>coming from an environment where science is mandatory to middle-school equivalent, and at least one science subject almost un avoidable before university level.
School districts are ran locally and the curriculum is usually set at the state level, so there are differences, but 3 years of science is mandatory in middle school in every state I've ever heard of. In addition, almost all American high schools require 3 or 4 years of science for university bound students (maybe a bit less for non college bound students but usually not less than 3 years).
At my high school, in a not very big town in Georgia, everyone took physical science, chemistry, and biology. However, you had choices for senior year--physics, AP physics, AP chemistry, ecology or anatomy (you could take more than one if you wanted).
School districts are ran locally and the curriculum is usually set at the state level, so there are differences, but 3 years of science is mandatory in middle school in every state I've ever heard of. In addition, almost all American high schools require 3 or 4 years of science for university bound students (maybe a bit less for non college bound students but usually not less than 3 years).
At my high school, in a not very big town in Georgia, everyone took physical science, chemistry, and biology. However, you had choices for senior year--physics, AP physics, AP chemistry, ecology or anatomy (you could take more than one if you wanted).