Taking anatomy and physiology together?

RNstudent15 · Mar 3, 2014

My school doesn't offer them separately. I think it makes sense to take them together. I'm not sure how difficult your classes would be but I think it would be smart to take them together.

pmabraham, BSN, RN · Mar 3, 2014

Agreed on taking them together; our school also doesn't separate them.

Lissla · Mar 3, 2014

My community college didn't separate them. There was A&P 1, and A&P 2. The systems were divided though. I agree on taking them together and that it makes more sense that way; You can focus on everything as a whole rather than individual parts.

SopranoKris, MSN, RN, NP · Mar 3, 2014

Our school has them as separate classes, but you are not allowed to take them concurrently. It is assumed you've completed & passed Anatomy before you take Physiology at our school. If you took them at the same time, you'd be lost in Phys.

space monster · Mar 3, 2014

At my school they are separate classes, and ordinarily you are required to take Anatomy prior to Physiology. When I took them last semester they were offered concurrently because the instructor offered to teach them in an integrated fashion. I managed to pull As in both but it was a lot of work; that was a lot of material to cram into one semester, and both classes had labs. Anatomy was mostly memorization (a lot of it!), but phys required really digging in and understanding things on a more conceptual level. My teacher was great and that helped a lot.

wonderchic24 · Mar 4, 2014

I think you can do it but it will be A LOT of work. There were lots of people in both A&P 1 and 2 that were taking the class again after taking both classes the same quarter and failing miserably. I think you have to determine whether or not you think it will work for you. How good are you at sciences? Willing to not have a life for a quarter or semester?

Good luck!

Brook

CowboyMedic, DNP, APRN, CRNA · Mar 4, 2014

My school has Anatomy and Physiology as a class for the ADN then Anatomy and Physiology separate from the BSN.

akulahawkRN, ADN, RN, EMT-P · Mar 4, 2014

If at all possible, don't take them together. Usually a Physiology course depends somewhat on students having taken the Anatomy course first. The reason is that it's a whole lot easier to teach the Physiology once you know the physical systems, otherwise the Physiology professor has to also teach the relevant anatomy instead of quickly review it. That's a LOT of extra work for both the professor and student.

Think of it like this: Normal Chemistry is a 5-6 unit course... do you feel like turning it into a 10 unit course and get a full year's worth of Chemistry covered at once? Doable? Yes. Good idea? Not usually.

RunBabyRN · Mar 4, 2014

Ours were separate, too. I would try to avoid taking them at the same time. Each has a heavy workload, and you won't likely be studying the same body systems at the same time, which would easily lead to confusion.

NurseGirl525, ASN, RN · Mar 4, 2014

Ours does A&P I and II then an Advanced Physiology class. I am in the Advanced Physiology class now. It is important to know the anatomy before the physiology. Like you need to know the anatomy of the heart before you can understand the physiology of it. I would take the anatomy first then the physiology.

mprmr · May 28, 2014

Does anyone know of any accelarated courses of A&P where I can possibly do the A&P 1 in the first half of a semester and 2 in the second? I live in BC so something in BC otherwise something online!