Broad Field Natural Science, Geoscience Concentration, BS

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Major Policies

A student must maintain a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0 in all courses taken to fulfill the major and concentration requirements. Any natural science or mathematics course in which the student received a grade below “CD” will not be accepted toward the major. Transfer students must take a minimum of 12 natural science credits that have either a BIO, CHEM, GEOS, NATS or PHYS prefix at Edgewood College.

Broad Field Natural Science Major Requirements

Required courses for the major

BIO 151 ESU - Ecology, Genetics, and Evolution Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
OR
BIO 181 ESU - Hnr: Ecology, Genetics, Evolution Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
BIO 152 S - General Biology:Cells & Molecules Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
OR
BIO 182 S - Hnr: Cells & Molecules Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
CHEM 120 S - General Chemistry I Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
AND
CHEM 121 S - General Chemistry II Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
GEOS 102 S - Intro to Earth Science Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
AND
GEOS 103 S - Oceans and Atmosphere Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
PHYS 130 S - General Physics I Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
AND
PHYS 131 S - General Physics II Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
NATS 250 PV - History & Philosophy of Science Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3

Concentration Requirements

Students must also take an additional 16 credits with a GEOS prefix or PHYS 150.

Course Number	Course Title	Credits

Mathematics

One of the following Mathematics courses:

MATH 114A M - Precalculus A: College Algebra Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
MATH 114B - Precalculus B: Trigonometry Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 2
MATH 231 M - Calculus I Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
A higher level Mathematics course