GEP Natural Sciences
Requirement (7 credit hours)
- A total of seven credit hours from the university approved GEP Natural Sciences course list including at least one laboratory course or course with a laboratory.
- Special Note: 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. 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 or U.S. Diversity co-requisite if the course also exists on either university approved GEP co-requisite course list.
- Note: Double-counting with U.S. Diversity applies to students matriculated prior to Fall 2023. Students matriculated after Fall 2023 may only double-count Global Knowledge.
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’s 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AEC 203 | An Introduction to the Honey Bee and Beekeeping | 3 | |
| ANS 105 | Introduction to Companion Animal Science | 3 | |
| ANS 110 | Introduction to Equine Science | 3 | |
| ANS 215 | Agricultural Genetics | 3 | |
| BIO 105 | Biology in the Modern World | 3 | |
| BIO 106 | Biology in the Modern World Laboratory | 1 | |
| BIO 181 | Introductory Biology: Ecology, Evolution, and Biodiversity | 4 | |
| BIO 183 | Introductory Biology: Cellular and Molecular Biology | 4 | |
| BIO 227 | Understanding Structural Diversity through Biological Illustration | 3 | IP |
| BIO 230 | The Science of Studying Dinosaurs | 3 | IP |
| BIT 100 | Current Topics in Biotechnology | 4 | IP |
| BIT 200 | Early Research in Biotechnology | 4 | |
| BIT 210 | Phage Hunters | 3 | |
| BIT 211 | Phage Genomics | 2 | |
| CH 100 | Chemistry and Society | 4 | |
| CH 101 | Chemistry - A Molecular Science | 3 | |
| CH 102 | General Chemistry Laboratory | 1 | |
| CH 103 | General Chemistry I for Students in Chemical Sciences | 3 | |
| CH 104 | General Chemistry Laboratory I for Students in Chemical Sciences | 1 | |
| CH 111 | Preparatory Chemistry | 3 | |
| CH 201 | Chemistry - A Quantitative Science | 3 | |
| CH 202 | Quantitative Chemistry Laboratory | 1 | |
| CH 203 | General Chemistry II for Students in Chemical Sciences | 3 | |
| CH 204 | General Chemistry Laboratory II for Students in Chemical Sciences | 1 | |
| CS 210 | Lawns and Sports Turf | 3 | |
| CS 213 | Crop Science | 3 | |
| ENT 201 | Insects and People | 3 | IP |
| ENT 207 | Insects and Human Disease | 3 | IP, GK |
| ENT 305 | Introduction to Forensic Entomology | 3 | |
| ENT 402 | Forest Entomology | 3 | |
| ENT 425 | General Entomology | 3 | |
| ES 113 | Earth from Space | 3 | GK |
| FOR 318 | Forest Pathology | 3 | |
| FOR 402 | Forest Entomology | 3 | |
| FS 201 | Introduction to Food Science | 3 | |
| FS 221 | Discover: Chocolate, Coffee and Tea | 3 | |
| FS 222 | Discover: Conventional, Organic and Genetically Engineered Foods | 3 | |
| FS 301 | Introduction to Human Nutrition | 3 | |
| FW 221 | Conservation of Natural Resources | 3 | GK, IP |
| GN 301 | Genetics in Human Affairs | 3 | IP |
| HON 292 | Honors Special Topics-Natural Sciences | 3 | |
| HS 200 | Home Horticulture | 3 | |
| HS 201 | The World of Horticulture: Principles and Practices | 3 | |
| HS 203 | Home Plant Propagation | 3 | |
| HS 204 | Home Landscape Maintenance | 3 | |
| HS 215 | Agricultural Genetics | 3 | |
| HS 303 | Ornamental Plant Identification I | 3 | |
| HS 304 | Ornamental Plant Identification II | 3 | |
| MB 200 | The Fourth Horseman: Plagues that Changed the World | 3 | IP |
| MB 210 | Phage Hunters | 3 | |
| MB 211 | Phage Genomics | 2 | |
| MEA 100 | Earth System Science: Exploring the Connections | 4 | GK, IP |
| MEA 101 | Geology I: Physical | 3 | |
| MEA 110 | Geology I Laboratory | 1 | |
| MEA 130 | Introduction to Weather and Climate | 3 | |
| MEA 135 | Introduction to Weather and Climate Laboratory | 1 | |
| MEA 150 | Environmental Issues in Water Resources | 4 | |
| MEA 200 | Introduction to Oceanography | 3 | |
| MEA 202 | Geology II: Historical | 3 | |
| MEA 210 | Oceanography Lab | 1 | |
| MEA 211 | Geology II Laboratory | 1 | |
| MEA 220 | Marine Biology | 3 | |
| MEA 240 | The Planets of Our Solar System | 3 | |
| MEA 250 | Introduction to Coastal Environments | 3 | |
| NE 290 | Introduction to Health Physics | 3 | IP |
| NE 291 | Introduction to Health Physics Laboratory | 1 | IP |
| NSGK 295 | Natural Sciences and Global Knowledge Special Topics | 3 | GK |
| NTR 301 | Introduction to Human Nutrition | 3 | |
| PB 200 | Plant Life | 4 | |
| PB 205 | Our Green World | 3 | |
| PB 220 | Local Flora | 3 | |
| PB 277 | Space Biology | 3 | |
| PO 201 | Poultry Science and Production | 3 | |
| PO 201A | Poultry Science and Production | 3 | |
| PO 202 | Poultry Science and Production Laboratory | 1 | |
| PO 202A | Poultry Science and Production Laboratory | 1 | |
| PP 222 | Kingdom of Fungi | 3 | |
| PP 318 | Forest Pathology | 3 | |
| PY 123 | Stellar and Galactic Astronomy | 3 | |
| PY 124 | Solar System Astronomy | 3 | |
| PY 125 | Astronomy Laboratory | 1 | |
| PY 131 | Conceptual Physics | 4 | |
| PY 205 | Physics for Engineers and Scientists I | 3 | |
| PY 206 | Physics for Engineers and Scientists I Laboratory | 1 | |
| PY 208 | Physics for Engineers and Scientists II | 3 | |
| PY 209 | Physics for Engineers and Scientists II Laboratory | 1 | |
| PY 211 | College Physics I | 4 | |
| PY 212 | College Physics II | 4 | |
| SMT 202 | Anatomy and Properties of Renewable Materials | 3 | |
| SSC 200 | Soil Science | 3 | |
| SSC 201 | Soil Science Laboratory | 1 | |
| TMS 211 | Introduction to Fiber Science | 3 | |
| TOX 201 | Poisons, People and the Environment | 3 |