General Science: Requirements and Sample Courses

1. Intermediate knowledge of:
   • Biology
   • General Biology
   • Biological Principles
   • Introduction to the Science of Living Organisms
   • Studying the Biological Sciences
   • Principles of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
   • Introduction to Structural Biology
   • General Microbiology
   • Cell Biology
   • Plant Biology
   • Zoology
   • Biochemistry
   • Anatomy and Physiology
   • Principles of Evolution
   • Biology of Conservation and Extinction
   • Chemistry
   • Physical Chemistry
   • Organic Chemistry
   • Inorganic Chemistry
   • Biochemistry
   • Frontiers of Chemical Science
   • Introduction to Chemical Analysis
   • Introduction to Quantum Chemistry
   • Marine Geochemistry
   • Physics
   • Foundations of Physics
   • Conceptual Physics
   • Introductory Mechanics and Relativity
   • Mechanics, Heat, and Sound
   • Heat, Thermodynamics, and Kinetics
   • Electricity and Magnetism
   • Quantum Mechanics
   • Quantum Theory of Atoms
   • Nuclear and Particle Physics
   • Biophysical Chemistry: Physical Principles and the Molecules of Life
   • Earth/space science
   • Earth and Life Through Time
   • Evolution of the Physical World
   • Historical Geology
   • Structure of Earth Materials
   • Introduction to Oceanography
   • Introduction to Marine Geochemistry
   • The Origin and Evolution of the Solar System
   • Solar and Planetary Astronomy
   • Observational Astronomy
   • Principles of Ecology
   • Environmental Earth Sciences
   • Biology of Conservation and Extinction
   • Global Climate Change: Past and Present
   • Related mathematics (such as statistics)
   • Introduction to Mathematical Analysis
   • Introduction to Functions and Calculus
   • Statistical Methods for Earth and Environmental Sciences
   • Statistical Theory and Application
   • Calculus, Series and Differential Equations
2. History and philosophy of science
• The Evolution of Scientific Thought
• Philosophy and the Scientific Revolution
• The Nature of Scientific Inquiry
• Science, Technology, and Contemporary Science
• Directed Reading in History of Science
• Topics in the History and Philosophy of Physics
• Physics in the Modern World
• 20th Century Concepts of Space, Time, and Matter
3. Methods of research in the sciences, including laboratory techniques and the use of computers
• Statistical Theory and Application
• Statistical Methods for Earth and Environmental Sciences
• Computer Science Fundamentals
• Electricity and Light Lab
• Basic Physics Lab
• General Chemistry Lab
• Analysis of Environmental Data
• Laboratory and Numerical Methods in Atmospheric Science