Natural Sciences (NS)

2 courses, minimum 3 credit hours per course. At least one of the courses must have a laboratory.

• AGNR 101 - Introduction to One Health: from Antimicrobial Resistance to Zika with a Side of Thousand Cankers 3 Credit Hours ¹
• ANTH 110 - Introduction to Biological Anthropology 3 Credit Hours ¹
• ANTH 117 - Honors: Introduction to Biological Anthropology 3 Credit Hours ¹
• ASTR 151 - A Journey through the Solar System Lecture 3 Credit Hours ¹
• ASTR 152 - Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology Lecture 3 Credit Hours ¹
• ASTR 153 - A Journey through the Solar System Lab 1 Credit Hours
• ASTR 154 - Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology Lab 1 Credit Hours
• ASTR 217 - Honors: Introductory Astronomy 4 Credit Hours
• ASTR 218 - Honors: Introductory Astronomy 4 Credit Hours
• BIOL 101 - Introduction to Biology: Cells, Genetics, and Physiology 4 Credit Hours
• BIOL 102 - Introduction to Biology: Biodiversity and Ecology 4 Credit Hours
• BIOL 104 - Biology in the Real World 4 Credit Hours
• BIOL 105 - Parasites, Pathogens, and Pandemics: Infectious Disease and Society 3 Credit Hours ¹
• BIOL 106 - The Living City 3 Credit Hours ¹
• BIOL 113 - Introductory Plant Biology I 3 Credit Hours ¹
• BIOL 114 - Introductory Plant Biology II 3 Credit Hours ¹
• BIOL 115 - Introductory Plant Biology Laboratory 2 Credit Hours (Counts as NS only when taken with BIOL 113 or BIOL 114 to create a lab science)
• BIOL 150 - Organismal and Ecological Biology 3 Credit Hours ¹
• BIOL 158 - Honors: Organismal and Ecological Biology 3 Credit Hours ¹
• BIOL 159 - Skills of Biological Investigation 2 Credit Hours (Counts as NS only when taken with BIOL 150, BIOL 158, BIOL 160, or BIOL 168 to create a lab science)
• BIOL 160 - Cellular and Molecular Biology 3 Credit Hours ¹
• BIOL 168 - Honors: Cellular and Molecular Biology 3 Credit Hours ¹
• CHEM 102 - Principles of Chemistry 3 Credit Hours (lecture, would satisfy lecture/lab with co-requisite CHEM 103 *)¹
• CHEM 103 - Principles of Chemistry Laboratory 1 Credit Hours (co-requisite lecture is CHEM 102 *)
• CHEM 112 - Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry 3 Credit Hours (lecture, would satisfy lecture/lab with co-requisite CHEM 113 *)¹
• CHEM 113 - Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry Laboratory 1 Credit Hours (corequisite lecture is CHEM 112 *)
• CHEM 122 - General Chemistry I 3 Credit Hours (lecture, would satisfy lecture/lab with co-requisite CHEM 123 *)¹
• CHEM 123 - General Chemistry I Laboratory 1 Credit Hours (corequisite lecture is CHEM 122 *)
• CHEM 128 - Honors: General Chemistry I 4 Credit Hours
• CHEM 132 - General Chemistry II 3 Credit Hours (lecture, would satisfy lecture/lab with corequisite CHEM 133 *)¹
• CHEM 133 - General Chemistry II Laboratory 1 Credit Hours (corequisite lecture is CHEM 132 *)
• CHEM 138 - Honors: General Chemistry II 4 Credit Hours
• EEB 205 - Theory and Methods in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 3 Credit Hours ¹
• EEB 330 - Field Botany 3 Credit Hours
• EEPS 100 - Earth, Environment, and People 3 Credit Hours ¹
• EEPS 101 - The Dynamic Earth 4 Credit Hours
• EEPS 102 - Earth, Life, and Time 4 Credit Hours
• EEPS 103 - The Earth’s Environments 4 Credit Hours
• EEPS 104 - Exploring the Planets 4 Credit Hours
• EEPS 107 - Honors: The Dynamic Earth 4 Credit Hours
• EEPS 108 - Honors: Earth, Life, and Time 4 Credit Hours
• EEPS 201 - Biodiversity: Past, Present, and Future 3 Credit Hours ¹
• EEPS 202 - Earth as an Ecosystem: Modern Problems and Solutions 3 Credit Hours ¹
• EEPS 202S - Earth as an Ecosystem: Modern Problems and Solutions 3 Credit Hours ¹
• EEPS 203 - Geology of National Parks 3 Credit Hours ¹
• EEPS 205 - Age of the Dinosaurs 3 Credit Hours ¹
• EEPS 207 - Honors: Age of the Dinosaurs 4 Credit Hours ¹
• EEPS 208 - Honors: Earth as an Ecosystem: Modern Problems and Solutions 4 Credit Hours ¹
• EEPS 210 - Astrobiology: Life, the Universe, and Everything 3 Credit Hours ¹
• EEPS 215 - Critical Minerals, Energy, and Society 3 Credit Hours ¹
• EEPS 221 - The Science and Cost of Energy 3 Credit Hours ¹
• EEPS 310 - Mineralogy 4 Credit Hours
• EF 151 - Physics for Engineers I 4 Credit Hours
• EF 152 - Physics for Engineers II 4 Credit Hours
• EF 157 - Honors: Physics for Engineers I 4 Credit Hours
• EF 158 - Honors: Physics for Engineers II 4 Credit Hours
• EPP 135 - Eaters of the Dead: Introduction to Forensic Entomology 3 Credit Hours ¹
• EPP 201 - Impact of Insects and Plant Diseases on Human Societies 3 Credit Hours ¹
• EPP 210 - Bugs: Bizarre, Beautiful, and Beneficial 3 Credit Hours ¹
• EPP 234 - Medicines and Drugs from Plants and Microbes 3 Credit Hours ¹
• ESS 110 - Energy for the World 3 Credit Hours ¹
• FDSC 100 - Science of Food 3 Credit Hours ¹
• FDSC 101 - Science of Food Ingredients 3 Credit Hours
• FWF 250 - Conservation 3 Credit Hours ¹
• GEOG 131 - Weather, Climate, and Climate Change 4 Credit Hours
• GEOG 132 - Landscapes and Environmental Change 4 Credit Hours
• GEOG 137 - Honors: Weather, Climate, and Climate Change 4 Credit Hours
• GEOG 138 - Honors: Landscapes and Environmental Change 4 Credit Hours
• GEOG 200 - Environmental Issues in National Parks 3 Credit Hours ¹
• GEOG 204 - Understanding Climate Change 3 Credit Hours ¹
• GEOG 331 - Natural Hazards 3 Credit Hours ¹
• MICR 210 - Allied Health Microbiology 3 Credit Hours
• MSE 120 - Impact of Materials on Society 3 Credit Hours ¹
• MSE 127 - Honors: Impact of Materials on Society 3 Credit Hours ¹
• NUTR 100 - Introductory Nutrition 3 Credit Hours ¹
• NUTR 272 - Functional Foods and Health 3 Credit Hours ¹
• NUTR 285 - Fundamentals of Human Lactation 3 Credit Hours ¹
• PHYS 101 - How Things Work I 3 Credit Hours ¹
• PHYS 102 - How Things Work II 3 Credit Hours ¹
• PHYS 135 - Introduction to Physics for Physical Science and Mathematics Majors I 4 Credit Hours
• PHYS 136 - Introduction to Physics for Physical Science and Mathematics Majors II 4 Credit Hours
• PHYS 137 - Honors: Fundamentals of Physics for Physics Majors I 5 Credit Hours
• PHYS 138 - Honors: Fundamentals of Physics for Physics Majors II 5 Credit Hours
• PHYS 161 - Elements of Physics for Architects and Interior Design Students 3 Credit Hours ¹
• PHYS 221 - Elements of Physics I 4 Credit Hours
• PHYS 222 - Elements of Physics II 4 Credit Hours
• PHYS 231 - Fundamentals of Physics: Electricity and Magnetism 3 Credit Hours
• PHYS 232 - Fundamentals of Physics: Wave Motion, Optics, and Modern Physics 4 Credit Hours
• PLSC 250 - World Food and Fiber Plant Production 3 Credit Hours ¹
• PLSC 333 - Plant Physiology and Nutrition 3 Credit Hours ¹

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  ¹ This is a non-lab course.