General Studies Information
GENERAL STUDIES COURSES
V. NATURAL SCIENCES
(7 hours coursework from at least two Departments required; up to 15 hours count as
General Studies credit. At least one of the courses taken will have a laboratory
component.)
In addition to those objectives of all General Studies courses, students will:
- demonstrate the ability to apply the logical structure of scientific methodology in the
laboratory setting,
- demonstrate the ability to comprehend how scientific concepts originate, are validated
and refined,
- demonstrate the ability to use the specialized vocabulary needed to understand matter
and energy.
- Department of Biology
- BIOL 101GS, X-treme Biology - 3 hours
- BIOL 103GS, General Biology
(lab course) - 4 hours
- BIOL 105GS, Biology I (lab course) - 4 hours
- BIOL 106GS, Biology II (lab course) - 4 hours
- BIOL 109GS, Plants and Animals and their Environment
(lab course) - 4 hours
- BIOL 211GS, Human Micro-Biology (lab course)
- 4 hours
- BIOL 215GS, Human Physiology (lab course)
- 4 hours
- Department of Chemistry
- CHEM 145GS, Introductory Chemistry (lab course)
- 4 hours
- CHEM 150GS, Introduction to Organic and
Biochemistry (lab course) - 4 hours
- CHEM 160GS, General Chemistry - 3 hours
(see prerequisites) (with CHEM 160LGS
General Chemistry Lab - 1 hour) - 4 hours
- CHEM 161GS, General Chemistry - 3 hours (with
CHEM 161LGS General Chemistry Lab - 1 hour) - 4 hours
- Department of Geography and Earth Science
- GEOG 101GS, Physical Geography I: The
Atmosphere (lab course) - 4 hours
- GEOG 102GS, Physical Geography II: The
Lithosphere (lab course) - 4 hours
- GEOG 103GS, The Dynamic Planet: Hazards in the
Environment - 3 hours
- GEOG 207GS, Physical Geology - 3 hours
- GEOG 209GS, Meteorology - 3 hours
- Department of Physics
- PHYS 100GS, Physical Science (lab course)
- 4 hours
- PHYS 131H, Newton's Universe - 4 hours
- PHYS 132H, Einstein's Universe - 4 hours
- PHYS 201GS, Earth Science (lab course) - 4
hours
- PHYS 205GS, General Physics (lab course) -
5 hours
- PHYS 206GS, General Physics (lab course) -
5 hours
- PHYS 209GS, Meteorology - 3 hours
- PHYS 210GS, Astronomy - 3 hours
- PHYS 275GS, General Physics (lab course) -
5 hours
- PHYS 276GS, General Physics (lab course) -
5 hours
