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[Mpenn1]

Hi, I am taking pre-nursing classes at Madonna in the fall. I have to take A&P 1 and 2. Micro, pathophysiology, therapeutic nutrition, sociology, interpersonal communication, and a religion course. How would you guys break this up into two semesters what classes would you take each semester?

[Here.I.Stand, BSN, RN]

Two semesters at least... At least in my experience A&P I and II were each a full semester; Patho was also a full semester, with A&P II as a prereq. If you think about it, you need to know how a body is SUPPOSED to work (A&P) before you can understand what happens when it DOESN'T (Patho.)

Micro concurrently with one of the others is very doable. I would take it with A&P vs Patho though, simply because patho is the most difficult class.

Nutrition, 100-level sociology, and communication are relatively light classes -- again in my experience.

I attended a Lutheran college out of high school, as a music student. The religion classes I took tended to be heavy in deep thinking, paper writing, and had a good 2 hrs of required reading each day. The books were by actual theologians, and we had to read it WELL so we could participate in the in-class discussions. A textbook you can often get away with skimming, since the material will be covered in lecture. For that reason I would take that with A&P I (the easiest of the science classes) and micro with A&P II.