Natural Sciences & Technology
Fall 2021
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.
Effective Summer/Fall 2018: Undergraduates newly admitted in Summer/Fall 2018 or later (note this includes both freshman as well as transfers matriculating in Summer/Fall 2018 and after) need to complete one course in Non-Western Cultures; one course in US Minority Cultures; and one course in Western/Comparative Cultures.
Undergraduate students who matriculated Spring 2018 or prior need to complete one course in Non-Western or US Minority Cultures and one course in Western/Comparative Cultures.
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
fall 2021 → NAT → PS
| COURSE | TITLE | ACP | CS | HUM | NAT | QR | SBS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABE 152 | Water in the Global Environment | NW | PS | |||||
| ASTR 100 | 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 | ||||||
| ATMS 100 | Introduction to Meteorology | PS | ||||||
| ATMS 120 | 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 | |||||
| ESE 100 | Sustainable Earth | PS | ||||||
| ESE 103 | Earth's Physical Systems | PS | ||||||
| ESE 104 | Geology of the National Parks | PS | ||||||
| ESE 117 | The Oceans | PS | ||||||
| ESE 118 | Natural Disasters | PS | ||||||
| ESE 120 | Severe and Hazardous Weather | PS | QR2 | |||||
| ESE 140 | Climate and Global Change | PS | ||||||
| ESE 208 | History of the Earth System | PS | ||||||
| ECE 101 | Exploring Digital Info Technol | PS | QR2 | |||||
| ENVS 101 | Introduction to Energy Sources | PS | QR2 | |||||
| FSHN 101 | The Science of Food and How it Relates to You | PS | ||||||
| GEOG 100 | Introduction to Meteorology | PS | ||||||
| GEOG 103 | Earth's Physical Systems | PS | ||||||
| GEOG 220 | Landscapes, Ecosystems and Environmental Change: Science and Management | PS | ||||||
| GEOL 100 | Planet Earth | PS | ||||||
| GEOL 104 | Geology of the National Parks | PS | ||||||
| GEOL 107 | Physical Geology | PS | ||||||
| GEOL 117 | The Oceans | PS | ||||||
| GEOL 118 | Natural Disasters | PS | ||||||
| GEOL 208 | History of the Earth System | PS | ||||||
| GLBL 118 | Natural Disasters | PS | ||||||
| LA 250 | Environmental Site Analysis | PS | ||||||
| MSE 101 | Materials in Today's World | PS | ||||||
| NRES 100 | Fundamentals of Env Sci | PS | ||||||
| NPRE 101 | Introduction to Energy Sources | PS | QR2 | |||||
| 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 |