with a lab. My school has a funky biology department, there is no intro biology courses that are taken consecutively. I plan on taking microbiology with lab, so I know I have 1/2 of the requirement done. However, I'm not sure if any of my other classes will fulfill this requirement. I took Principles of Biology which is a basic biology but there was no lab offered with it. I've taken Anatomy with lab and I've also taken physiology without lab, both of which are in the biology department. I've heard anatomy does not count toward the requirement. Will physiology fill it? I could take the physiology lab this upcoming semester if I needed to in order to get another bio class with lab. What are the qualifications for a course to fulfill the biology requirement? I was planning on taking a "Pre-dental orientation" class called Biol 3080 which is 4 credits. I'm worried that this won't fill the requirement so I should ditch it and take a biology course that dental schools will accept. I'm just freaking out that I won't be able to apply to schools I want because I only have 1 biology class with lab.
Would it be better to take another basic biology course? My school offers a class called "Evolution and Diversity of life" which is a lower division biology class offered with a lab. There is also another course "Cell Lab" which is al lecture and a lab. I went to my pre-dental advisor last week and she looked over my plan and didn't say anything about this biology requirement. I think she might have overlooked it. I just need some guidance as to which of these I should take. Any help is much appreciated.
