Natural Sciences & Technology

fall 2025

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
ABE 152 Water in the Global Environment NW PS
ASTR 100 section available Introduction to Astronomy PS
ASTR 121 section available Solar System and Worlds Beyond PS QR2
ASTR 122 section available Stars and Galaxies PS QR2
ASTR 150 section available Killer Skies: Astro-Disasters PS
ATMS 100 section available Introduction to Meteorology PS
ATMS 120 section available Severe and Hazardous Weather PS QR2
ATMS 140 section available Climate and Global Change PS
CHBE 101 section available Hidden World of Engineering PS
CHEM 101 section available Introductory Chemistry PS
CHEM 102 section available General Chemistry I PS
CHEM 104 section available General Chemistry II PS
CHEM 108 Chemistry, Everyday Phenomena PS
CHEM 202 section available Accelerated Chemistry I PS
CHEM 204 Accelerated Chemistry II PS
CLCV 230 Ancient Engineering WCC PS
ECE 101 section available Exploring Digital Information Technologies for Non-Engineers 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 section available Climate and Global Change PS
ESE 208 section available History of the Earth System PS
FSHN 101 section available The Science of Food and How it Relates to You PS
GEOL 100 section available Planet Earth PS
GEOL 104 Geology of the National Parks PS
GEOL 107 section available Physical Geology PS
GEOL 115 Hollywood Rocks: Earth Science in the Movies 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
GGIS 100 section available Introduction to Meteorology PS
GGIS 103 Earth's Physical Systems PS
GGIS 220 Landscapes, Ecosystems and Environmental Change PS
GLBL 118 section available Natural Disasters PS
LA 250 section available Environmental Site Analysis PS
MSE 101 section available Materials in Today's World PS
MUS 209 Musical Acoustics PS
NPRE 101 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 211 section available University Physics: Mechanics PS QR2
PHYS 212 section available University Physics: Elec & Mag PS QR2
ACES 102 section available Intro Sustainable Food Systems LS
ANSC 110 section available Animal Exploration: A Global Perspective LS
ANSC 207 section available The Science of Pets and How to Care for Them LS
ANTH 143 section available Biology of Human Behavior LS
ANTH 241 section available Human Biological Variation LS
ANTH 246 section available Forensic Science LS
ANTH 249 Evolution and Human Disease LS
CPSC 112 section available 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 111 Emergence of Life LS
ESE 143 section available History of Life LS
FSHN 120 section available Contemporary Nutrition LS
GEOL 111 Emergence of Life LS
GEOL 143 section available History of Life LS
HDFS 143 section available Biology of Human Behavior LS
HK 150 section available Bioscience of Human Movement LS
HORT 223 The Intelligent Behavior of Plants ACP LS
IB 100 section available Biology in Today's World LS
IB 103 Introduction to Plant Biology LS
IB 104 section available Animal Biology LS
IB 105 Environmental Biology LS
IB 108 section available The Biology of Dinosaurs LS
IB 110 section available Race and Environmental Biology US LS
IB 150 section available Organismal & Evolutionary Biol LS
MCB 100 section available Introductory Microbiology LS
MCB 150 section available Molecular & Cellular Basis of Life LS
NRES 101 Wildlife Conservation in the 21st Century LS
NRES 103 section available The Great Lakes - Freshwater Wonder at Risk LS
NRES 105 Climate Change Impacts on Ecological Systems LS QR2
PLPA 200 section available Plants, Pathogens, and People ACP LS
SHS 280 section available Communication Neuroscience LS
UP 205 Ecology & Environmental Sustainability LS