Degree Requirements

Natural Science Requirements

Students may satisfy this requirement with courses selected from the departments in the College of Natural Science listed below and/or from the following list of approved alternative courses. Candidates for the bachelor of arts degree must complete at least six credits. Candidates for the bachelor of science degree must complete a minimum of 15 credits.

College of Natural Science Departments

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Biological Science

Botany and Plant Pathology

Chemistry

Entomology

Geology

Human Anatomy (ANTR) (offered jointly by the College of Human Medicine and the College of Osteopathic Medicine )

Lyman Briggs School (exceptions noted below)

Mathematics (exceptions noted below)

Microbiology

Physics/Astronomy

Physiology

Statistics and Probability

Zoology  

Exceptions: The following courses may not be used to meet this requirement.

LBS

133, 246, 290, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, 355, 425, 470, 483, 490, 492, 493

MTH

Students pursuing a bachelor of arts degree may not apply MTH 1825, MTH 100E, MTH 103E, or MTH 290 to this requirement. Students pursuing a bachelor of science degree may not apply MTH 1825, MTH 100E, MTH 103, MTH 103E or MTH 290 to this requirement.

Courses used to fulfill the university mathematics requirement may not be counted toward this requirement.

NSC

All courses