Engineering labs satisfying physics lab requirement

[577627]

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I am a double engineering major and have taken solid mechanics, fluid mechanics, soil mechanics labs (all 3 unit / 1 credit) and materials lab (6 unit / 2 credit). I wonder if these individually or together could count as the physics lab requirement. Trying to avoid a 66 unit senior spring. Thanks in advance

 

[terp720]

Well this was my situation at my university: took Physics 1 (didn't have a lab) and Physics 2 with lab, so was missing one lab. Despite being in engineering and having taken similar labs as you, my pre-health committee required all pre-med engineers to take an intro physics lab that was just 1 credit. This is just my own experience though, not sure how much help that is without talking to an adviser or adcom member who knows more.

 

[Ismet]

Engineering classes do not count as BCPM, so I don't think an engineering lab would count as the physics lab requirement. Double check with your pre-med advisor if they're knowledgable, or better yet you can call a school's admissions office and get an official word.

 

[inycepoo]

...why are you a double engineering premed...? 😕😕😕

Depends on the med school. In any case, this'll only become an issue when you matriculate, not apply, and I don't see a school making a big deal out of an engineering lab not being a physics lab.

 

[rain4venus]

It's pretty obnoxious to me that med schools seem to take such a hard line on things like this when they claim to be trying to take a holistic approach to filling their classes.

Out of curiosity, did you AP/test out of intro physics? I was also an engineering major, and physics (1 and 2 with labs) was one of the few classes everyone in the E-school was required to take. I believe my statics and mechanics classes all had physics 1/2 as prereqs

 

[577627]

...why are you a double engineering premed...? 😕😕😕

Depends on the med school. In any case, this'll only become an issue when you matriculate, not apply, and I don't see a school making a big deal out of an engineering lab not being a physics lab.

LOL Maybe I am just a masochist. I wanted to be a civil engineer and discovered it wasn't for me, so I added biomedical engineering, then determined medical school was the best route. Going to graduate on time but have to take a gap year in order to have time to apply.

Very interesting point on the matriculation though. I guess no stress then and if they go back and say I have to take into physics lab I can just do a quick summer one.

 

[577627]

It's pretty obnoxious to me that med schools seem to take such a hard line on things like this when they claim to be trying to take a holistic approach to filling their classes.

Out of curiosity, did you AP/test out of intro physics? I was also an engineering major, and physics (1 and 2 with labs) was one of the few classes everyone in the E-school was required to take. I believe my statics and mechanics classes all had physics 1/2 as prereqs

I got a 4 on physics C mechanics which did not result in credit 😵. The physics classes here do not have labs and engineers are not required to take an intro physics lab.