Does undergraduate research in the laboratory for credit count as biology lab credit hours?

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What counts as "8 hours of biology with lab" for most schools? In some cases they say this includes "2 hours of lab" which I assumed was based on the idea of two 4-credit courses with a 3-hour lecture component and a 1-hour lab component. However, my undergrad almost always did lab components and lecture components separately. In this case, I had introductory bio with AP credit, then did Evolutionary Biology Lab (2 credits), then ended up peer teaching for that lab under a TA a year later (basically, we assisted the TA in running the lab and marking lab reports). Then I did a lot of upper level biology coursework (20+ credits) with no lab component with one exception I wish to ask about.

Does 2 credit hours of "BIOL 4911 Independent Research I" which I got an A in also count as "lab hours"? I literally spent two years in the laboratory doing undergraduate research tracking fruit fruit fly mutants inoculated on cocaine and other drugs under a microscope and then analyzing their behavioral tracks in MATLAB, but three semesters were paid and one semester was for credit.

Do any schools require more than 2 hours of biology lab hours, and would they ever reject a single 2-credit lab course for biology as insufficient assuming that there were lots and lots of biology lecture credit hours? (I also have a similar question for physics.)

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[AspiringDoc169]

From your description, I would say yes, that would count. If there is a text box for an explanation, explain why it is considered a lab.

 

[AlbinoHawk DO]

I would say no. The required lab hours are from bio 1 and 2 or the equivalent. Independent research can mean a lot of things. It's almost like saying "I speak English, does that count as my English requirement?"