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Natural Sciences

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Phone 368-2928; Fax 368-4718
Joanne Westin

UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS

Major

The natural sciences major is an interdepartmental science program that leads to the Bachelor of Arts degree. It is intended to serve students whose interests and objectives call for a major in the humanities or social sciences that is accompanied by broad background in the natural sciences; e.g. history and philosophy of science and technology.

Natural sciences may be taken only as a second major. The student also must declare and complete a major in one of the humanities or social sciences, except for the program in gerontological studies.

The program requires a minimum of 50 semester hours of work in natural sciences and mathematics. The departments included in the major are astronomy, biology, chemistry, geological sciences, and physics. The student must complete a minimum of 20 hours in one of the departments, a minimum of 8 hours each in two other of these departments, and 3 hours each in the remaining two departments. In addition, all natural sciences majors must complete MATH 125 and 126 or higher-level courses in mathematics. The courses selected in each of these departments also must satisfy major or related course requirements for one or more of these departments.

Minor

A minor is achieved through completion of the requirements specified below for any four of the five departments listed.

Biology

BIOL 110 and 220, and one of the following courses: BIOL 111, 221.

Chemistry

Completion of one of the following sequences:

CHEM 105, 106, 113

or

CHEM 107, 108, 113

Geological Sciences

Completion of one of the following sequences:

GEOL 101, 102

or

GEOL 119 and one of the following courses: GEOL 110, 115

or

GEOL 114 and any 200 or 300-level course

Mathematics

Completion of one of the following sequences:

MATH 125, 126

or

MATH 121, 122

Physics

Completion of one of the following sequences:

PHYS 115, 116

or

PHYS 121, 122, 221




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