Natural Sciences & Technology
Spring 2024
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
spring 2024 → NAT
| COURSE | TITLE | ACP | CS | HUM | NAT | QR | SBS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABE 152 | Water in the Global Environment | NW | PS | |||||
| ACES 102 | Intro Sustainable Food Systems | LS | ||||||
| ANSC 110 | Life With Animals and Biotech | LS | ||||||
| ANSC 207 | The Science of Pets and How to Care for Them | LS | ||||||
| ANTH 246 | Forensic Science | LS | ||||||
| ANTH 249 | Evolution and Human Disease | LS | ||||||
| ASTR 100 | Introduction to Astronomy | PS | ||||||
| ASTR 121 | Solar System and Worlds Beyond | PS | QR2 | |||||
| ASTR 122 | Stars and Galaxies | PS | QR2 | |||||
| ATMS 100 | Introduction to Meteorology | PS | ||||||
| ATMS 120 | Severe and Hazardous Weather | PS | QR2 | |||||
| ATMS 140 | Climate and Global Change | 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 204 | Accelerated Chemistry II | PS | ||||||
| CPSC 113 | Environment, Agriculture, and Society | WCC | LS | |||||
| CPSC 261 | Biotechnology in Agriculture | LS | ||||||
| ESE 111 | Emergence of Life | LS | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| FSHN 120 | Contemporary Nutrition | LS | ||||||
| GGIS 100 | Introduction to Meteorology | PS | ||||||
| GEOL 107 | Physical Geology | PS | ||||||
| GEOL 111 | Emergence of Life | LS | ||||||
| GEOL 117 | The Oceans | PS | ||||||
| GEOL 118 | Natural Disasters | PS | ||||||
| GEOL 208 | History of the Earth System | PS | ||||||
| GLBL 118 | Natural Disasters | PS | ||||||
| HORT 223 | The Intelligent Behavior of Plants | ACP | LS | |||||
| IB 100 | Biology in Today's World | LS | ||||||
| IB 103 | Introduction to Plant Biology | LS | ||||||
| IB 108 | The Biology of Dinosaurs | LS | ||||||
| IB 150 | Organismal & Evolutionary Biol | LS | ||||||
| KIN 150 | Bioscience of Human Movement | LS | ||||||
| LA 250 | Environmental Site Analysis | PS | ||||||
| MCB 100 | Introductory Microbiology | LS | ||||||
| MCB 150 | Molec & Cellular Basis of Life | LS | ||||||
| MUS 209 | Musical Acoustics | PS | ||||||
| NRES 100 | Fundamentals of Env Sci | PS | ||||||
| NRES 101 | Wildlife Conservation in the 21st Century | LS | ||||||
| NRES 105 | Climate Change Impacts on Ecological Systems | LS | QR2 | |||||
| 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 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 | |||||
| PLPA 200 | Plants, Pathogens, and People | ACP | LS | |||||
| UP 205 | Ecology & Environmental Sustainability | LS |
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