Natural Sciences & Technology

Fall 2025

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 2025 → 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 Animal Exploration: A Global Perspective LS
ANSC 207 The Science of Pets and How to Care for Them 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
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 104 General Chemistry 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
CPSC 112 Introduction to Crop Sciences LS
CPSC 113 Environment, Agriculture, and Society WCC LS
CPSC 261 Biotechnology in Agriculture LS
DANC 345 Dance Anatomy and Kinesiology LS
ESE 100 Sustainable Earth PS
ESE 103 Earth's Physical Systems PS
ESE 104 Geology of the National Parks PS
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 143 History of Life LS
ESE 208 History of the Earth System PS
ECE 101 Exploring Digital Information Technologies for Non-Engineers 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
GGIS 103 Earth's Physical Systems PS
GGIS 220 Landscapes, Ecosystems and Environmental Change PS
GEOL 100 Planet Earth PS
GEOL 104 Geology of the National Parks PS
GEOL 107 Physical Geology PS
GEOL 111 Emergence of Life LS
GEOL 115 Hollywood Rocks: Earth Science in the Movies PS
GEOL 117 The Oceans PS
GEOL 118 Natural Disasters PS
GEOL 143 History of Life LS
GEOL 208 History of the Earth System PS
GLBL 118 Natural Disasters PS
HK 150 Bioscience of Human Movement LS
HORT 223 The Intelligent Behavior of Plants ACP LS
HDFS 143 Biology of Human Behavior LS
IB 100 Biology in Today's World LS
IB 103 Introduction to Plant Biology LS
IB 104 Animal Biology LS
IB 105 Environmental Biology LS
IB 108 The Biology of Dinosaurs LS
IB 110 Race and Environmental Biology US LS
IB 150 Organismal & Evolutionary Biol LS
LA 250 Environmental Site Analysis PS
MSE 101 Materials in Today's World PS
MCB 100 Introductory Microbiology LS
MCB 150 Molecular & 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 103 The Great Lakes - Freshwater Wonder at Risk 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
PLPA 200 Plants, Pathogens, and People ACP LS
SHS 280 Communication Neuroscience LS
UP 205 Ecology & Environmental Sustainability LS
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