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 General Education Requirements

CONTENT AREA 3

Science and Technology
These courses acquaint students with scientific thought, observation, experimentation, and formal hypothesis testing, and enable students to consider the impact that developments in science and technology have on the nature and quality of life. Knowledge of the basic vocabulary of science and technology is a prerequisite for informed assessments of the physical universe and of technological developments.

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ANSC/NUSC 1645 The Science of Food
BME/CSE/MCB 1401 Honors Core: Computational Molecular Biology
CHEM 1101 Chemistry for an Informed Electorate
COGS 2201 Foundations of Cognitive Science
EEB 2202 Evolution and Human Diversity
ECE 1001 A Survey of Modern Electronic Technology 
GEOG 2300 Introduction to Physical Geography
GEOL 1010 Age of the Dinosaurs
GEOL 1051 Earth and Life through Time (Students who complete both GEOL 1051 and 1052 may request GEOL 1051 be converted from a CA 3 Non-laboratory to a CA 3 Laboratory course.)
LING 2010Q The Science of Linguistics
MARN 1001 The Sea Around Us
MARN 1002 Introduction to Oceanography
MATH 1050Q Mathematical Modeling in the Environment
NRME 1000 Environmental Science
NUSC 1165 Fundamentals of Nutrition
PHAR 1000 Drugs: Actions and Impact on Health and Society
PHAR 1001 Toxic Chemicals and Health
PHYS 1020Q Introductory Astronomy
PHYS 1030Q Physics of the Environment
PLSC 1150 Agricultural Technology and Society 
PSYC 1100 General Psychology I
SCI 1051 Geoscience through American Studies

CONTENT AREA 3 -  Laboratory Courses

BIOL 1102 Foundations of Biology 
BIOL 1103 The Biology of Human Health and Disease
BIOL 1107 Principles of Biology
BIOL 1108 Principles of Biology
BIOL 1110 Introduction to Botany
CHEM 1122 Chemical Principles and Applications
CHEM 1124Q Fundamentals of General Chemistry I 
CHEM 1127Q General Chemistry
CHEM 1128Q General Chemistry
CHEM 1137Q Enhanced General Chemistry
CHEM 1138Q Enhanced General Chemistry
CHEM 1147Q Honors General Chemistry
CHEM 1148Q Honors General Chemistry
GEOG 1302 GIS Modeling of Environmental Change
GEOL 1050 Earth and Life through Time with Laboratory
MARN 1003 Introduction to Oceanography with Laboratory
PHYS 1010Q Elements of Physics
PHYS 1025Q Introductory Astronomy with Laboratory
PHYS 1035Q Physics of the Environment with Laboratory
PHYS 1075Q Physics of Music 
PHYS 1201Q General Physics
PHYS 1202Q General Physics
PHYS 1401Q General Physics with Calculus
PHYS 1402Q General Physics with Calculus
PHYS 1501Q Physics for Engineers I 
PHYS 1502Q Physics for Engineers II 
PHYS 1600Q Introduction to Modern Physics
PHYS 1601Q Fundamentals of Physics I 
PHYS 1602Q Fundamentals of Physics II

 

      
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