hellokeke Posted September 12, 2012 Report Share Posted September 12, 2012 So at my university full load is 15 credits per semester (30 per year)--same as UBC So for a typical general chemistry/biology/organic chemistry course, there is 2 semesters of lecture and 1 semester of lab -> they are all valued at 3 credits So... 1) General Biology 1 lecture (3 credits) 2) General Biology 2 lecture (3 credits) 3) General Biology (3 credits) Do I only consider the lecture courses part of the prereq's or do I include the lab as well?? What's confusing me is that 1) for chem at UBC, lab is included with lecture in a course that is 3 credits 2) If I include all three, then even though my university and UBC seem to have same definition as credit hours, I would be listing 9 credits to fulfill an ostensibly 6 credit prerequisite? Any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted September 12, 2012 Report Share Posted September 12, 2012 So at my university full load is 15 credits per semester (30 per year)--same as UBC So for a typical general chemistry/biology/organic chemistry course, there is 2 semesters of lecture and 1 semester of lab -> they are all valued at 3 credits So... 1) General Biology 1 lecture (3 credits) 2) General Biology 2 lecture (3 credits) 3) General Biology (3 credits) Do I only consider the lecture courses part of the prereq's or do I include the lab as well?? What's confusing me is that 1) for chem at UBC, lab is included with lecture in a course that is 3 credits 2) If I include all three, then even though my university and UBC seem to have same definition as credit hours, I would be listing 9 credits to fulfill an ostensibly 6 credit prerequisite? Any thoughts? Which school are you trying to meet the prereqs for? This situation sounds similar to Waterloo where I had separate lab and lecture courses in many but not all things. Those extra credits were actually quite useful in the application process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murphy303 Posted September 13, 2012 Report Share Posted September 13, 2012 So at my university full load is 15 credits per semester (30 per year)--same as UBC So for a typical general chemistry/biology/organic chemistry course, there is 2 semesters of lecture and 1 semester of lab -> they are all valued at 3 credits So... 1) General Biology 1 lecture (3 credits) 2) General Biology 2 lecture (3 credits) 3) General Biology (3 credits) Do I only consider the lecture courses part of the prereq's or do I include the lab as well?? What's confusing me is that 1) for chem at UBC, lab is included with lecture in a course that is 3 credits 2) If I include all three, then even though my university and UBC seem to have same definition as credit hours, I would be listing 9 credits to fulfill an ostensibly 6 credit prerequisite? Any thoughts? check with UBC directly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r2stephe Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 Which school are you trying to meet the prereqs for? This situation sounds similar to Waterloo where I had separate lab and lecture courses in many but not all things. Those extra credits were actually quite useful in the application process. Hi rmorelan, I also went to Waterloo and am a little confused about this separate lab/lecture situation, especially in regards to the the UofT weighting formula. I was hoping you might be able to help me out In one term I took 4 lecture courses (0.5 credits x 4) and 2 lab courses (0.25 credits x 2). In total, this was 2.5 credits which I think (and hope) still counts as a full course load and will allow me to qualify for UofT's weighting formula? In that year, I had 5.25 credits total between 2 terms. Thanks a lot!! Edit: Sorry, just found your would-be answer to this question in another thread: http://premed101.com/forums/showthread.php?t=82222&highlight=Waterloo+Lab thanks anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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