Questions about an unusual math course

Pre-Med & Medical School Pre-Med Topics
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<p>MATH-320: History of Mathematics</p>

<p>Though this course has “MATH” designation, it’s going to be unlike a typical math course in that its topics mostly cover history. The course outline contained topics such as “The work of Newton and Leibniz”, “The Beginnings of Calculus”, and “Euler, Gauss and the discovery of non-Euclidean geometry”. The course has quizzes, assignments and a final exam. Also, what’s unusual about this math course is that it requires students to write an 8-page paper that is 25% of the course grade.</p>

<li>Will AMCAS still include this into BCPM?</li>
<li>Will adcoms look down on me for taking such a course?</li>
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<li>Maybe (probably)</li>
<li>No.</li>
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<p>The answer to #1 should have no effect on whether you take this course or not.</p>

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Could you explain why?</p>

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<p>for the obvious reason that you should just take courses you are interested in regardless of BCPM designation</p>