sGPA question on Animal related courses designated as a Biology course

[Aelius]

I am trying to figure out if "Animal Behavior" or other animal related courses such as Animal Physiology would be considered part of the science GPA.

At the school I'm taking them at, Animal Behavior and Animal Physiology are all taught under the Biology Department and have a BIOL designation. What concerns me is on the AMCAS Application Course Classification Guide, they seem to specifically exclude "Animal & Avian Sciences" from one's science GPA calculations. They have "Animal & Avian Sciences" as part of Natural and Physical Science and not a Biological Science. https://www.aamc.org/students/download/181694/data/amcas_course_classification_guide.pdf

Have people had courses that were taken under the Biology Department be thrown out from their science GPA calculations? I would lean towards not taking Animal Behavior if it won't count.

Does anyone know what the AMCAS means by Animal Sciences? I would have thought that most courses that study animals are biology courses. Is that not the case at most schools?

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[Ismet]

If the course is listed in the biology department, it will most likely count as BCPM regardless of what the actual content of the course is.

 

[Lamel]

I had a similar course that was in the Bio department and counted as BCPM. I'm sure you can make the case for either one though.

 

[Aelius]

Thanks for the answers.

Does anyone know if Animal Physiology or Behavior courses are listed as non-Biology in other schools?

 

[Ismet]

Thanks for the answers.

Does anyone know if Animal Physiology or Behavior courses are listed as non-Biology in other schools?

I'm sure there are. Several schools have "agriculture" departmental distinctions for animal courses.

You should be perfectly fine with Animal Physiology as BCPM. Humans are animals! 😉 Animal Behavior is a little more iffy, but again, if it's in the biology department at your school, it should be no problem listing it as BCPM.

 

[Aelius]

I'm sure there are. Several schools have "agriculture" departmental distinctions for animal courses.

You should be perfectly fine with Animal Physiology as BCPM. Humans are animals! 😉 Animal Behavior is a little more iffy, but again, if it's in the biology department at your school, it should be no problem listing it as BCPM.

Thanks for the response.

 

[Keladry]

Yep, all of my animal-related courses were listed as bio courses - I went to a tiny undergrad, so most of the bio professors had primarily animal-related backgrounds, plus there was no separate ecology/agriculture/animal science/whatever department, it was all just bio, and AMCAS accepted it as such.