Questions Concerning Year of Bio Requirement

[pasta_water1]

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So I'm currently a second-semester freshman at Stony Brook University and I will be making my enrollment for next fall soon. However, I am from a nontraditional major (AMS to be exact) and I have a conflict between the time BIO 203 is offered and one of my required major classes. I have already taken BIO 202 and I'm wondering if I could use BIO 201 instead to fulfill the one-year requirement. Here is the descriptions of each class.

BIO 201 (what I want to take):
An introduction to the major groups of living organisms. Structure, functions, the ecological roles of organisms in communities and ecosystems, and their evolutionary history are covered. Genetics and demography are discussed in the context of evolution by natural selection.

BIO 202 (what I've taken): The fundamentals of cell biology, biochemistry, and genetics. The biochemical and molecular basis of cell structure, energy metabolism, gene regulation, heredity, and development in living organisms from bacteria to man are discussed.

BIO 203: The fundamentals of cell and organ physiology in mammalian and non-mammalian organisms. The structure and function of cell membranes and the physiology of cell to cell signaling, cellular respiration, and homeostasis of organs and organisms are examined with an emphasis on the comparative physiology of vertebrates and invertebrates.

So does 201 and 202 satisfy the one-year bio requirement?

Link to bio courses: http://sb.cc.stonybrook.edu/bulletin/current/courses/bio/

 

[frosted_flake]

I would think that 201 and 202 would satisfy the introductory requirements. 203 sounds more along the lines of physiology.
You can also ask other premeds at your school who may be more familiar! Unless someone on here is from your school and stumbles on this thread 🙂

 

[osckey]

This sounds like a question you should ask the bio department at your school.

 

[The Knife & Gun Club]

Does 201 offer lab? Remember it's a year of bio with lab!

 

[pasta_water1]

This sounds like a question you should ask the bio department at your school.

I have an absolutely terrible pre-med advising department which said that I had to take 203. Meanwhile, almost all the med school websites I have been on accept a 201 like class.

Does 201 offer lab? Remember it's a year of bio with lab!

Yeah. My school divides up lecture and lab classes. Also, 201 and 202 (what I'm taking now) fits the prereqs for the intro to bio lab 1 and 2.