Biology before microbiology

[Slytherinmoon]

A question about prereqs, at the school I currently go to college biology is not a required prerequisite before taking microbiology and anatomy, but I'm wondering if it helped you understand microbiology better, if you had the choice would you take it first or skip it?

[caliotter3]

At my school it was a prerequisite. I don't think it would hurt.

[Slytherinmoon]

But do you feel it helped you at all? I don't want to pay for something and do an extra semester of school for something that is not needed

[Christopher Ljucovic, BSN, MSN, RN, APRN, NP]

Biology did not help me with Microbiology. I never took Biology, besides in high school. I loved Micro. Make sure you ratemyprofessor.com all professors before taking a course like that. I was fortunate enough to land an awesome professor, my friend, not so much. She, and almost all of the class, had to write a paper every week in order to pass the class. Good luck!

[Slytherinmoon]

Thank you. I've definitely been using that site to pick my classes

[risenlol]

Biology helped me in Micro, Anatomy, and Phys

[Slytherinmoon]

In what ways

[Christopher Ljucovic, BSN, MSN, RN, APRN, NP]

If you did well in Biology or life science in high school you should be find in Microbiology. Micro focuses on different bacteria and viruses that effect humans. It's usually specific for nursing majors if it doesn't rescuers a Bio prerequisite. Check the course description and post it. This is an example.

"Course Description:

This course is designed to meet the requirements of students interested in careers in allied health and nursing.

Microbiology for Nurses is a one-semester course that emphasizes the interaction of microorganisms with humans and the diseases they cause. This will enable nursing and allied health students to understand disease-causing representatives of different groups of microorganisms and how these are transmitted and controlled. They also learn how to avoid the spread of infectious microorganisms in the hospital environment. Topics include microscopy, survey of various microbes, the immune system, food microbiology, microbial pathogens and mechanisms of disease transmission."

[Slytherinmoon]

es > BIO - Biology > 200 > BIO 204

Designed for health science majors. Examines microorganisms with an emphasis on their structure, development, physiology, classification, and identification. The laboratory experience includes culturing, identifying, and controlling microorganisms with an emphasis on their role in infectious disease.