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Science

Science: SCI

Lower-Division Courses

Upper-Division Courses

SCI 360. Seminar on Recent Advances in Science.

Recent advances in the life, earth/space, and physical sciences. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: For certified teachers, a bachelor's degree or consent of instructor; for others, six semester hours of coursework in science, in the biological sciences, in one of the physical sciences, or in one of the earth/space sciences, or consent of instructor.

Topic 1: Life Science.
Topic 2: Earth Science.
Topic 3: Physical Science.

SCI 365. Physics by Inquiry.

Investigates two areas of natural sciences and technology: electric circuits, an engineered phenomenon, and optics, the interaction of light and vision, physical and biological natural phenomena. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Science 360 (Topic 4) and 365 may not both be counted.