I've seen several things about how hard A & P and Micro Biology are and people who take them together don't have a life...How hard is it really?
I'm thinking about taking them together Fall 2017 and topping them off with an intro to Spanish class. Does that sound do-able?
I know the prof who teaches Micro and she's very nice, and easy to work with. I took her this semester with Biology 1107, she told me that it was a hard course. I came out of the class with A's on lab and lecture. Now I did study hard, I asked for help when I didn't understand something...We started with like 36 people in the lab and ended with around 18.
I really need to take them together if I want to reach my goal of making it into nursing school by 2018 (with ALL my prereqs out of the way!) so...any insight?
Stats kicked my butt (final grade is a low B for me), but I took it online, which was a mistake. Chemistry isn't bad really - the labs were fun. Psych is a pretty easy class.
I don't think my college offers Statistics online.
Lol my Ipad decided to post before I was ready. Yeah a bunch of my classmates in Biology said Psych was really easy (online). I took Sociology this semester and it wasn't bad at all--once I got the hang of it.
Has anyone taken Spanish? When I was 6 my family moved to Costa Rica for a year due to my dads business. My older siblings are fluent in Spanish and I have kept up my vocab somewhat (taken Duo lingo too). What does the elementary Spanish cover? My academic counselor said I could talk with the prof who teaches Spanish and see if they'd let me skip ahead to intermediate... I just don't want to bite of more than I can handle. Neither do I want to repeat something if I already know if (although I am rather tempted to...).
Lol my Ipad decided to post before I was ready. Yeah a bunch of my classmates in Biology said Psych was really easy (online). I took Sociology this semester and it wasn't bad at all--once I got the hang of it.
Has anyone taken Spanish? When I was 6 my family moved to Costa Rica for a year due to my dads business. My older siblings are fluent in Spanish and I have kept up my vocab somewhat (taken Duo lingo too). What does the elementary Spanish cover? My academic counselor said I could talk with the prof who teaches Spanish and see if they'd let me skip ahead to intermediate... I just don't want to bite of more than I can handle. Neither do I want to repeat something if I already know if (although I am rather tempted to...).
If elementary spanish is the same as spanish 1, then it is not bad at all. My family is not hispanic, nor have i travelled to anywhere that natively speaks spanish, but i very easily obtained an A in the class with minimal studying. I am hoping my university accepts my spanish 1 course because they prefer you to take a "spanish for the medical professions" course
Have you taken A & P? Nobody chimed in on my post about it yet. I'm a little worried about chem but i'm planning on using the Kahn Academy to brush up my skills.
I've taken both A&Ps. High school biology was a decade ago for me I went to a private high school and took freshman biology and AP biology, so I feel like I had a good, solid foundation in biology. However, Anatomy & Physiology are college level courses so they're harder than high school.
At the same time, they're not impossible. I mean, I have a non-science degree and didn't study a lick of biology in the past ten years and I did just fine.
BTW, Khan Academy is great for A&P, and I also really like the "Crash Course" series for Anatomy & Physiology. Definitely check those out!
I've taken both A&Ps. High school biology was a decade ago for me I went to a private high school and took freshman biology and AP biology, so I feel like I had a good, solid foundation in biology. However, Anatomy & Physiology are college level courses so they're harder than high school.
At the same time, they're not impossible. I mean, I have a non-science degree and didn't study a lick of biology in the past ten years and I did just fine.
BTW, Khan Academy is great for A&P, and I also really like the "Crash Course" series for Anatomy & Physiology. Definitely check those out!
Oh i feel you. I'm only 26 so high school was 8 years ago for me. Feels so long ago. I did AP biology as well and really liked it. A & P was basically a science elective i just chose to do because i loved science classes. I also have non-science degrees (psych undergrad, criminal justice grad) so that is comforting to know these classes aren't a killer for someone who was a non-science major.
No I haven't taken it yet. I'm worried about chemistry as well. (taking chem 1 this coming semester). I took out an old high school book and I'm reading through it. I know it's an highschool book it's college I'm doing...but I found that the Biology I did this semester was exactly the same as my highschool Biology.
I am taking Micro and A&P 1 this Spring so I'm interested to see the responses as well. I'm a little nervous!
Please let me know how it turns out!!!! This is the only place I've gotten encouragement for doing it. Everywhere else says it's impossible. Something I discovered this semester was that few of my classmates really studied. Most of them overnighted before an exam and were scared to death they'd forget everything. I always got the study guide 2 to 3 weeks ahead and studied it a little every day. It's worked very good for me so far and today my Biology prof told me I got A's on the lab and lecture. YAY!!!!
I've not taken Micro yet but I can tell you that A&P II was pretty tricky for me. I found it much more difficult than A&P I! I used lots of resources like "crash course", "Khan Academy", "YouTube". I found if you put the time into it you should be just fine.
That being said you know best what you and your brain can do! I'd have a glance at the text books and see how you feel you would do.
I've not taken Micro yet but I can tell you that A&P II was pretty tricky for me. I found it much more difficult than A&P I! I used lots of resources like "crash course", "Khan Academy", "YouTube". I found if you put the time into it you should be just fine.
That being said you know best what you and your brain can do! I'd have a glance at the text books and see how you feel you would do.
Thanks for the advice! At the college I attend everyone has to sign up for classes through an academic counselor. So... It all depends on what my counselor feels I can handle. :/
I have taken anatomy and physiology and microbiology all at a different semester. I did take my chemistry requirement with anatomy and while I did get As in both classes - it sucked. It is doable to take all three and pass but I would be surprised if someone took all three and got As plus a forgein language. Nothing is impossible but I would assume going through all three classes in one semester with As is insanely rare.
I went to a private high school and took freshman biology and AP biology, so I feel like I had a good, solid foundation in biology. However, Anatomy & Physiology are college level courses so they're harder than high school.
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I don't think my college offers Statistics online.