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If you entered college as a freshman in Fall 1994 or later, you need to complete six hours of Natural Sciences and Technology courses in order to graduate.

Natural Sciences and Technology courses are placed into one of the following two subcategories: Life Sciences and Physical Sciences.

All courses listed in these two subcategories satisfy this requirement on a campus-wide basis. The courses are listed by subcategory, subject, and number, and include the date at which the course became effective for General Education credit. If you took a course on or after its effective date, then it will count toward your requirement. If you took a course before its effective date, however, the course will not count.

Effective for entering freshmen in Fall 2004, all courses on this list are approved for General Education credit on a campus wide basis. However individual Colleges or curricula may require specific courses or course categories. Students should consult their advisors about selecting the general education courses which best fit their programs of study.

Courses are added as they are approved.

View explanation of the abbreviations used throughout the table below.

The current term is     indicates that a course listed below is available in the current term.

Natural Sciences & Technology

CourseTitleACPCNWCWHUMNATQRSBS
ACE 283Intro to Fibers and Textiles
Same as: NRES 283  
Formerly  ACE 183		    PS
08/04
 		  
ANSC 110Life With Animals And Biotech 
Formerly  ANSCI 110
offered this term		    LS
08/04
 		  
ANSC 207Companion Animal Biology &Care 
Formerly  ANSCI 207		    LS
08/08
 		  
ANSC 331Biology of Reproduction
Cross listed with: IB 331
Formerly  ANSCI 231
offered this term		    LS
08/04
 		  
ANTH 143Biology of Human Behavior
Cross listed with: HDFS 143
Formerly  ANTH 143		    LS
08/04
 		  
ANTH 249Evolution and Human Disease 
Formerly  ANTH 149
offered this term		    LS
08/04
 		  
ASTR 100Perspectives in Astronomy 
Formerly  ASTR 100
offered this term		    PS
08/04
 		  
ASTR 113The Sky 
Formerly  ASTR 113		    PS
08/04
 		  
ASTR 121The Solar System 
Formerly  ASTR 121
offered this term		    PS
08/04
 		QR2
08/04
 		 
ASTR 122Stars and Galaxies 
Formerly  ASTR 122
offered this term		    PS
08/04
 		QR2
08/04
 		 
ASTR 150Killer Skies: Astro-Disasters     PS
08/09
 		  
ASTR 210General Astronomy 
Formerly  ASTR 210
offered this term		    PS
08/04
 		  
ASTR 230Extraterrestrial Life 
Formerly  ASTR 230		    PS
08/04  - 08/07
 		  
ASTR 350Introduction to Cosmology 
Formerly  ASTR 250
offered this term		    PS
08/04  - 05/10
 		  
ATMS 100Introduction to Meteorology 
Formerly  ATMOS 100
Must be taken at UIUC to receive QR2 credit.
offered this term		    PS
08/04
 		QR2
08/04
 		 
ATMS 120Severe and Hazardous Weather 
Formerly  ATMOS 120
offered this term		    PS
08/04
 		  
ATMS 130The Changing Earth System
Cross listed with: GEOG 130, GEOL 130
Formerly  ATMOS 130		    PS
08/04
 		  
ATMS 140Climate and Global Change 
Formerly  ATMOS 140
offered this term		    PS
08/04
 		  
CHBE 101Hidden World of Engineering 
Formerly  CH E 101
offered this term		    PS
08/04
 		  
CHEM 101Introductory Chemistry 
Formerly  CHEM 100		    PS
08/05
 		  
CHEM 102General Chemistry I 
Formerly  CHEM 101
CHEM 102 and CHEM 103 are approved as a sequence. Both courses must be completed to obtain credit in the Natural Sciences & Technology category.
offered this term		    PS
08/04
 		  
CHEM 103General Chemistry Lab I 
Formerly  CHEM 105
CHEM 102 and CHEM 103 are approved as a sequence. Both courses must be completed to obtain credit in the Natural Sciences & Technology category.
offered this term		    PS
08/04
 		  
CHEM 104General Chemistry II 
Formerly  CHEM 102
CHEM 104 and CHEM 105 are approved as a sequence. Both courses must be completed to obtain credit in the Natural Sciences & Technology category.
offered this term		    PS
08/04
 		  
CHEM 105General Chemistry Lab II 
Formerly  CHEM 106
CHEM 104 and CHEM 105 are approved as a sequence. Both courses must be completed to obtain credit in the Natural Sciences & Technology category.
offered this term		    PS
08/04
 		  
CHEM 108Chemistry, Everyday Phenomena 
Formerly  CHEM 115
offered this term		    PS
08/04
 		  
CHEM 202Accelerated Chemistry I 
Formerly  CHEM 107		    PS
08/04
 		  
CHEM 204Accelerated Chemistry II 
Formerly  CHEM 108
offered this term		    PS
08/04
 		  
CPSC 261Biotechnology in Agriculture
Cross listed with: HORT 261
Formerly  CPSC 221
offered this term		    LS
08/04
 		  
CPSC 270Applied Entomology
Cross listed with: IB 220, NRES 270
Formerly  CPSC 120		    LS
08/04
 		  
ECE 101Exploring Digital Information Technologies 
offered this term		    PS
08/04
 		QR2
08/08
 		 
ENVS 101Introduction to Energy Sources
Same as: NPRE 101  
Formerly  ENVST 141
Must be taken at UIUC to receive QR2 credit.
offered this term		    PS
08/04
 		QR2
08/04
 		 
ENVS 180Natural Disasters
Same as: GEOL 118 Cross listed with: GLBL 118
Formerly  ENVST 180		    PS
08/04
 		  
FSHN 101Intro Food Scinece & Nutrition 
Formerly  FSHN 101
offered this term		    PS
08/04
 		  
FSHN 120Contemporary Nutrition 
Formerly  FSHN 120
offered this term		    LS
08/04
 		  
GEOG 103Earth's Physical Systems 
Formerly  GEOG 103
offered this term		    PS
08/04
 		  
GEOG 130The Changing Earth System
Same as: ATMS 130 Cross listed with: GEOL 130
Formerly  GEOG 130		    PS
08/04
 		  
GEOL 100Planet Earth 
Formerly  GEOL 100
offered this term		    PS
08/04
 		  
GEOL 101Introductory Physical Geology 
Formerly  GEOL 101
offered this term		    PS
08/04
 		  
GEOL 103Planet Earth QRII 
Formerly  GEOL 103
offered this term		    PS
08/04
 		QR2
08/04
 		 
GEOL 104Geology of the National Parks 
Formerly  GEOL 104
offered this term		    PS
08/04
 		  
GEOL 107Physical Geology 
Formerly  GEOL 107		    PS
08/04
 		  
GEOL 108Historical Geology 
Formerly  GEOL 108		    PS
08/04  - 08/07
 		  
GEOL 111The Dynamic Earth-Honors 
Formerly  GEOL 111		    PS
08/04
 		  
GEOL 116Geology of the Planets 
Formerly  GEOL 116		    PS
08/04
 		  
GEOL 117The Oceans 
Formerly  GEOL 117		    PS
08/04
 		  
GEOL 118Natural Disasters
Cross listed with: GLBL 118, ENVS 180
Formerly  GEOL 118
offered this term		    PS
08/04
 		  
GEOL 130The Changing Earth System
Same as: ATMS 130 Cross listed with: GEOG 130
Formerly  GEOL 130		    PS
08/04
 		  
GEOL 143History of Life 
Formerly  GEOL 143		    LS
08/04
 		  
GEOL 208History of Earth System 
offered this term		    PS
01/08
 		  
GLBL 118Natural Disasters
Same as: GEOL 118 Cross listed with: ENVS 180
Formerly  GLBL 118
offered this term		    PS
08/04
 		  
HDFS 143Biology of Human Behavior
Same as: ANTH 143  
Formerly  HDFS 143		    LS
08/04
 		  
HORT 261Biotechnology in Agriculture
Same as: CPSC 261  
Formerly  HORT 228
offered this term		    LS
08/04
 		  
IB 100Biological Sciences 
Formerly  IB 100
offered this term		    LS
08/04
 		  
IB 101Biological Sciences 
Formerly  IB 101
offered this term		    LS
08/04
 		  
IB 102Plants, Environment & People 
Formerly  IB 102
offered this term		    LS
08/04
 		  
IB 103Introduction to Plant Biology 
Formerly  IB 103
offered this term		    LS
08/04
 		  
IB 105Environmental Biology 
Formerly  IB 105
offered this term		    LS
08/04
 		  
IB 106Extinction: Dinosaurs to Dodos     LS
08/09
 		  
IB 107Global Warming, Biofuels, Food     LS
08/08
 		  
IB 109Insects and People 
Formerly  IB 109
offered this term		    LS
08/04
 		  
IB 150Organismal & Evolutionary Biol 
Formerly  IB 150
offered this term		    LS
08/04
 		  
IB 220Applied Entomology
Same as: CPSC 270 Cross listed with: NRES 270
Formerly  IB 120		    LS
08/04
 		  
IB 331Biology of Reproduction
Same as: ANSC 331  
Formerly  IB 231
offered this term		    LS
08/04
 		  
KIN 150Bioscience of Human Movement 
Formerly  KINES 150
offered this term		    LS
08/04
 		  
LA 250Environmental Site Analysis 
Formerly  L A 150		    PS
08/04
 		  
MCB 100Introductory Microbiology 
Formerly  MCBIO 100
offered this term		    LS
08/04
 		  
MCB 103Intro to Human Physiology 
Formerly  PHYSL 103
offered this term		    LS
08/04
 		  
MCB 106Heredity and Society 
Formerly  BIOL 106		    LS
08/04  - 08/04
 		  
MCB 150Molec & Cellular Basis of Life 
Formerly  MCB 150
offered this term		    LS
08/04
 		  
MCB 180Human Reproduction and Society     LS
08/08
 		  
MSE 101Materials in Today's World 
Formerly  MATSE 101		    PS
08/04
 		  
NPRE 101Introduction to Energy Sources
Cross listed with: ENVS 101
Formerly  NPRE 101
Must be taken at UIUC to receive QR2 credit.
offered this term		    PS
08/04
 		QR2
08/04
 		 
NRES 100Fundamentals of Env Sci 
Formerly  NRES 100
offered this term		    PS
01/09
 		  
NRES 270Applied Entomology
Same as: CPSC 270 Cross listed with: IB 220
Formerly  NRES 120		    LS
08/04
 		  
NRES 283Intro to Fibers and Textiles
Cross listed with: ACE 283
Formerly  NRES 183		    PS
08/04
 		  
PHYS 101College Physics, Mech & Heat 
Formerly  PHYCS 101
offered this term		    PS
08/04
 		QR2
08/04
 		 
PHYS 102College Physics, E&M & Modern 
Formerly  PHYCS 102
offered this term		    PS
08/04
 		QR2
08/04
 		 
PHYS 123Physics Made Easy 
Formerly  PHYCS 123
offered this term		    PS
08/04
 		  
PHYS 140How Things Work 
Formerly  PHYCS 140
Must be taken at UIUC to receive QR2 credit.
offered this term		    PS
08/04
 		QR2
08/04
 		 
PHYS 150How Nature Works 
Formerly  PHYCS 150		    PS
08/04
 		  
PHYS 211Univ Physics, Mechanics 
Formerly  PHYCS 111
offered this term		    PS
08/04
 		QR2
08/04
 		 
PHYS 212Univ Physics, Elec & Mag 
Formerly  PHYCS 112
offered this term		    PS
08/04
 		QR2
08/04
 		 
PHYS 213Univ Physics, Thermal Physics 
Formerly  PHYCS 113
PHYCS 213 and PHYCS 214 are approved as a sequence. Both courses must be completed to fulfill a General Education requirement.
offered this term		    PS
08/04
 		QR2
08/04
 		 
PHYS 214Univ Physics, Quantum Phys 
Formerly  PHYCS 114
PHYCS 213 and PHYCS 214 are approved as a sequence. Both courses must be completed to fulfill a General Education requirement.
offered this term		    PS
08/04
 		QR2
08/04
 		 
PLPA 200Plants, Pathogens, And People 
Formerly  PL PA 100
offered this term		X
08/04
 		   LS
08/04
 		  
PLPA 204Introductory Plant Pathology 
Formerly  PL PA 204
offered this term		    LS
08/04
 		  
PSYC 210The Brain and the Mind 
Formerly  PSYCH 210
offered this term		    LS
08/04
 		  
UP 205Ecology and its Applications 
Formerly  U P 205
offered this term		    LS
08/04