General Education Program

Master Syllabuses

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Area V - Natural Sciences (RS)

12 Hours
Select three courses (lecture and lab):
At least one must be WI (some section offerings are WI)

Area V courses emphasize scientific inquiry as a way to discover the natural world, and they explore fundamental issues of science and technology in human society.

Biology*

BIO 105-4 Introductory Biology: Food
BIO 106-4 Introductory Biology: Biodiversity
BIO 107-4 Introductory Biology: Disease

* Sequence substitution: BIO 111, 112, and 115.

Chemistry*

CHM 105-4 Chemistry of our World: Living Things
CHM 106-4 Chemistry of our World: Materials
CHM 107-4 Chemistry of our World: Energy and the Environment

* Sequence substitution: CHM 121,122, and 123; or CHM 102, ANT 201 and 202.

Geology*

GL 105-4 The Planet Earth
GL 106-4 The Evolving Earth
GL 107-4 The Earth and Human Affairs

* Sequence substitutions: GL 251/252, 253/254, and 255/256.

Physics*

PHY 105/115-4 Sounds and Colors
PHY 106/116-4 Planetary Astronomy
PHY 107/117-4 Stars, Galaxies and the Cosmos

* Sequence substitutions: PHY 111/101, 112/102, and 113/103 or PHY 240/200, 242/202, and 244/204.

Substitution: Honors course UH 203 for any one Area V course, but not for a program science requirement.

Additional Area V sequence substitutions: BIO 345, CHM 245 or 246, GL 345 and PHY 245 or 246; BIO 107, HPR 250, and HPR 251.