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Natural Sciences



Every student must successfully complete a one-year course with a laboratory in a natural science (8 credits), and 3 additional credits in either the natural sciences or mathematics. A mathematics course taken to fulfill this requirement must be at a higher level than the course taken to meet the mathematics proficiency requirement.

The laboratory science requirement is satisfied by taking a one-year introductory course, with laboratory, offered in the natural sciences area. Students with specific career or major interests in scientific fields should seek academic guidance in choosing laboratory courses.

The following courses fulfill the laboratory science requirement:

 21&62:120:101-102  General Biology

 21&62:120:109,110  Basic Plant Science and Basic Plant Science Laboratory or     21&62:120:206,207  General Horticulture and Horticulture Laboratory

 21&62:160:101-102  World of Chemistry and 21&62:160:109,110 World of Chemistry Laboratory

 21&62:160:115-116  General Chemistry and 21&62:160:113-114 General Chemistry Laboratory

 21&62:460:103,104  Planet Earth and Planet Earth Laboratory or 21&62:460:114,115 Earth and Life History and Earth and Life History Laboratory

 21&62:750:203,204  General Physics I,II and 21&62:750:205,206 Introductory Physics Laboratory

 21&62:750:213,214  University Physics and 21&62:750:205,206 Introductory Physics Laboratory

The following courses fulfill the natural science requirement:

 21:120:109  Basic Plant Science

 21:120:204  Economic Botany

 21:120:205  Environmental Issues

 21&62:120:206  General Horticulture

 21&62:120:208  Human Sexuality

 21:160:101  World of Chemistry

 21&62:198:101  Computers and Programming I

 21:460:101  Introduction to the Earth (not for students who take Planet Earth)

 21:460:102  Africa: A Virtual Field Trip to the Continent

 21:460:103  Planet Earth

 21:750:109  Astronomy and Cosmology
   
For updated information about courses that fulfill this requirement, consult the Office of the Dean of Student Affairs.  

 
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