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New Brunswick Undergraduate Catalog 2013–2015 School of Environmental and Biological Sciences Degree Requirements Mission, Goals, and Core Curriculum of the Undergraduate Program Core Curriculum Requirements Area II. Introductory Life and Physical Sciences  

Area II. Introductory Life and Physical Sciences


To provide a foundation for understanding and evaluating important questions related to the life and physical sciences, students are required to complete courses in both the life sciences and in the physical sciences, as follows:

A. Life Sciences (4-8 credits). Introductory courses in plant and animal biology, ecology, and evolution with a laboratory:

  01:119:115,116,117  General Biology and Laboratory (4 ,4, 2)* or

  01:119:115  General Biology (4) and 11:067:142  Animal Science (3) or

  01:119:115  General Biology (4) and 11:704:110  Evolution, Disease, and Medicine (3) or

  01:119:103  Principles of Biology (4)

*This two-semester General Biology sequence (119:115,116, 117) is a prerequisite for most advanced life science courses.

B. Physical Sciences (3-5 credits). A basic chemistry or physics course, or an introductory course that applies the physical sciences to earth systems, such as:

  01:160:127  Impact of Chemistry (3)

  01:160:161  General Chemistry (4)

  01:450:101  Earth Systems (3)

  01:450:102  Transforming the Global Environment (3)

  01:460:100  Planet Earth (3)

  01:460:101  Introduction to Physical Geology (3)

  01:460:102  Introduction to Historical Geology (3)

  01:460:202  Environmental Geology (3)

  01:460:204  The Water Planet (3)

  01:460:209  Exploration of the Oceans (3)

  01:750:140  The Greenhouse Effect (3)

  01:750:193  Physics for the Sciences (4)

  01:750:201  Extended General Physics (5)

  01:750:203  General Physics (3)

  11:375:101  Introduction to Environmental Sciences (3)

  11:628:115  Oceanography and Schools: Ocean Science and the Learning of Science (3)

  11:628:120  Introduction to Oceanography (3)

  11:670:201  Elements of Meteorology (3)

  11:670:202  Elements of Climatology (3)

Many programs of study require specific courses and additional credits in the life and physical sciences. Students should consult the requirements of the specific program(s) of study they are considering before selecting courses from this list.

 
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