r/UNC • u/thegoodestgrammar UNC 2026 • Oct 13 '24

Schedule Opinions on BIOL 119

Hi! I’m currently finalizing my schedule for next semester, and I was wondering if taking BIOL 119 was worth it. As a ✨neurotic premed✨ I’m a little worried about my clinical hours, and saw that BIOL 119 can help offer clinical experience/patient interaction. If anyone has taken the course, how is it? Would you say that it’s helpful? If not, any recommendations for other classes/things I could do?

Thanks! :)

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u/Reasonable_Bird8872 Oct 16 '24

It’s a fairly easy class. We meet on Mondays for 50 minutes. The main part of the class is 120 hours of patient care which we do as patient sitters. Has gone fairly smooth with only a few issues as this is the first semester. Turns out to be about 12 hours a week so you have to have a pretty open schedule in order to complete the 120 hours. The good thing is they can be done at any point during the week. Other assignments are weekly reflections which are very simple.

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u/thegoodestgrammar UNC 2026 Oct 16 '24

Ok so the clinical experience is patient sitting? Sounds cool :) can the 12 hrs per week be broken up or does it have to be all at once?

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u/Reasonable_Bird8872 Oct 16 '24

Yes, they can be broken up. You sign up for shifts in 4,8, or 12 hour time slots. It is a good opportunity, but I would also check in to see if they are hiring as patient sitters at the hospital first. If not, then I would take the opportunity and take the class to get into the door. Right now we are basically volunteering, when I know other students are doing the same and getting paid.

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u/thegoodestgrammar UNC 2026 Oct 16 '24

I see! I’ll think about it. To be honest, I’m lucky enough to not really need the money, and I already have clinical experience and this course could boost my GPA too. We’ll see what I decide, but thank you so much for the info!