Natural Sciences Approved Courses - Group III or Multidisciplinary Component
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREES
Lab Science Sequences: Students pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree must complete ONE of these sequences:
BIOLOGY 2040 and 2050 (4 hours each)
CHEMISTRY 1250 or 1230 and 1240 and CHEM 1270 and 1280 (10)
GEOLOGY 2 from 1040, 1050, 1060 (8)
GEOLOGY 2500 and 2510 (10)
CHEMISTRY 1350 and 1370 and 1380 (10)
PHYSICS 2010 and 2020 (10)
PHYSICS 2110 and 2120 (10)
BA, BAC, BFA, BSJ Degrees
GENERAL LAB SCIENCES
Note: Completion of a B.S. lab sequence above will satisfy the entire Natural Science requirement for the Bachelor of Arts degree (no “nonlab” science would be required).
ASTR - ASTRONOMY
1010 (3) Experimental Astronomy
BIOL - BIOLOGY
1010 (3) Environment of Life
1040 (4) Introduction to Biology
1940Q (3) Inquiry in Science and Technology
2040 (5) Concepts in Biology I
2050 (5) Concepts in Biology II
3310 (4) Human Anatomy and Physiology I
3320 (4) Human Anatomy and Physiology II
3430 (4) General Botany
CHEM - CHEMISTRY
1090 and 1100 (4) Elementary Chemistry
1170 (4) Elementary Organic and Biochemistry
1250 or 1230 and 1240 (5) General Chemistry I
1270 and 1280 (5) General Chemistry II
1350 (5) General Chemistry I
1370 and 1380 (5) General Chemistry II
ENVS - ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
3100 (4) Environmental Field & Laboratory Methods
GEOG - GEOGRAPHY
1260 (3) Weather Studies Laboratory
2130 (3) Meteorology
GEOL - GEOLOGY
1040 (4) Earth Environments
1050 (4) Life Through Time
1060 (4) Climate Change & the Frozen Earth
2150 (3) Geologic History of Dinosaurs
2500 (5) Field-based Physical Geology (1040 substitute)
2510 (5) Field-based Historical Geology (1050 substitute)
3040 (3) Geology of the National Parks
3060 (4) Rocks and Minerals
MATS - MATERIAL SCIENCE
1000 (3) Materials in the Service of Society
PHYS - PHYSICS
1010 (3) Basic Physics
2010 (5) College Physics I
2020 (5) College Physics II
2110 (5) University Physics I
2120 (5) University Physics II
NON-LAB SCIENCES
ASTR - ASTRONOMY
2010 (3) Modern Astronomy
Plus All other ASTR courses except 2700, 4700
BIOL - BIOLOGY
1080 (3) Life in the Sea
1090 (3) Life in Extreme Environments
CHEM - CHEMISTRY
1000 (3) Introduction to Chemistry
1770 (3) Introduction to Forensic Science
1940Q (3) Inquiry in Science and Technology
ENVS - ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
1940 (3) Changing Envmt, Changing World
3040 (3) Water Quality in the Environment
GEOG - GEOGRAPHY
1250 (3) Weather and Climate
4040 (3) Climatology
GEOL - GEOLOGY
1000 (3) Introduction to Geology
1200 (3) Geological Hazards
2050 (3) Geologic History of Man
3220 (3) Environmental Geology
HNRS - HONORS
2500 (3-5) Honors Seminar: Natural Sciences
PHYS - PHYSICS
1000 (3) Physics of the Natural World
1940Q (3) Inquiry in Physics
3500 (3) Musical Acoustics
SEES - SCHOOL OF EARTH, ENVIRONMENT, & SOCIETY
2220 (3) Water Resource Issues
SPECIAL NOTE: You may not receive credit for MORE THAN ONE course in any of the following groups: CHEM 1250 and 1350, CHEM 1270 and 1370 and GEOL 1000, 1010 or 1040.
Faculty members of the A&S Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning Committee have approved the courses on these pages for inclusion in the Group and MDC requirements. NO one hour courses, independent studies, directed readings, workshops, internships, or field studies can be used for Group or MDC requirements
MDC Note: MDC courses cannot be used in any other degree requirement.
Updated: 10/26/2022 02:32PM