Which is harder: A&P 1 or A&P 2?

cracklingkraken, ASN, RN · May 17, 2014

I thought A&P II was considerably easier than A&P I. From my experience, A&P I was laying down the fundamentals, which required learning a lot of new things. However, A&P II was building off of those fundamentals and using the information from A&P I. Also, since I had the same professor for 2nd semester, I knew the exam format and what to expect so I was able to cater my studying habits to the exam style.

giraffe4 · May 17, 2014

I thought A&P II was considerably easier than A&P I. From my experience, A&P I was laying down the fundamentals, which required learning a lot of new things. However, A&P II was building off of those fundamentals and using the information from A&P I. Also, since I had the same professor for 2nd semester, I knew the exam format and what to expect so I was able to cater my studying habits to the exam style.

I am jealous of everyone who took the same teacher for both A&P classes. My professor was a great teacher. She knew her stuff because she was a physical therapist and knew how to explain things for people just starting out in Anatomy. I ended up with almost an A in the class. I got a B. (I got lazy at the end of the semester or else I would've gotten an A). It's really nerve racking going to have a professor you've never had before since I don't know her teaching style at all. I hope she is as good as everyone in my college is saying. Everyone learns differently and I hope I can do it.

cracklingkraken, ASN, RN · May 17, 2014

Yeah, it's difficult to gauge the professor's test style when you're first starting out, and you don't really get the feel until the first exam. However, just knowing the material and understanding how interactions work and drawing conclusions, especially in A&P, will go a long way. :) Pretty sure that was a run-on sentence, but hey, it's the weekend. I could care less. Good luck! It's really rare to get someone with good reviews, so she must be one heck of a professor.

GoodnessFlows · May 17, 2014

At my school we don't break up Anatomy into I and II. We take it all in one semester and there is a ton of work! We worked through about 27 chapters, so our half way point was probably around chapter 13. That said, I found the first 13 chapters more difficult, because I was just getting started. Also, I had the most difficult time memorizing the bones their markings and muscles. As you will see, everything in anatomy beautifully builds on itself, starting with the cell and working its way up to the organism (human). If you can truly grasp each chapter/system of the body, every chapter beyond that feels less daunting. This is because you are building a strong foundation and have some of the language down.

My most favorite system, hands down, was the endocrine system! Good luck!

dee789 · May 17, 2014

I thought AP2 was easier than AP1. AP1 is a lot of memorization and structures (at least at my school), and AP2 was more conceptual and about understanding processes, which is easier for me. Also, I hated bones!

amorales208 · May 18, 2014

Took A&P I from my experience it was DIFFICULT! :nailbiting:

But I reviewed what I was to take for A&P II, it didn't appear to be so bad but I am changing my professor usually it is the professor who will make the subject easy or hard.

mom2twins9909 · May 18, 2014

A&P II was harder for me.

giraffe4 · May 18, 2014

I definitely agree with that. Some professors make a very easy explanation into a difficult one. I am seeing mixed answers here so far, more easy than hard for A&P 2. I will see how it all goes.

OFisher · May 18, 2014

I felt A&P I to be more of a challenge since all of the terminology was new, you had no idea how to pronounce everything, and learning all of the bones and muscles were a challenge. When A&P II came along, I had half of it down already so all new information seemed much easier to understand.

cgambino70 · May 19, 2014

AP1 was new to me and hadn't been in school for about 20+ years. A lot of memorization of bones and muscles. I got an A in lecture and lab with a lot of studying. AP2 was more physiology and the processes were more involved but a lot less material than AP1. I thought the lab was very easy, easier than 1 and got an A in lecture and lab with minimal studying.

lpn2B2016 · May 19, 2014

So every experience is different. That is why I am taking them one at time without any other classes. The school I am going to also offers them in the LPN course, I cant do that. Made that mistake once. Hats off to all of you who are doing it! :)

estellegross01 · May 21, 2014

I think A&P II was WAY harder. You take everything your learned from A&PI and just keep piling more information, and then try to apply it. My instructor for A&PII was much more "real world" based. Even though it was much harder, I enjoyed it much more.