Science courses for Nursing

leenak · May 23, 2012

Well something else to consider is the Intro to A&P course may not be considered a college level course which means it doesn't count for college credits. Now in my experience, I had a ton of extra credits when I got my first BS but if somehow you need a college level science course, then you have one under your belt if you take Human Biology (and its a college level course).

I only found one Intro to A&P course to see what the differences were and it seemed like a very basic course which a specific note that it wasn't a college level course. That may or may not be the case in the course you are looking at.

j0628 · May 23, 2012

Thanks all! This information is very helpful! I agree with the fact that I don't want to have to pay for an unnecessary course, but I hope it will be beneficial so that I can do great in a&p1 and not have to pay to retake it.

IndyElmer · May 23, 2012

Thanks all! This information is very helpful! I agree with the fact that I don't want to have to pay for an unnecessary course, but I hope it will be beneficial so that I can do great in a&p1 and not have to pay to retake it.

I think any comment about an "extra course" was in reference to possibly taking both Intro A&P and Human Biology -- at least that's what I meant when I agreed with moonchild86. I think either would be sufficient and my personal preference would be for the intro A&P course (though leenak has a good point that if you already need another general science credit anyhow, then the human biology course might be the better choice).

If you're at all considering eventually doing and RN to BSN program, you might also want to see what their requirements are as far as your ADN classes. That might help in your decision too.

lifelearningrn, BSN, RN · May 23, 2012

I think any comment about an "extra course" was in reference to possibly taking both Intro A&P and Human Biology -- at least that's what I meant when I agreed with moonchild86. I think either would be sufficient and my personal preference would be for the intro A&P course (though leenak has a good point that if you already need another general science credit anyhow, then the human biology course might be the better choice).
If you're at all considering eventually doing and RN to BSN program, you might also want to see what their requirements are as far as your ADN classes. That might help in your decision too.

That is exactly what I meant too. If the Intro course is NOT college credit, I would definitely go with the bio class. I wouldn't take any non-college credit courses if I didn't absolutely have to.

lifelearningrn, BSN, RN · May 23, 2012

Out of total curiosity I looked up both courses at SUNY (not sure what college the op is going to but just for a reference) and these are the descriptions for both classes:

Human Biology-

"A science elective designed for non-science majors. Topics will include digestive system and nutrition, genetics and reproduction, nervous system and drugs and survey of disease."

Intro to A/P-

"An introduction to the basic understanding of the anatomy and physiology of human body systems, and anatomic terminology. This semester-long course reviews each of the major body systems. Students will also be introduced to the structures and processes of cells, and various tissue types present in the human body."

Both of these are worth 3 college credits. Judging by the descriptions, I think the A/P one would be more useful. Both are a non-lab science classes.