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GENERAL SCIENCE
GGS104 Physical Science
4 credits (3 lec, 3 lab hrs/wk)
This course provides an overview of the essential ideas in physics with an emphasis on the laws of motion, work, and energy, heat and temperature. The topics are presented through an activity-based learning pedagogy.
Prerequisites: MTH70 and WR90 with a “C” or better.
GS105 Physical Science
4 credits (3 lec, 3 lab hrs/wk)
GS105 is an introduction to chemistry
for non-science majors. The course material covers atomic structure and
theory, compounds, chemical bonds, states of matter, solution chemistry,
chemical reactions and selected topics
in organic and biochemistry.
Prerequisites: MTH70 or MTH80 and WR90 with a “C” or better.
GS106 Introduction to Earth Science
4 credits (3 lec, 3 lab hrs/wk)
Introduces various branches of earth
science. Includes basic terminology,
fundamental processes and respective interrelationships. Discusses rock and mineral formation, plate tectonic theory, volcanism, earthquakes, surficial
processes, and geological time. Includes
laboratory component. Credit cannot be earned for this course and G221.
GS107 Astronomy
4 credits (3 lec, 3 lab hrs/wk)
A descriptive treatment of the solar
system, stars, stellar evolution, galaxies, and cosmology. The results of current space missions are emphasized. Recent discoveries in stellar astronomy will
be discussed.
Prerequisite: MTH70 with a “C” or better.
GS108 Oceanography
4 credits (3 lec, 3 lab hrs/wk)
Studies the ocean and its phenomena. Discusses the chemical, biological,
geological, and physical nature of the oceans, the ocean floor, and shoreline. The course also includes sedimentation, volcanism, plate tectonics, and other
geological aspects of the oceans.
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