General Education Core Areas

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CORE AREA II: NATURAL SCIENCE

(INCLUDING AT LEAST TWO COURSES, WHICH MUST BE FROM DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES. At least one course must include a laboratory component, denoted by [L]

(Students in the College of Arts and Sciences must take one three-hour course in the Biological Sciences [BOT, HES, MBIO or ZOO] and one three-hour course in the Physical Sciences [ASTR, CHEM, GEOG, GEOL, AGSC, GPHY, METR OR PHYS], including one laboratory component, in order to fulfill the University General Education Natural Sciences requirement.)

COURSES MARKED BY AN ASTERISK (*) AND WHOSE TITLES ARE ENCLOSED IN QUOTATION MARKS (“ “) HAVE BEEN APPROVED ONLY FOR THE SUBJECT MATTERS INDICATED.

-- July 9, 2008

Natural Science, Non-Lab
ASTR 1504 General Astronomy
BOT 1003 Contemporary Issues in Biology
CHEM 1613 General Chemistry for Non-Majors
GEOG *3890 "Quaternary Environment"
GEOG 4273 Regional Climatology
GEOG 4343 Climate, History & Society
GEOL 1003 Volcanoes & Earthquakes
GEOL 1013 Global Environmental Change
GEOL 1133 Gold, Silver and Gemstones
GEOL 1203 The Age of Dinosaurs
GEOL 3633 Introduction to Oceanography
GEOL *4970 “Strange and Unusual Geologic Theories and Phenomena”
GPHY 1104 Adventures in Geophysics
HES 1823 Scientific Principles of Health and Disease
HES 2823 Introductory Nutrition
INTL *2000 “Introduction to Physical Science”
INTL *3000 “Origin of Man”
LSTD 2423 Science as a Process
METR 2013 Introduction to Meteorology I
METR 2603 Severe & Unusual Weather
METR 2903 Global Climate Change and Societal Impacts
MBIO 1003 Contemporary Issues in Biology
MBIO 4864 Geomicrobiology
PHYS 1114 General Physics for Non-Science Majors
PHYS 1453 Musical Acoustics
PHYS 2414 Physics for Life Science Majors
PHYS 2514 Physics for Sciences and Engineering Majors
UNIV *1000 “Earth Systems of the Southern Plains”
UNIV *1000 “Introduction to Biology”
ZOO 1003 Contemporary Issues in Biology
ZOO 1114 Introductory Zoology
ZOO 1203 The Age of Dinosaurs

Natural Science, Laboratory Component
AGSC 2004 Evolution of the Earth System [L]
AGSC 2014 The Earth System [L]
ASTR 1514 General Astronomy with Lab [L]
BIOL 1134 Evolution, Ecology, and Diversity [L]
BOT 1005 Concepts in Biology [L]
BOT 1114 General Botany [L]
BOT 2404 Ecology and Environmental Quality [L]
CHEM 1315 General Chemistry [L]
CHEM 1415 General Chemistry II [L]
CHEM 1425 General Chemistry for Majors [L]
GEOG 1114 Physical Geography [L]
GEOL 1024 History of the Earth & Life[L]
GEOL 1104 The Dynamic Earth [L]
GEOL 1114 Physical Geology for Science and Engineering Majors [L]
MBIO 1005 Concepts in Biology [L]
MBIO 2815 Introduction to Microbiology [L]
METR 1014 Introduction to Weather and Climate [L]
METR 2011 Introduction to Meteorology I Laboratory [L]
PHYS 1205 Physics I for Science Majors [L]
PHYS 1311 General Physics Laboratory I [L]
PHYS 1321 General Physics Laboratory II [L]
ZOO 1005 Concepts in Biology [L]
ZOO 1121 Introductory Zoology Laboratory [L]
ZOO 2404 Ecology and Environmental Quality [L]

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