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Lab required

A course registration requirement that a student must also enroll in the course's laboratory section.

In plain English

Some courses include a separate laboratory section as part of the class. This means enrollment in the course also requires enrollment in that lab section.

In context

Here, it warns that enrolling in the course also requires selecting the course's laboratory section.

Situation
Enrolling in courses, choosing sections, joining waitlists, and reading class status
What it communicates
warns that a lab component must be selected.

Meaning limits

By itself, the term does not identify a particular laboratory section.

Examples

“Chemistry 101 was lab required, so Asha registered for the lecture and one of its lab sections together.”

Core meaning

“Seeing lab required, Asha chose a lab section while adding Chemistry 101.”

In context

  • corequisite Broader Term

    It belongs to the class of requirements that must be taken at the same time as the main course.