<p>Hi, I have a question for any Biological Science majors at Rutgers New Brunswick.</p>
<p>For people on the Pre-Med track, do we need to take Calculus II (and above) to graduate with a bachelors degree in Biological Sciences?</p>
<p>Can Calculus II be replaced with another type of math?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>No, Every science student must take Calc 2</p>
<p>Wait are you sure?</p>
<p>I just went on Rutger’s Biology web page to see if I could find any more information regarding this and found the following:</p>
<ul>
<li>640:151-152 or 640:135-136 may also be used to satisfy the Calculus requirement. Second semester of calculus may
be substituted for by 960:379 or 960:401.</li>
</ul>
<p>This was stated on the Biology major “worksheet” provided on the the actual Rutger’s Biology web page. The 960 Course numbers are Statistics courses offered at Rutgers.</p>
<p>Does that statement imply that only Calculus I is required for biology majors? And that students may choose to take a Statistics course in place of Calculus II? </p>
<p>Can any current biology majors verify that statement?</p>
<p>Just take Calc 2 it isn’t as hard as everyone makes it out to be. I got an A in it and I wouldn’t consider myself a genius.</p>
<p>I agree with Ziggy. If you can’t handle calc 2, then there is no way you can do well on the MCAT.</p>
<p>Thanks for the heads up on Calculus II from your experience. The thing I’m worried about is that I took Calculus I last spring at my community college, so I have forgotten everything since then, and I’m just worried how I would transition into Calculus II at a university. </p>
<p>So to answer my original question, is Calculus II optional for Biology Majors?</p>
<p>I am not quite sure since I am not a student at rutgers YET 
but you should check with the school’s major requirement.
If you already took calculus I in CC why didn’t you take the second part there? It is way better to do this. Plus you won’t have to take any math classes again at Rutgers.
I agree that taking one semester class here and continue with the second part at a different place isn’t a good idea.</p>
<p>Okay, I appreciate both of your responses, and I agree, taking Calculus II and any other upper-level division courses is obviously going to help my performance on the PCAT or DAT (Still Deciding).</p>
<p>However, can someone at least give me a definite answer to my original question? So I can at least schedule time to reviewing/relearning Calculus I before I take Calculus II?</p>