<p>I'm currently a high school student. So i was wondering if the general science labs for physics chem bio etc go along with the general science course or do they fill up another spot in our course schedule? Plus, on a side note, how many classes can a person take per semester?</p>
<p>Most colleges will separate labs from science lectures, and assign each a certain number of credit hours (e.g. 3 cr for lecture and 1-2 for lab). Some won’t–instead it could be one 4-5 credit class with a lab.</p>
<p>There shouldn’t be a difference in scheduling–either way you’ll have a 3 hour lab (unless you opt out of an optional lab). The only difference is grades, because if a lab is part of the course then your lab grade averages into your total grade rather than being a separate grade. (So an A in lab and a really low F in lecture could give you an F in all 5 credits rather than 2 credits of A and 3 credits of F). </p>
<p>Most people take 12-18 credits (~4-6 courses).</p>
<p>oh ok. Thanks alot.
Ok again a little hazy on the scheduling part. My lab may count as a different grade but it will most likely always be fitted in with my general science course so for example if I am taking 4 courses Calc 3, gen physics, gen chem, gen bio, I will automatically have my lab credits after I finish the course? So potentially, I could get 2 different grades for gen phy chem bio and have 7 grades for the semester depending on my college?</p>
<p>labs for chem and bio classes at my school are meant to supplement the lecture material.</p>
<p>Yes, if your bio, chem, and physics lectures ALL had a separately lab class and you chose to sign up for all 3 (you don’t necessarily have to take labs concurrently with lecture) then you could have 7 grades.</p>
<p>But suppose the lectures and labs added up to 15 credits. Regardless of whether you end up with 7 grades or 4, the semester will only affect your GPA by 15 credits-worth. Getting a B in a class with a lab worth 5 credits is the same as getting a B in a 2 credit lab and a B in a 3 credit lecture–because the lab+lecture is worth the same number of credits.</p>
<p>I think pure sciences tend to have separate classes for lab sessions, but all of my engineering classes that involved lab sessions (generally just 3 hours a week) had it as just a normal portion of the class. </p>
<p>It really depends on how many hours you’re expected to spend on labwork a week. My physics lab course had six hours in class a week and maybe three hours outside of class. My engineering labs would usually be three hours in class a week and three more outside.</p>
<p>I would expect that you get something like 3 lectures per week, and 1 lab session per week. Sometimes you may have the lab every other week, so those weeks without lab are either free or you do something else, e.g. small class discussion.</p>
<p>With the classes that I have taken, the labs have been part of the course, though with some schools/classes they can be separate. Generally, when the labs are a part of the course, they’re linked for the purposes of registration, which means that when you put in your numbers for class registration, you can’t register for the class unless you put the lecture code and a lab code in at the same time. Also, there might be only one or two lecture times, but there will be a lot of different lab sections to choose from because each lab section will only have a fraction of the students taking the course in it. For example, I took human anatomy and physiology this past semester, which had a lab as a linked part of it. The lecture itself was 90+ people, but my lab only had 25 people.</p>
<p>The labs are usually part of the lecture course.</p>
<p>In some special cases, you can just take the lab section of the course, and only get graded on that. (If for example, you have taken a class that has gone over similar skills, and don’t need the bigger lecture info)</p>
<p>Well most are separate but some classes include a Lecture and a Lab in one. These are usually 4 credit classes. </p>
<p>For instance, i just took a 4 credit Nutrition Course that included a lab and lecture in one.</p>