<p>Hello, I have asked hundreds of people for help with this question, but I have gotten all different answers, and half of the people tell me "Yes", and the others say "No".</p>
<p>Course Name: BIO 123 Human Body in Health & Disease</p>
<p>I am trying to figure out if I should take this class if it's counted in the BCPM gpa. The ones that tell me "Yes" say that it has a course code of "BIO" and numbers, which means it can be calssified as a bio course. But the other professors in the school tell me that it is a non-major's biology course, and also a lower level one, so it wouldn't be counted as part of the BCPM gpa...</p>
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<li>I HAVE looked at the AMCAS website on how to classify it, but I am still getting different responses... I also asked AMCAS, and they have told me a few times that they are not allowed to release the information no how they classify classes.</li>
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<p>So what would you view it as? AMCAS told me that in the end on your application, they review it and change it depending on their views and the information given by the college that has the course. The college giving the course is giving me both answers "yes" and "no", so I'm stuck...</p>
<p>Here is the course description:</p>
<p>BIO 123 Human Body in Health & Disease</p>
<p>This course is an inquiry into the mechanism of diseases that plague human beings. A systemic approach is taken in which all the major systems of the human body and the significant diseases that affect these systems are studied. Emphasis is on failures of homeostasis as the basic mechanisms of disease. Included are discussions on available treatments and therapies, the impact of new technological developments, and maintaining health and avoiding disease. The laboratory component contains both traditional and computer-generated exercises, complemented by videos and laser disc materials, that illustrate the onset and development of a variety of diseases and pathological states. - 4 credits</p>
<p>It will be classified as BPCM.</p>
<p>You really shouldn’t be taking a class based on whether or not it will be classified as a BPCM course though. By the time you apply, 1 or 2 science courses aren’t going to matter.</p>
<p>I have a similar situation. I’m taking it regardless of what it’d be classified, but I’m curious. It’s called Historical Analysis of Health Inequalities in the United States, but it’s classified as an upper-level course in the Biology Department. Any thoughts as to whether this’ll cound as a science course?</p>
<p>Norcal, why wouldn’t one take a class to raise the GPA? My DD is finishing up, 4.0 last term raised her overall GPA almost 1 point, so since they were all upper div science, it ought to really help her BPCM. She wants to raise that one; in looking at her optional classes for spring term she definitely picked true science classes. She had an option with an ethics class but it is through public health and probably would not be BPCM, that was one of her considerations in choosing other interesting science classes. (She had 7 classes on her schedule and had to cut several of them, but spent the first couple of weeks just seeing which were the most interesting)</p>
<p>BCPM means classes in the Biology, Chemistry, Physics, or Math departments. It’s very simple, if a class is taught in those departments it will count towards your BCPM grade. As long as it has the prefix BIO, CHEM, PHYS, or MATH, etc. it will be a BCPM class.</p>