AP 2 before AP 1?

It seems as though taking A&P II before A&P I is putting the cart before the horse. It sounds as if they do it a little differently where you live. Here, in Texas, A&P 1 included fundamentals of the language of anatomy and physiology and some basic general and biochemistry so that as you beome more involved with physiology, you can have a better grasp of it. We also studied the anatomy and physiology of each system concurrently and not separately. Such as, muscle anatomy and phsyisiology....system by system. I've known people that have taken them concurrently but boy is that biting off alot. If she has never taken a science course before, I would tell her to start with chemistry. It sure makes understanding physiology alot easier. I hope this helps. :)

Your friend should probably take them in the order the school recommends. While I've taken classes prior to having the prerequisites, it's usually because of scheduling. And then I always had to get the prof's OK.

Some states there is no order, as in prerequisites to the AP classes, and some online classes are like that also. For example, in my college there WAS a prereq. to AP1, it was General Bio, then you took AP1 then AP2, there was a prereq for microbio to which was bio, and nutrition you had to have taken AP1 before even being allowed to take that class. But with the school she is in there is no prereq. for AP1 or AP2 you can take them in any order you like. I think there courses are not combined as in don't really relate that much to the other. We both were in the same Honors AP course in Highschool. That Honors AP course in Highschool was a year long (11th grade). We both took Honors chemistry and Honors biochemistry too, but that was like 5 yrs ago! LOL, so she doesn't remember anything! I felt like that too when I took my course but once I was going thru it I was like oh yea I remember that. Honestly I used my Honors AP Highschool textbook cause it was easier reading compared to the college one.

She basically wanted to know if it was ok to do that. The college says its fine but she's new to the college so she hasn't talked to any former students who have taken the course. I know personally when I took AP 2 after AP1 I felt it was easier because there was less memorizing since it was just the physiology. Wondering if there was ANY people out there that took AP 2 first instead of AP1.

Your friend should probably take them in the order the school recommends. While I've taken classes prior to having the prerequisites, it's usually because of scheduling. And then I always had to get the prof's OK.

My A&P I class studies each chapter by focusing on anatomy AND physiology perspectives at the same time. So AP I isn't ONLY Anatomy, and AP II isn't ONLY physiology....they're combined in each chapter.

We started off with the basics of chemistry (acids, bases, proteins, etc.) then moved onto different cell types/tissue types, etc, then integumentary, skeletal and now muscular system. We will finish the semester with the nervous system.

A&P II for us is all 'other' systems...ie. circulatory, digestive, reproductive, urinary....there is now way that I personally would be able to take A&P II first. Everything we've learned in A&P I is crucial in applying it to each body system or organ system.