Natural Sciences & Technology

spring 2011

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.

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.

  • ACP - Advanced Composition

  • HUM - Humanities and the Arts
  •     HP - Historical and Philosophical Perspectives
  •     LA - Literature and the Arts

  • SBS - Social and Behavioral Sciences
  •     BSC - Behavioral Sciences
  •     SS - Social Sciences

  • NAT - Natural Sciences and Technology
  •     LS - Life Sciences
  •     PS - Physical Sciences

  • CS - Cultural Studies
  •     NW - Non-Western Culture(s)
  •     US - US Minority Cultures
  •     WCC - Western/Comparative Culture(s)

  • QR - Quantitative Reasoning
  •     QR1 - Quantitative Reasoning I
  •     QR2 - Quantitative Reasoning II
COURSE section available TITLE ACP CS COMP1 HUM NAT QR SBS
ASTR 100 section available Perspectives in Astronomy PS
ASTR 113 The Sky PS
ASTR 121 section available The Solar System PS QR2
ASTR 122 section available Stars and Galaxies PS QR2
ASTR 150 section available Killer Skies: Astro-Disasters PS
ASTR 210 section available General Astronomy PS
ATMS 100 section available Introduction to Meteorology PS QR2
ATMS 120 section available Severe and Hazardous Weather PS QR2
ATMS 140 Climate and Global Change PS
CHBE 101 section available Hidden World of Engineering PS
CHEM 101 Introductory Chemistry PS
CHEM 102 section available General Chemistry I PS
CHEM 103 section available General Chemistry Lab I PS
CHEM 104 section available General Chemistry II PS
CHEM 105 section available General Chemistry Lab II PS
CHEM 108 section available Chemistry, Everyday Phenomena PS
CHEM 202 Accelerated Chemistry I PS
CHEM 204 section available Accelerated Chemistry II PS
ECE 101 section available Exploring Digital Info Technol PS QR2
ENVS 101 section available Introduction to Energy Sources PS QR2
ESE 103 section available Earth's Physical Systems PS
ESE 104 Geology of the National Parks PS
ESE 117 The Oceans PS
ESE 118 section available Natural Disasters PS
ESE 120 section available Severe and Hazardous Weather PS QR2
ESE 140 Climate and Global Change PS
ESE 208 section available History of the Earth System PS
FSHN 101 section available Intro Food Science & Nutrition PS
GEOG 100 section available Introduction to Meteorology PS QR2
GEOG 103 section available Earth's Physical Systems PS
GEOL 100 section available Planet Earth PS
GEOL 101 section available Introductory Physical Geology PS
GEOL 103 section available Planet Earth QRII PS QR2
GEOL 104 Geology of the National Parks PS
GEOL 107 Physical Geology PS
GEOL 116 The Planets PS
GEOL 117 section available The Oceans PS
GEOL 118 section available Natural Disasters PS
GEOL 208 section available History of the Earth System PS
GLBL 118 section available Natural Disasters PS
LA 250 Environmental Site Analysis PS
MSE 101 Materials in Today's World PS
NPRE 101 section available Introduction to Energy Sources PS QR2
NRES 100 section available Fundamentals of Env Sci PS
PHYS 101 section available College Physics: Mech & Heat PS QR2
PHYS 102 section available College Physics: E&M & Modern PS QR2
PHYS 123 section available Physics Made Easy PS
PHYS 140 section available How Things Work PS QR2
PHYS 150 section available How Nature Works PS
PHYS 211 section available University Physics: Mechanics PS QR2
PHYS 212 section available University Physics: Elec & Mag PS QR2
PHYS 213 section available Univ Physics: Thermal Physics PS QR2
PHYS 214 section available Univ Physics: Quantum Physics PS QR2
ANSC 110 Life With Animals and Biotech LS
ANSC 207 section available Companion Animal Biology &Care LS
ANSC 232 Stem Cell Basics & Application LS
ANSC 331 Biology of Reproduction LS
ANTH 143 section available Biology of Human Behavior LS
ANTH 249 section available Evolution and Human Disease LS
CPSC 113 Environment, Agric, & Society WCC LS
CPSC 261 section available Biotechnology in Agriculture LS
CPSC 270 Applied Entomology LS
ESE 126 Extinction: Dinosaurs to Dodos LS
ESE 143 History of Life LS
FSHN 120 section available Contemporary Nutrition LS
GEOL 106 Extinction: Dinosaurs to Dodos LS
GEOL 143 History of Life LS
HDFS 143 section available Biology of Human Behavior LS
HORT 261 section available Biotechnology in Agriculture LS
IB 100 section available Biological Sciences LS
IB 101 section available Biological Sciences LS
IB 102 section available Plants, People & Environment LS
IB 103 section available Introduction to Plant Biology LS
IB 105 section available Environmental Biology LS
IB 106 Extinction: Dinosaurs to Dodos LS
IB 107 Global Warming, Biofuels, Food LS
IB 109 section available Insects and People LS
IB 150 section available Organismal & Evolutionary Biol LS
IB 220 Applied Entomology LS
IB 331 Biology of Reproduction LS
KIN 150 section available Bioscience of Human Movement LS
MCB 100 section available Introductory Microbiology LS
MCB 103 Intro to Human Physiology LS
MCB 150 section available Molec & Cellular Basis of Life LS
MCB 170 Society and the Brain LS
MCB 180 Human Reproduction & Society LS
NRES 270 Applied Entomology LS
PLPA 200 section available Plants, Pathogens, and People ACP LS
PLPA 204 section available Introductory Plant Pathology LS
PSYC 210 section available The Brain and the Mind LS
UP 205 section available Ecology and its Applications LS