Which courses meet a lab science requirement?

Some colleges take one and some do not, so ask before you enroll. UPI Study's four lab courses are virtual: each lab is a simulation done online and written up as a lab report, graded on lab reports (70%) and quizzes (30%), with no final exam. UMGC's rule shows what to ask about: “A science lecture course (3 credits) with related laboratory course (1 credit) or a science course combining lecture and laboratory (4 credits)”.

Yes. Each UPI Study lab can be taken on its own; its syllabus names its companion lecture (Physics Lab goes with Physics I). Cal State Long Beach lists its lab as “5C Laboratory (must be paired with 5A or 5B course) 1 unit”, so ask your college whether it will pair our lab with a lecture you took elsewhere.

It depends on the college: a 1-credit lab with a lecture at UMGC and Cal State Long Beach, “Scientific Thinking in Natural Sciences (eight credit hours - two courses)” at Arizona State, and at Georgia Tech “8 credit hours of lab sciences”. NCCRS recommends Chemistry Lab and Physics Lab for 1 semester hour each, and each Anatomy and Physiology Lab for 2.

Physics I (Physics 200) covers units and vectors, motion in one and two dimensions, Newton's laws, work and energy, oscillations, sound, fluids and circuits. Physics Lab (PHYS 200L) teaches physics lab skills through virtual experiments on measurement, motion, friction, energy, oscillations, fluids and circuits.

Physics I: NCCRS recommends 3 semester hours, lower division, in Physics among other subjects; ACE recommends 3 (ACE ID UPIS-0007). Physics Lab: NCCRS recommends 1 semester hour, lower division, in Physics among other subjects.

Physics I: Physics or Earth Science. Physics Lab: Physics, Physical Science, or Integrated Science. Your college decides which requirement each one fills.

Physics I is longer by its syllabus. Physics I: 15 chapters and 73 instructional hours. Physics Lab: 8 labs and 55 instructional hours. Both are self-paced, so you finish as fast or as slow as you want.

Physics I: 100 multiple-choice questions, 50% of the grade. Physics Lab has no final exam: each lab ends in a lab report and a 10-question quiz.

Physics I: quizzes 20%, the assignment 30%, the final exam 50%. Physics Lab: quizzes 30%, lab reports 70%. A pass is 70 or more.

The syllabus lists Moebs, William, et al. University Physics. OpenStax, 2016, with other references.

Physics I: yes, ACE ID UPIS-0007, 3 semester hours. Physics Lab: NCCRS only. ACE listings run three years and UPI Study renews them as they end; credit you have earned stays valid for 10 years.

Take it again: a failed Physics I final comes with one free retake (fail that and you restart the course). A passed final can be retaken too, but the original score stands; for quizzes, the average of your first two attempts counts.

As soon as your dashboard shows Physics I at 100%. The last assignment takes about 48 hours to be checked, so leave about two days after you submit it, then request the transcript.

ACE and NCCRS have over 2,100 cooperating colleges that will consider accepting credits; the final decision is with the universities. Physics I and Chemistry I carry ACE and NCCRS recommendations for 3 semester hours each; the four labs carry NCCRS recommendations. Search your school in Find My College and ask whether it takes a virtual lab. For the registrar: Physics I's NCCRS recommendation lists Physics and Physics Lab's NCCRS recommendation lists Physics.