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    1. Natural Sciences (six credits, a minimum of two semesters of lecture and one semester of laboratory) The objective of the study of the natural sciences component is to enable the student to understand, construct, and evaluate relationships in the natural sciences, and to enable the student to understand the bases for building and testing theories. The courses listed are for nonmajors; the major courses in the discipline may be substituted for the nonmajors sequence. One sequence selected from the following (only six credits apply toward the required 42):
      1. ASTR 1307 Elementary Astronomy of the Solar System [PHYS 1311] and
        ASTR 1308 Elementary Astronomy of Stars and Galaxies [PHYS 1312] and
        ASTR 1107 Astronomy Laboratory I [PHYS 1111] or
        ASTR 1108 Astronomy Laboratory II [PHYS 1112]
      2. BIOL 1303 Introductory Biology [BIOL 1308] and
        BIOL 1304 Human Biology [BIOL 1309] and
        BIOL 1103 Introductory Biology Laboratory [BIOL 1108] or
        BIOL 1104 Human Biology Laboratory [BIOL 1109] (nonmajor-track)1
      3. CHEM 1407 Introductory Chemistry [CHEM 1405] and
        CHEM 1408 Introductory Chemistry [CHEM 1407] (nonmajor-track)2
      4. GEOL 1303 Principles of Earth Sciences [GEOL 1301] and
        GEOL 1304 Principles of Earth Sciences [GEOL 1302]3
      5. PHYS 1403 General Physics I [PHYS 1401] and
        PHYS 1404 General Physics II [PHYS 1402]4
      6. SCI 1401 Explanatory Power of Science [TCCN applied for] and
        SCI 1402 Science in the Modern World [TCCN applied for]
    2. _____
      1 BIOL 1305 & 1107 & 1306 & 1108 [BIOL 1306, 1106, 1307, 1107] may be substituted for this sequence.
      2 CHEM 1305 & 1105 & 1306 & 1106 [CHEM 1311, 1111, 1312, 1112] may be substituted for this sequence.
      3 GEOL 1301 & 1101 & 1302 & 1102 [GEOL 1303, 1103, 1304, 1104] may be substituted for this sequence.
      4 PHYS 1120 & 2410 & 2411 [PHYS 2125, 2425, 2426] may be substituted for this sequence.

     

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