I am debating taking Anatomy and Philosphy over Advanced Biology for my Senior Year Science credit. I am not a big fan of Biology and I think that anatomy would be a lot more interesting. And suggestions or comments about the classes?
2007-05-24 04:00:13 · 4 answers · asked by basketball_chick_3232 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Anatomy and Phys focus's on organ systems. It's a lot more specific then AP Bio but you sort of need both if it's what you want to do in college. If you can get college credit for AP Bio I'd take that. You save your self a lot of time and money in college and Anatomy and Phys in college is a lot more fun then it is in high school. A whole lot more resources and the instructors know more.
2007-05-24 04:04:42 · answer #1 · answered by Franklin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you mean anatomy and physiology instead of philosophy?
I find the anatomy part of A&P pretty boring--it's largely memorizing bones and muscles and organs. Physiology, if taught correctly, is really nice because it's mainly the HOW of how a body works.
Without knowing what is covered in the Advanced Biology class, I can't really say what it would be like. Ideally, it would be more modern and advanced biology, like molecular biology, more genetics, more cell structure and function. That's the stuff that I particularly like.
I tend to think that Advanced Bio would be more useful to you eventually.
2007-05-24 04:06:39 · answer #2 · answered by hcbiochem 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a high school science teacher, and if your courses are set up like the ones at our school. Anatomy and Physiology is going to involve a lot of memorization and dissection. AP Biology will have a variety of topics and labs. I think that the biology would help you more if you go to college since it would be more like freshman biology.
2007-05-24 04:12:15 · answer #3 · answered by manderfroggy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anatomy and Physiology (not Philosophy, although that might be a really interesting course) is a good choice for anyone who is interested in how the human body works, but don't deceive yourself into thinking that it's not biology-based. If what you don't like about biology is ecology, population studies, field work, and the like, you might prefer A&P, but you will probably be in the lab dissecting a cat part of the time.
2007-05-24 04:07:55 · answer #4 · answered by justjennith 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋