emotionprelude

I know that most colleges require you to study 3-4years of lab science, but does this term only refer to bio/chem/physics?

Do other science subjects such as earth science and environmental science count as lab science?

emotionprelude

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Elleya

It depends on the class. For something like earth science I am inclined to say no, because my class had absolutely no lab time at all.

I think bio and chem are definitely lab sciences, physics it varies. It's literally whether you spend a decent amount of time in a lab setting and not just lectures. Our physics class was a conceptual one so we did almost no lab work, so it didn't count as a lab science. Ask your GC/school.

More lab science = good.

Rob1995

Sorry if this is a stupid question, but what exactly is a lab setting? Is that just just another way of saying that you're doing hands-on experiments?

Elleya

^ yeah.

In physics, all we did were demonstrations that weren't hands-on. In chem and bio we created reactions and dissected animals.

Rob1995

Ah, okay, thanks. My school is pretty small and we don't have access to a lot of resources so we don't get to do fun things like that very often. I wish I could have dissected an animal. =p

Elleya

Indeed...we did stuff like this like 5 times a year, which is why I snort when I see it's considered lab sciences when we spent no time on lab stuff. Oh well.

emotionprelude

Thanks for your answer Elleya