<p>Nope, no lab requirement, and there are plenty of ways to fulfill the math and science GER’s without it. For the natural science GER, a lot of “fuzzies” (opposite of “techies”) used to take Sleep and Dreams, but that no longer satisfies it. I’m not sure what other courses are good for it, although it looks like there are a lot of introductory seminars that fulfill it; those are usually a good bet. For the applied science one, CS105 or 106 and ME101 are good bets–they can be hard, but they’re very practical. There’s really no way around the math one.</p>
<p>As to the quarter system, it means that we have three “periods” during the year instead of two. (Summer counts as one of the quarters.) You take a different set of classes each quarter and get different grades each quarter. No, I wouldn’t say it makes things more stressful, except that you have three sets of finals each year.</p>