A course of study incorporating elements of several different sciences, typically as a school subject.
Dayton taught general science to 9th graders in a New York City public school
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Without making a real effort to improve the general science facilities in schools, the new syllabus will flounder.
I made them do a short General Science test to assess their ability in the subject.
He graduated in general science from Heriot Watt University and is currently temping as a lab assistant in Edinburgh.
Hyder is in fourth year general science working towards medicine.
In 1953 he enrolled in Wheaton College (Illinois) and planned to pursue a general science major.
Middle-class boys were likely to study physics, middle-class girls biology, and working-class girls and boys general science.
General science will see similar enrollment increases.
She graduated from Meredith College, Raleigh, with a degree in mathematics and general science.
Biochemistry, biotechnology and general science graduates should all now be in a position to carve out a niche career in the growing biotechnology sector.
Due to circumstances which I still don't fully understand, I found myself employed as a teacher of high school physics and general science.