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I just told a friend yesterday that I would definitely take A&P and chemistry before micro.
I'm taking micro right now after having taken A&P and chem last semester. I'm having an easier time with it because we're going over cell membranes, osmosis, cellular respiration, fermentation, DNA, antibodies, antigens, etc. The people who really seem to be struggling in the class haven't taken A&P or chem yet and don't get how it all works together. I'm not saying it can't be done, I just think it would make the experience a lot more enjoyable.
I asked many people. Profs and students who were in either class or had taken either. Almost no one would recommend one over the other. They all said either way works. Which ever you take first will make the other easier. I'm taking the A/P first and about half of the class has had micro, they are having a much easier time in my class but remember people in their micro class that had a much easier time because they remembered so much from their A/P class.
At my school Micro is a 200 level course, so you can't take it until you've completed and passed at least A&P I and there is probably a reason for that.
I'm taking two classes over the summer, A&P II and Micro, but I've already passed A&P I.
In a nutshell, if you've not taken a college level lab science course, it's probably not a good idea to take Micro first, it presupposes a lot of basic life-science knowledge as well as lab protocol.
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I just finished a semester of combined gen chem/orgo/and biochem. Thanks for the input!