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I am currently a pre-nursing student in Microbiology. Next semester I will be taking Anatomy and Physiology. My school offers the two classes separately, one semester each, while the other community colleges in the area (southern California) offer A&P 1 and 2. Which would you recommend I do? Take Anatomy and Physiology at my school separately and finish them this Spring? Or transfer to another community college and take A&P 1 and 2 this Spring and next Fall?

Thanks for any input!

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I don't have an answer but I am in Orange County and the Colleges I have looked at offer Anatomy and Physiology as separate courses. Orange Coast College, Golden West and Saddle back and Santa Ana all offer separate unless you are a non-science major.

How is Micro?

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I would just stay at your current school & take the 2 seperate courses. Technically my school has AP 1 & 2, but the 1 is mostly anatomy and the 2 is pretty much all physiology.

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I'm a little farther south than you haha I live in Temecula and go to school in San Marcos. Micro is a lot of work but I really enjoy the class. My professor makes it very relevant to healthcare, especially nursing.

I have heard that some programs prefer you to take the classes separately but it seems like more and more schools are going to A&P. Looks like I have my schedule for next semester already planned out.

Thanks for the input guys!

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I think you should take the 2 separate courses, both together can be a bit overwhelming. I have already taken both A&P 1 & 2 and Micro and it was alot of information to learn. So dont rush it and make sure you stay on top of studying because it is easy to get to confused, overwhelmed or even lost on some of the topics. Hope this helps...good luck!

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I am currently a pre-nursing student in Microbiology. Next semester I will be taking Anatomy and Physiology. My school offers the two classes separately, one semester each, while the other community colleges in the area (southern California) offer A&P 1 and 2. Which would you recommend I do? Take Anatomy and Physiology at my school separately and finish them this Spring? Or transfer to another community college and take A&P 1 and 2 this Spring and next Fall?

Thanks for any input!

Most schools require two courses: Ap1 and Ap2.

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It would be equivalent. My school just splits the 2 semester A&P class into 2 one semester classes, Anatomy and Physiology (4 units each). I was just wondering which route is recommended more. Taking the 2 separate classes back to back would be about 12pm-10pm 2 days a week. Plus the workload for those two classes alone is equivalent to a full schedule.

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