Natural Sciences & Technology

Winter 2019-2020

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 Introduction to Astronomy PS
ASTR 121 Solar System and Worlds Beyond PS QR2
ASTR 122 Stars and Galaxies PS QR2
ASTR 150 Killer Skies: Astro-Disasters PS
ASTR 210 Introduction to Astrophysics PS
ATMS 100 Introduction to Meteorology PS
ATMS 120 section available Severe and Hazardous Weather PS QR2
ATMS 140 Climate and Global Change PS
CHBE 101 Hidden World of Engineering PS
CHEM 101 Introductory Chemistry PS
CHEM 102 General Chemistry I PS
CHEM 103 General Chemistry Lab I PS
CHEM 104 General Chemistry II PS
CHEM 105 General Chemistry Lab II PS
CHEM 108 Chemistry, Everyday Phenomena PS
CHEM 202 Accelerated Chemistry I PS
CHEM 204 Accelerated Chemistry II PS
CLCV 230 Ancient Engineering WCC PS
ECE 101 Exploring Digital Info Technol PS QR2
ENVS 101 Introduction to Energy Sources PS QR2
ESE 100 Sustainable Earth PS
ESE 103 Earth's Physical Systems PS
ESE 104 Geology of the National Parks PS
ESE 117 section available 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 History of the Earth System PS
FSHN 101 Intro Food Science & Nutrition PS
GCL 101 Introduction to Energy Sources PS QR2
GCL 124 Sustainable Earth PS
GEOG 100 Introduction to Meteorology PS
GEOG 103 Earth's Physical Systems PS
GEOL 100 Planet Earth PS
GEOL 104 Geology of the National Parks PS
GEOL 107 Physical Geology PS
GEOL 117 section available The Oceans PS
GEOL 118 section available Natural Disasters PS
GEOL 208 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 Introduction to Energy Sources PS QR2
NRES 100 Fundamentals of Env Sci PS
PHYS 101 College Physics: Mech & Heat PS QR2
PHYS 102 College Physics: E&M & Modern PS QR2
PHYS 123 Physics Made Easy PS
PHYS 140 How Things Work PS QR2
PHYS 150 Physics of Societal Issues PS QR2
PHYS 211 University Physics: Mechanics PS QR2
PHYS 212 University Physics: Elec & Mag PS QR2
PHYS 213 Univ Physics: Thermal Physics PS QR2
PHYS 214 Univ Physics: Quantum Physics PS QR2
ACES 102 Intro Sustainable Food Systems LS
ANSC 110 Life With Animals and Biotech LS
ANSC 207 section available Companion Animal Biology &Care LS
ANTH 143 Biology of Human Behavior LS
ANTH 241 Human Biological Variation LS
ANTH 246 Forensic Science LS
ANTH 249 Evolution and Human Disease LS
CPSC 112 Introduction to Crop Sciences LS
CPSC 113 Environment, Agric, & Society WCC LS
CPSC 261 Biotechnology in Agriculture LS
CPSC 270 Applied Entomology LS
DANC 345 Dance Anatomy and Kinesiology LS
ESE 111 section available Emergence of Life LS
ESE 143 History of Life LS
FSHN 120 Contemporary Nutrition LS
GCL 125 Health and Wellness in Life Sciences LS
GEOL 111 section available Emergence of Life LS
GEOL 143 History of Life LS
HDFS 143 Biology of Human Behavior LS
HORT 223 The Intelligent Behavior of Plants ACP LS
HORT 261 Biotechnology in Agriculture LS
IB 100 Biology in Today's World LS
IB 103 Introduction to Plant Biology LS
IB 105 Environmental Biology LS
IB 108 The Biology of Dinosaurs LS
IB 150 Organismal & Evolutionary Biol LS
IB 220 Applied Entomology LS
KIN 150 Bioscience of Human Movement LS
MCB 100 Introductory Microbiology LS
MCB 150 Molec & Cellular Basis of Life LS
MCB 170 Society and the Brain LS
MCB 180 Human Reproduction & Society LS
NRES 103 The Great Lakes - Freshwater Wonder at Risk LS
NRES 270 Applied Entomology LS
PLPA 200 Plants, Pathogens, and People ACP LS
PLPA 204 Introductory Plant Pathology LS
PSYC 210 Behavioral Neuroscience LS
UP 205 Ecology & Environmental Sustainability LS