Intro to Chem or Microbiology 1?

[BuriedSet127]

Finishing up my prerequisites and I need to take one or the other. I can see how both would be beneficial, but which would you suggest?

I also want to mention I haven’t taken a biology class since high school if that makes a difference.

[dorkyhades]

I would choose to take Microbiology since I think would relate more to the body and how pathogens work or medicines work.

[TheFutureChoice]

Do you mean Introduction to Chemistry or General Chemistry 1?

Into is usually for students not interested in health careers ( its not as rigorous). General is for students who will go on to take harder science classes, and tends to be a "weed-out" class for health/science career students.

At my school, we take General Chem 1 as a pre-req for any other higher level BIO class. You cannot take higher level science classes (Like MICRO) without it.

(Assuming you already have this distinction worked out)

Honestly-which has the better professor!? Choose that class. Never take a harder sci class than you have to, because they are so much work!!

[Rionoir, ADN, RN]

Tough choice I really learned a lot in both and both are very applicable subjects to be knowledgeable of. Acid-base balance content it's nice to at least have an idea what the + and - mean so you can understand how the body's buffer system works. But micro is nice too for an understanding of pathogens and so forth... although I think you get a lot of exposure to that in A&P as well.

I think I'd take chem over micro, but I took both and am glad I had to so ?‍♂️

[carti, BSN, RN]

Take the easier professor which is more likely to give you an A = better chances to get into nursing school. My micro professor was old as dirt and gave the same tests for 100 years that everyone had the answers too so no one studied. I basically had 0 micro knowledge going into nursing school and I turned out fine.