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General Education 2003 – 2005

2003-2005 Catalog

Group III. Natural Sciences and Mathematical Disciplines

(Minimum credits: 11, including 3 in mathematical disciplines and 8 in natural sciences)

Students should experience science as a rational search for understanding the structure and behavior of the natural world, and should appreciate mathematics as a valuable tool of the sciences and as an intrinsically important way of thinking.


Mathematical Disciplines (3 credits)
Computer Science (COM S) 107, 207, 227
Mathematics (MATH) 104, 105, 150, 151, 160, 165, 166, 181, 182, 201, 265, 266, 267
Philosophy (PHIL) 207
Statistics (STAT) 101, 104
Natural Sciences (8 credits)
Agronomy (AGRON) 120, 206, 320, 402
Agricultural Systems Technology (AST) 120
Animal Ecology (A ECL) 130
Anthropology (ANTHR) 202, 307, 319, 424, 438X, 445X
Astronomy and Astrophysics (ASTRO) 120, 125L, 150, 250
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology (BBMB) 221
Biology (BIOL) 109, 123, 201, 201L, 202, 202L, 380X, 394
Botany (BOT) 102, 202, 304, 308, 340, 356, 403
Chemistry (CHEM) 160, 163, 163L, 164, 164L, 165, 167, 167L, 177, 177L, 178, 178L, 211, 211L, 231, 231L
Entomology (ENT) 201, 211, 370, 374
Environmental Science (ENSCI) 402, 403, 411, 475
Environmental Studies (ENV S) 101, 108, 120, 123, 324, 340
Food Science and Human Nutrition (FS HN) 101, 167
Forestry (FOR) 402
Genetics (GEN) 121X, 260, 308, 320
Geology (GEOL) 100, 100L, 101, 102, 102L, 108, 201, 306, 324, 402, 403, 411, 412, 451, 475
Iowa Lakeside Labs (IA LL) 301I, 302I, 304I, 312I, 326I, 367I, 371I
Liberal Arts and Sciences 395D
Meteorology (MTEOR) 206, 324
Microbiology (MICRO) 201, 201L, 302, 302L
Natural Resource Ecology and Management (NSEM) 120
Physics (PHYS) 101, 106, 111, 112, 198, 221, 222, 302
Plant Health and Protection (PL HP) 206
Psychology (PSYCH) 310
Zoology (ZOOL) 155, 156, 255, 255L, 256, 256L, 258, 492X