Microbiology before A & P I & II

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Hey everyone!

I was wondering if anyone has taken Microbiology before A & P I & II? Normally the college here makes you take A & P first but since it is the summer session you are kind of on your own. I was wondering if it would be wise for me to take that before the other two? Any advice would be appreciated! Thanks.

I took Micro last Fall and am currently taking AP1. In Micro I was the only one in my class that hadn't taken AP - except for this gunner who was taking Micro and AP1 concurrently! I'm finding some overlap - we're covering muscles and the Krebs cycle that gave me such fits in Micro was casually mentioned last week and I had an AhHa! moment about it, but nothing more.

My Micro prof made a big deal about my not having taken AP but I think it was more his perception of my lack of science background that was at issue. I think he thought I'd weigh the class down as I got up to speed on the science mindset and terminology. Wrong! ;)

Specializes in ER preceptorship, almost a year on PCU..

I took AP1 last semester. This semester, I had 3 prereqs left (nutrition, microbio, and AP2) so I'm taking them all together and doing fine... but it was a Hell of a lot easier to understand microbio, having already gone over cell components, functions, and basic chem in AP1. After the first few chapters, though, the two classes don't have as much in common (except for the chapters about the immune system).

The immune system is on next week's microbio exam, and 3 weeks later it will be on the AP2 exam, so taking microbio at the same time (or before) AP is actually to my advantage.

I found out that the community college that is about an hour away from here has a campus site in the town that is only 20 miles from my house...and they had 5 spots open in A & P I so I got in!!!! I am so happy! Thank you everyone for your wonderful help. I must say though...I am planning on taking Microbiology spring semester 2008 and I am quite intimidated by it. It sounds hard. I ordered a couple of used books and I am going to start looking over them now so I can familarize myself a little with it. I also bought a Microbiology color studying guide book. How is A & P I...fun? Thanks everyone for all of your wonderful advice! I love this forum...everyone is so kind and friendly!

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