Mathematics and Natural Sciences (MNS)

Mathematics and Natural Sciences (MNS)

Students are required to take three courses from this distribution category, one of which must be a laboratory science. Laboratory science courses may consist of single 3, 4, or 5 credit hour courses that encompass a laboratory component, or coupled courses in which the lecture and laboratory components are listed as separate courses. In the latter case, credit for the AXLE laboratory component requirement will only be granted when a student has completed both the laboratory component and its corresponding lecture course.

Courses in mathematics emphasize quantitative reasoning and prepare students to describe, manipulate, and evaluate complex or abstract ideas or arguments with precision. Skills in mathematical and quantitative reasoning provide essential foundations for the study of natural and social sciences. Students are generally introduced to mathematical reasoning through the study of introductory courses in calculus or probability and statistics. Courses in the natural sciences engage students in hypothesis-driven quantitative reasoning that enables explanations of natural phenomena, the roles of testing and replication of experimental results, and the processes through which scientific hypotheses and theories are developed, modified, or abandoned.

Laboratory science courses engage students in methods of experimental testing of hypotheses and analysis of data that are the hallmarks of the natural sciences. Natural science courses prepare students to understand the complex interactions between science, technology, and society; teach students to apply scientific principles to everyday experience; and develop the capacity to distinguish between science and what masquerades as science.

ANTHROPOLOGY

ANTH 1301 Introduction to Biological Anthropology [MNS]
ANTH 3261 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing [MNS]
ANTH 3344 Genetic Anthropology Lab Techniques [MNS]
ANTH 3372 Human Osteology [MNS]
ANTH 3866 Archaeological Excavation [MNS]
ANTH 4345 Human Evolutionary Genetics [MNS]
ANTH 4373 Health and Disease in Ancient Populations [MNS]

ASTRONOMY

ASTR 1010 Introductory Astronomy: Stars and Galaxies [MNS]
ASTR 1210 Introduction to Observational Astronomy [MNS]
ASTR 2110 The Solar System [MNS]
ASTR 3000 Principles of Astrophysics [MNS]
ASTR 3600 Stellar Astrophysics [MNS]
ASTR 3700 Galactic Astrophysics [MNS]
ASTR 3800 Structure Formation in the Universe [MNS]
ASTR 3900 General Relativity and Cosmology [MNS]

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

BSCI 1100 Biology Today [MNS]
BSCI 1103 Green Earth: The Biodiversity and Evolution of Plants [MNS]
BSCI 1105 Human Biology [MNS]
BSCI 1510 Introduction to Biological Sciences [MNS]
BSCI 1511 Introduction to Biological Sciences [MNS]
BSCI 2201 Introduction to Cell Biology [MNS]
BSCI 2205 Evolution [MNS]
BSCI 2210 Principles of Genetics [MNS]
BSCI 2218 Introduction to Plant Biology [MNS]
BSCI 2219 Introduction to Zoology [MNS]
BSCI 2238 Ecology [MNS]
BSCI 2520 Biochemistry [MNS]
BSCI 3230 Biological Clocks [MNS]
BSCI 3233 Conservation Biology [MNS]
BSCI 3234 Microbiology [MNS]
BSCI 3236 Parasitology [MNS]
BSCI 3239 Behavioral Ecology [MNS]
BSCI 3243 Genetics of Disease [MNS]
BSCI 3245 Biology of Cancer [MNS]
BSCI 3247 Molecular Evolution [MNS]
BSCI 3252 Cellular Neurobiology [MNS]
BSCI 3254 Neurobiology of Behavior [MNS]
BSCI 3256 Molecules of the Brain [MNS]
BSCI 3270 Statistical Methods in Biology [MNS]
BSCI 3272 Genome Science [MNS]
BSCI 3890 Special Topics in Biological Sciences [MNS]
BSCI 4265 Nucleic Acid Transactions [MNS]
BSCI 4266 Advanced Molecular Genetics [MNS]

CHEMISTRY

CHEM 1010 Introductory Chemistry [MNS]
CHEM 1020 Introductory Chemistry [MNS]
CHEM 1601 General Chemistry [MNS]
CHEM 1602 General Chemistry [MNS]
CHEM 2100 Introduction to Analytical Chemistry [MNS]
CHEM 2211 Organic Chemistry for Advanced Placement Students [MNS]
CHEM 2212 Organic Chemistry for Advanced Placement Students [MNS]
CHEM 2221 Organic Chemistry [MNS]
CHEM 2222 Organic Chemistry [MNS]
CHEM 2610 Introduction to Nanochemistry [MNS]
CHEM 3010 Inorganic Chemistry [MNS]
CHEM 3020 Introduction to Bioinorganic Chemistry [MNS]
CHEM 3120 Instrumental Analytical Chemistry [MNS]
CHEM 3135W Forensic Analytical Chemistry [MNS]
CHEM 3220 Spectroscopic Identification of Organic Compounds [MNS]
CHEM 3300 Physical Chemistry: Quantum Mechanics, Spectroscopy, and Kinetics [MNS]
CHEM 3310 Biophysical Chemistry: Thermodynamics in Chemical and Biological Systems [MNS]
CHEM 3630 Macromolecular Chemistry: Polymers, Dendrimers, and Surface Modifications [MNS]
CHEM 3710 Bioorganic Chemistry [MNS]
CHEM 4050 Introduction to Organometallic Chemistry [MNS]
CHEM 4210 Organic Chemistry Structure and Mechanism [MNS]
CHEM 4230 Physical Organic Chemistry [MNS]
CHEM 4240 Advanced Organic Reactions [MNS]
CHEM 4720 Drug Design and Development [MNS]

EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

EES 1030 Oceanography [MNS]
EES 1070 Volcanoes: Impacts on Earth and Society [MNS]
EES 1140 Ecology, Evolution, and Climates through Time [MNS]
EES 1400 Iceland's Geology [MNS]
EES 1510 The Dynamic Earth: Introduction to Geological Sciences [MNS]
EES 2110 Global Climate Change [MNS]
EES 2510 Earth Systems through Time [MNS]
EES 3220 Life Through Time [MNS]
EES 3250 Earth Materials [MNS]
EES 3260 Petrology [MNS]
EES 3330 Sedimentology [MNS]
EES 3340 Structural Geology and Rock Mechanics [MNS]
EES 3865 Field Investigations [MNS]
EES 4420 Geomorphology [MNS]
EES 4550 Transport Processes in Earth and Environmental Systems [MNS]
EES 4600 Geochemistry [MNS]
EES 4680 Paleoclimates [MNS]
EES 4750 Sustainable Systems Science [MNS]
EES 4760 Agent- and Individual-Based Computational Modeling [MNS]
EES 4820 Paleoecological Methods [MNS]
EES 4830 Volcanic Processes [MNS]

HONORS

HONS 1850W College Honors Seminar in Mathematics and Natural Science [MNS]

MATHEMATICS

MATH 1011 Probability and Statistical Inference [MNS]
MATH 1100 Survey of Calculus [MNS]
MATH 1200 Single-Variable Calculus I [MNS]
MATH 1201 Single-Variable Calculus II [MNS]
MATH 1300 Accelerated Single-Variable Calculus I [MNS]
MATH 1301 Accelerated Single-Variable Calculus II [MNS]
MATH 2200 Single-Variable Calculus III [MNS]
MATH 2300 Multivariable Calculus [MNS]
MATH 2410 Methods of Linear Algebra [MNS]
MATH 2420 Methods of Ordinary Differential Equations [MNS]
MATH 2500 Multivariable Calculus and Linear Algebra [MNS]
MATH 2501 Multivariable Calculus and Linear Algebra [MNS]
MATH 2600 Linear Algebra [MNS]
MATH 2610 Ordinary Differential Equations [MNS]
MATH 2820 Introduction to Probability and Mathematical Statistics [MNS]
MATH 2821 Introduction to Applied Statistics [MNS]
MATH 3000 History of Mathematics [MNS]
MATH 3010 Intensive Problem Solving and Exposition [MNS]
MATH 3100 Introduction to Analysis [MNS]
MATH 3110 Complex Variables [MNS]
MATH 3120 Introduction to Partial Differential Equations [MNS]
MATH 3130 Fourier Analysis [MNS]
MATH 3165 Advanced Calculus [MNS]
MATH 3200 Introduction to Topology [MNS]
MATH 3210 Transformation Geometry [MNS]
MATH 3300 Abstract Algebra [MNS]
MATH 3310 Introduction to Mathematical Logic [MNS]
MATH 3320 Error-Correcting Codes and Cryptography [MNS]
MATH 3600 Advanced Engineering Mathematics [MNS]
MATH 3620 Introduction to Numerical Mathematics [MNS]
MATH 3630 Mathematical Modeling in Biology and Medicine [MNS]
MATH 3640 Probability [MNS]
MATH 3641 Mathematical Statistics [MNS]
MATH 3650 Introduction to Actuarial Mathematics [MNS]
MATH 3651 Actuarial Models [MNS]
MATH 3660 Mathematical Modeling in Economics [MNS]
MATH 3700 Discrete Mathematics [MNS]
MATH 3800 Theory of Numbers [MNS]
MATH 4110 Partial Differential Equations [MNS]
MATH 4200 Topology [MNS]
MATH 4201 Topology [MNS]
MATH 4220 Differentiable Manifolds [MNS]
MATH 4300 Modern Algebra [MNS]
MATH 4301 Modern Algebra [MNS]
MATH 4310 Set Theory [MNS]
MATH 4320 Lattice Theory and the Theory of Ordered Sets [MNS]
MATH 4600 Numerical Analysis [MNS]
MATH 4610 Methods of Mathematical Physics [MNS]
MATH 4620 Linear Optimization [MNS]
MATH 4630 Nonlinear Optimization [MNS]
MATH 4650 Financial Stochastic Processes [MNS]
MATH 4651 Evaluation of Actuarial Models [MNS]
MATH 4700 Combinatorics [MNS]
MATH 4710 Graph Theory [MNS]
MATH 6210 Differential Topology [MNS]

NEUROSCIENCE

NSC 2201 Neuroscience [MNS]
NSC 3235 Biological Basis of Mental Disorders [MNS]
NSC 3260 Psychopharmacology [MNS]
NSC 3269 Developmental Neuroscience [MNS]
NSC 3270 Computational Neuroscience [MNS]
NSC 3272 Structure and Function of the Cerebral Cortex [MNS]
NSC 3274 Neuroanatomy [MNS]
NSC 3891 Special Topics in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience [MNS]
NSC 3892 Special Topics in Systems and Integrative Neuroscience [MNS]
NSC 4961 Integrative Neuroscience [MNS]

philosophy

PHIL 1003 General Logic [MNS]
PHIL 3003 Formal Logic and Its Applications [MNS]

physics

PHYS 1010 Introductory Physics [MNS]
PHYS 1501 Introductory Physics for the Life Sciences I [MNS]
PHYS 1502 Introductory Physics for the Life Sciences II [MNS]
PHYS 1601 General Physics I [MNS]
PHYS 1602 General Physics II [MNS]
PHYS 1901 Principles of Physics I [MNS]
PHYS 1902 Principles of Physics II [MNS]
PHYS 2210 Classical and Modern Optics [MNS]
PHYS 2237 Computational Physics [MNS]
PHYS 2250 Concepts and Applications of Quantum Physics [MNS]
PHYS 2260 Modern Physics [MNS]
PHYS 2260W Modern Physics [MNS]
PHYS 2270 Classical Mechanics I [MNS]
PHYS 2271 Classical Mechanics II [MNS]
PHYS 2290 Electricity, Magnetism, and Electrodynamics I [MNS]
PHYS 2291 Electricity, Magnetism, and Electrodynamics II [MNS]
PHYS 2660 Experimental Nanoscale Fabrication and Characterization [MNS]
PHYS 3125 Health Physics [MNS]
PHYS 3200 Thermal and Statistical Physics [MNS]
PHYS 3207 Computational Thermal and Statistical Physics [MNS]
PHYS 3640 Physics of Condensed Matter [MNS]
PHYS 3645 Radiation Detectors and Measurements [MNS]
PHYS 3651 Advanced Quantum Mechanics I [MNS]
PHYS 3652 Advanced Quantum Mechanics II [MNS]
PHYS 3660 Introduction to Particle Physics [MNS]

psychology

PSY 2100 Quantitative Methods [MNS]
PSY 3700 Movement [MNS]
PSY 3750 Perception [MNS]
PSY 3760 Mind and Brain [MNS]
PSY 3775 Human Memory [MNS]
PSY 3780 The Visual System [MNS]
PSY 4720 Experimental Methods in Behavioral Neuroscience [MNS]