Understanding the Natural World
The following courses satisfy the Understanding the Natural World Foundation.
Students are required to take 7 hours to fulfill this foundation, at least one course must have a lab. The courses must be from two different areas (2 different prefixes).
Note that some courses have a lab included as part of the course and others have a lab as a separate course. Students must sign up to take the corresponding lab to get credit for the course.
These courses fulfill one of these learning goals:
- Demonstrate the ability to apply the scientific method.
OR - Demonstrate factual knowledge of contemporary natural science.
OR - Apply contemporary scientific models to describe the natural world.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ASTR-1300 | Sun & Solar System | 4 |
| ASTR-1400 | Stars & Stellar Systems | 4 |
| BIOL-1105 | Plants & Civilization | 4 |
| BIOL-1107 | Principles of Biology | 4 |
| BIOL-1121 | General Biology I | 5 |
| BIOL-1122 | General Biology II | 4 |
| BIOL-2243 | Human Anatomy & Physiology II | 4 |
| CHEM-1010 | Chemistry of the Biosphere | 3 |
| CHEM-1011 | Chemistry of the Biosphere Lab | 1 |
| CHEM-1200 | General Chemistry I Lecture | 3 |
| CHEM-1201 | General Chemistry I Lab | 1 |
| CHEM-1210 | General Chemistry II Lecture | 3 |
| CHEM-1211 | General Chemistry II Lab | 1 |
| ENGR-1001 | STEM Fund of Robitcs & Makerlabs | 3 |
| NASC-1000 | Environmental Science | 3 |
| NASC-1100 | Environmental Geology | 3 |
| NASC-1400 | Earth Science | 3 |
| NASC-1600 | Origins of Major Theories in Science | 3 |
| NASC-2300 | World Regional Geography | 3 |
| NASC-3100 | Historical Readings in Natural Science | 3 |
| PHYS-1100 | Concepts in Physics | 4 |
| PHYS-1200 | Acoustics | 4 |
| PHYS-1300 | Our Strange Universe | 3 |
| PHYS-2000 | College Physics I | 3 |
| PHYS-2001 | College Physics I Lab | 1 |
| PHYS-2100 | Classical Physics I | 3 |
| PHYS-2101 | Classical Physics I Lab | 1 |
| PHYS-2110 | Classical Physics II | 3 |
| PHYS-2111 | Classical Physics II Lab | 1 |
| PSYC-4050 | Biopsychology | 3 |