GEP Natural Sciences
Requirement聽 (7 credit hours)
- A total of seven credit hours from the university approved GEP Natural Sciences course list including聽at least one laboratory course or course with a laboratory.
- Special Note:聽 If a student changes a General Education course except for HES courses from a letter grade to credit-only (S/U), then the course will not satisfy the GEP requirements.聽 Consult your academic advisor if you have questions.
Double-counting
- A course taken to satisfy a Major requirement may also satisfy this requirement if the course is on the approved GEP Natural Sciences course list.
- A course that satisfies the Natural Sciences requirement may also satisfy the Global Knowledge co-requisite if the course also exists on the university approved GEP co-requisite course list.
Rationale
The natural sciences pursue basic questions about the workings of the universe, and the richness, variety and interconnectedness of the world around us. Students today are exposed to an increasing volume of information, from a large variety of sources, in diverse and changing formats. Training in the natural sciences is essential to help students develop skills to distinguish between testable and un-testable ideas, recognize scientifically valid tests of theories, and understand how information relates to those tests. By studying the natural sciences, students learn to reason both inductively and deductively, develop and test scientific hypotheses, and understand the value and limitations of scientific studies. The development and application of new technologies require scientifically literate citizens who can understand technological issues and evaluate the role of science in society鈥檚 debate of those issues.
Category Objectives
Each course in the Natural Sciences will provide instruction and guidance that help students to:
- use the methods and processes of science in testing hypotheses, solving problems and making decisions; and
- make inferences from and articulate, scientific concepts, principles, laws, and theories, and apply this knowledge to problem solving.
| Code | Title | Hours | Counts towards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 础贰颁听203 | An Introduction to the Honey Bee and Beekeeping | 3 | |
| 础贰颁听437 | Gut Microbial Ecology | 3 | |
| 础贰颁听537 | Gut Microbial Ecology | 3 | |
| 础狈厂听105 | Introduction to Companion Animal Science | 3 | |
| 础狈厂听110 | Introduction to Equine Science | 3 | |
| 础狈厂听215 | Agricultural Genetics | 3 | |
| 叠滨翱听105 | Biology in the Modern World | 3 | |
| 叠滨翱听106 | Biology in the Modern World Laboratory | 1 | |
| 叠滨翱听181 | Introductory Biology: Ecology, Evolution, and Biodiversity | 4 | |
| 叠滨翱听183 | Introductory Biology: Cellular and Molecular Biology | 4 | |
| 叠滨翱听227 | Understanding Structural Diversity through Biological Illustration | 3 | IP |
| 叠滨翱听230 | The Science of Studying Dinosaurs | 3 | IP |
| 叠滨罢听100 | Current Topics in Biotechnology | 4 | IP |
| 叠滨罢听200 | Early Research in Biotechnology | 4 | |
| 叠滨罢听210 | Phage Hunters | 3 | |
| 叠滨罢听211 | Phage Genomics | 2 | |
| 颁贬听100 | Chemistry and Society | 4 | |
| 颁贬听101 | Chemistry - A Molecular Science | 3 | |
| 颁贬听102 | General Chemistry Laboratory | 1 | |
| 颁贬听103 | General Chemistry I for Students in Chemical Sciences | 3 | |
| 颁贬听104 | General Chemistry Laboratory I for Students in Chemical Sciences | 1 | |
| 颁贬听111 | Preparatory Chemistry | 3 | |
| 颁贬听201 | Chemistry - A Quantitative Science | 3 | |
| 颁贬听202 | Quantitative Chemistry Laboratory | 1 | |
| 颁贬听203 | General Chemistry II for Students in Chemical Sciences | 3 | |
| 颁贬听204 | General Chemistry Laboratory II for Students in Chemical Sciences | 1 | |
| 颁厂听210 | Lawns and Sports Turf | 3 | |
| 颁厂听213 | Crop Science | 3 | |
| 贰狈罢听201 | Insects and People | 3 | IP |
| 贰狈罢听207 | Insects and Human Disease | 3 | IP, GK |
| 贰狈罢听305 | Introduction to Forensic Entomology | 3 | |
| 贰狈罢听402 | Forest Entomology | 3 | |
| 贰狈罢听425 | General Entomology | 3 | |
| 贰厂听113 | Earth from Space | 3 | GK |
| 贵翱搁听318 | Forest Pathology | 3 | |
| 贵翱搁听402 | Forest Entomology | 3 | |
| 贵厂听201 | Introduction to Food Science | 3 | |
| 贵厂听221 | Discover: Chocolate, Coffee and Tea | 3 | |
| 贵厂听222 | Discover: Conventional, Organic and Genetically Engineered Foods | 3 | |
| 贵厂听301 | Introduction to Human Nutrition | 3 | |
| 贵奥听221 | Conservation of Natural Resources | 3 | GK, IP |
| 骋狈听301 | Genetics in Human Affairs | 3 | IP |
| 贬翱狈听292 | Honors Special Topics-Natural Sciences | 3 | |
| 贬厂听200 | Home Horticulture | 3 | |
| 贬厂听201 | The World of Horticulture: Principles and Practices | 3 | |
| 贬厂听201A | The World of Horticulture: Principles and Practices | 3 | |
| 贬厂听203 | Home Plant Propagation | 3 | |
| 贬厂听204 | Home Landscape Maintenance | 3 | |
| 贬厂听215 | Agricultural Genetics | 3 | |
| 贬厂听303 | Ornamental Plant Identification I | 3 | |
| 贬厂听304 | Ornamental Plant Identification II | 3 | |
| 惭叠听200 | The Fourth Horseman: Plagues that Changed the World | 3 | IP |
| 惭叠听210 | Phage Hunters | 3 | |
| 惭叠听211 | Phage Genomics | 2 | |
| 惭贰础听100 | Earth System Science: Exploring the Connections | 4 | IP, GK |
| 惭贰础听101 | Geology I: Physical | 3 | |
| 惭贰础听110 | Geology I Laboratory | 1 | |
| 惭贰础听130 | Introduction to Weather and Climate | 3 | |
| 惭贰础听135 | Introduction to Weather and Climate Laboratory | 1 | |
| 惭贰础听150 | Environmental Issues in Water Resources | 4 | |
| 惭贰础听200 | Introduction to Oceanography | 3 | |
| 惭贰础听202 | Geology II: Historical | 3 | |
| 惭贰础听210 | Oceanography Lab | 1 | |
| 惭贰础听211 | Geology II Laboratory | 1 | |
| 惭贰础听220 | Marine Biology | 3 | |
| 惭贰础听240 | The Planets of Our Solar System | 3 | |
| 惭贰础听250 | Introduction to Coastal Environments | 3 | |
| 狈贰听290 | Introduction to Health Physics | 3 | IP |
| 狈贰听291 | Introduction to Health Physics Laboratory | 1 | IP |
| 狈厂骋碍听295 | Natural Sciences and Global Knowledge Special Topics | 3 | GK |
| 狈罢搁听301 | Introduction to Human Nutrition | 3 | |
| 笔叠听200 | Plant Life | 4 | |
| 笔叠听205 | Our Green World | 3 | |
| 笔叠听220 | Local Flora | 3 | |
| 笔叠听277 | Space Biology | 3 | |
| 笔翱听201 | Poultry Science and Production | 3 | |
| 笔翱听201A | Poultry Science and Production | 3 | |
| 笔翱听202 | Poultry Science and Production Laboratory | 1 | |
| 笔翱听202A | Poultry Science and Production Laboratory | 1 | |
| 笔笔听222 | Kingdom of Fungi | 3 | |
| 笔笔听318 | Forest Pathology | 3 | |
| 笔驰听123 | Stellar and Galactic Astronomy | 3 | |
| 笔驰听124 | Solar System Astronomy | 3 | |
| 笔驰听125 | Astronomy Laboratory | 1 | |
| 笔驰听131 | Conceptual Physics | 4 | |
| 笔驰听205 | Physics for Engineers and Scientists I | 3 | |
| 笔驰听206 | Physics for Engineers and Scientists I Laboratory | 1 | |
| 笔驰听208 | Physics for Engineers and Scientists II | 3 | |
| 笔驰听209 | Physics for Engineers and Scientists II Laboratory | 1 | |
| 笔驰听211 | College Physics I | 4 | |
| 笔驰听212 | College Physics II | 4 | |
| 厂惭罢听202 | Anatomy and Properties of Renewable Materials | 3 | |
| 厂厂颁听200 | Soil Science | 3 | |
| 厂厂颁听201 | Soil Science Laboratory | 1 | |
| 罢惭厂听211 | Introduction to Fiber Science | 3 | |
| 罢翱齿听201 | Poisons, People and the Environment | 3 |