Introductory Biology

Pre-Med & Medical School Pre-Med Topics
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<p>Before deciding to be "pre-med", I took a year of introductory biology for non-majors though it was still a 4 hour course (for a total of 8) and included a lab. My question is, will this satisfy the bio requirement for medical school? I know that it is advised to take bio for majors, but given my situation, should I be okay or do I need to do a year of introductory bio for majors? Thanks!</p>

<p>And also, I have checked tons of med school sites but they all say the same thing and don't really answer my question: "1 year of biology with a lab (8 hours)".</p>

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<p>Why don't you just take two upper div bio courses? Most med schools recommend/require doing that anyway.</p>

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<p>Like what? As far as I knew the majority of med schools just require 1 year bio, 1 year gen chem, 1 year ochem, and 1 year physics. Also, at my school, you have to take bio for majors to take any upper level bio classes.</p>

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<p>ANA 113- Human Anatomy BIO 328 - General Physiology
APY 345/346 - Comparative Primate Anatomy BIO 367 - Developmental Biology
APY 448 - Human Genetics/Legal and Ethical Issues MIC 301 - Fundamentals of Microbiology
BCH 403 - Principles of Biochemistry PGY 300 - Human Physiology
BIO 205/215 - Fundamentals of Biological Chemistry PGY 451 - Human Physiology
BIO 319 - Genetics PHI 337 - Social and Ethical Values in Medicine</p>

<p>those are some examples of additional courses</p>

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<p>At my school, you can enroll in any bio courses you want, regardless of prereqs.</p>

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<p>At my school nobody is technically keeping you from registering, but i dont know that its necessarily a good idea to take a class without the prereqs.</p>

<p>I would probably consider taking the major sequence so that you can get into some upper levels.</p>

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<p>maybe ask some of the instructors in the courses you're considering?</p>

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<p>thats the problem, know one, even those that I would expect to know, has any idea whether or not bio for non-majors is sufficient. I have even e-mailed a few medical schools and recieved no response from any of them. I am surprised that this question hasn't been asked before and that there seems to be no definitive answer.</p>

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<p>Put it this way: even if it "officially" meets their requirements, they would be extremely skeptical of it. They are even skeptical of kids who take a year of intro bio for majors and stop there; more advanced courses are highly recommended even for them.</p>