Course List: Science & Nature

The following courses have been approved for inclusion in the university core of common studies. Unless noted as a dual application course, each course satisfies a three-credit-hour requirement in the knowledge area under which it is listed.

New courses are approved for the core of common studies each semester. Decisions about core credit for transfer courses, Advanced Placement courses, International Baccalaureate and CLEP are made by college designees in consultation with the director of the core of common studies.

Choose 3 credit hours from the following list:

• ARSC 1020 Major Concepts in Modern Science 1
• ARSC 1021 Major Concepts in Modern Science 2
• BIOL 1001 General Biology 1
• BIOL 1009 Biology for Non-Science Majors
• BIOL 1406 Plants, Pathogens, and People
• BISC 1010 Contemporary Issues in Nutrition
• BISC 1015 Principles of Human Anatomy and Physiology
• CHEM 1001 General Chemistry 1
• CHEM 1002 General Chemistry 2
  Prereq: CHEM 1001
• PHYS 1001 General Physics 1
  Prereq: High school algebra, geometry and trigonometry or equivalent.
• PHYS 1002 General Physics 2
  Prereq: PHYS 1001
• PHYS 1003 General Physics with Introductory Calculus 1
  Prereq: MATH 080 must have been taken previously or may be taken concurrently.
• PHYS 1004 General Physics with Introductory Calculus 2
  Prereq: MATH 1450 and PHYS 1003. Students may either take MATH 1451 concurrently or must have taken MATH 1451 previously.
• PHYS 1007 Survey of Meteorology
• PHYS 1008 Astronomy and Space Physics
  Note: The 4 sem. hrs. option is only for Broad Field Science majors, for whom it is required.
• PHYS 1009 Earth and Environmental Physics
  Note: The 4 sem. hrs. option is only for Broad Field Science majors and for physics teaching majors and minors, for whom it is required.
• PHYS 1013 Classical and Modern Physics with Calculus 1
  Prerequisite: MATH 080 which may be taken concurrently; A command of high school algebra, geometry, trigonometry is assumed. Requires the use of introductory calculus. Students cannot receive credit for both PHYS 1003 and PHYS 1013.
• PHYS 1014 Classical and Modern Physics with Calculus 2
  Prerequisite: MATH 1450 and MATH 1451 and PHYS 1013 which may be taken concurrently; Students cannot receive credit for both PHYS 1004 and PHYS 1014.
• PRST 1120 Aspects of Modern Science
  Prereq: Enrolled in Professional Studies.