Natural Systems and Processes (NSP)
(minimum of 6 credits)
Students must complete a minimum of two NSP 3-credit courses. At least one of the courses taken in this area must have a laboratory component. Note: Non-approved LASC lab (NLL) courses do not meet the requirement for a LASC NSP course.
Courses in this area:
- Study physical and natural systems and processes.
- Apply scientific models, theories, and technology to problems facing society.
- Have an analytical and/or quantitative component and include interpretation, communication and/or presentation of data and results.
- Compare and contrast various modes of scientific inquiry.
- Place scientific inquiry within its historical and contemporary contexts.
- Use and reflect on the scientific method of investigation.
- Address the strengths and limitations of scientific inquiry in human understanding.
- Encourage students to become scientifically literate citizens and be able to evaluate scientific information.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| BI-101 | Concepts of Biology | 4 |
| BI-103 | The Human Animal | 3 |
| BI-104 | The Human Animal Laboratory | 1 |
| BI-109 | Writing in the Natural Sciences | 3 |
| BI-111 | Social Biology | 3 |
| BI-112 | Diseases and Mankind | 3 |
| BI-114 | Plants and Human Affairs | 3 |
| BI-116 | Animal Biology | 4 |
| BI-117 | Humans and the Environment | 4 |
| BI-118 | Dinosaurs | 4 |
| BI-125 | Women in Science | 3 |
| BI-130 | Field Biology | 4 |
| BI-140 | Introduction to Organismal Biology | 4 |
| BI-141 | Intro to Cellular and Molecular Biology | 4 |
| BI-162 | Human Anatomy and Physiology II | 4 |
| BI-206 | Medical Microbiology | 4 |
| BI-271 | Basic Kinesiology | 3 |
| BT-101 | Introduction to Forensic Sciences | 4 |
| CD-110 | Anatomy and Physiology of Speech And Hearing | 3 |
| CD-230 | Neuroscience for Communication Sciences and Disorders | 3 |
| CH-106 | Paper Or Plastics? | 3 |
| CH-112 | Survey of Chemistry | 4 |
| CH-215 | Science of Stuff | 4 |
| CH-250 | Instrumental Technology for Forensic Analysis | 4 |
| EV-110 | Meteorology | 3 |
| EV-120 | Integrated Environmental Science for Educators | 4 |
| EV-130 | Environmental Problems and Solutions | 3 |
| EV-150 | Environmental Science | 3 |
| EV-218 | Introduction to Remote Sensing | 3 |
| EV-220 | Energy and the Environment | 3 |
| EV-348 | Fundamentals of Earth Data Analytics | 4 |
| GS-101 | Physical Geography | 3 |
| GS-110 | Meteorology | 3 |
| GS-140 | Physical Geology | 4 |
| GS-165 | Geographic Information Systems I | 4 |
| GS-180 | Field Geoscience | 1-4 |
| GS-218 | Introduction to Remote Sensing | 3 |
| GS-225 | Oceanography | 3 |
| GS-270 | Sediments and Soils | 3 |
| GS-348 | Fundamentals of Earth Data Analytics | 4 |
| HC-203 | Introduction to Epidemiology | 3 |
| HE-270 | Psychopharmacology | 3 |
| HI-332 | American Environmental History | 3 |
| HI-334 | Environmental Crisis and Management in China | 3 |
| PB-200 | Introduction to Psychobiology | 4 |
| PH-200 | Knowledge and Reality | 3 |
| PH-220 | Philosophy of Mind | 3 |
| PH-237 | Philosophy of Space and Time | 3 |
| PO-311 | Environmental Politics and Policy | 3 |
| PO-334 | Environmental Crisis and Management in China | 3 |
| PS-230 | Brain and Behavior | 3 |
| PS-270 | Psychopharmacology | 3 |
| PS-280 | Sensation and Perception | 3 |
| PY-101 | Introduction to Astronomy | 3 |
| PY-105 | How Stuff Works (concepts in Physics) | 3 |
| PY-110 | Astrophotography | 3 |
| PY-114 | Physics of Waves | 3 |
| PY-217 | General Astronomy | 3 |
| PY-220 | Energy and the Environment | 3 |
| PY-221 | General Physics I | 4 |
| PY-222 | General Physics II | 4 |
| PY-241 | Physics I (Mechanics) | 4 |
| PY-242 | Physics II ( Electricity, Magnetism and Optics ) | 4 |
| PY-250 | Observational Astronomy | 3 |