Science & Technology (GS)
Requirement: Two 3-credit hour courses.
GenEd Science & Technology courses present scientific process in context, helping students understand how scientific phenomena and/or technological change affects human life and the planet.
Science & Technology courses are intended to teach students how to:
- Understand and describe the scientific process;
- Understand the sequential nature of science and technology;
- Recognize, use and appreciate scientific or technological thinking for solving problems that are part of everyday life;
- Understand and communicate how technology encourages the process of discovery in science and related disciplines; and
- Retrieve, organize, and analyze data associated with a scientific or technological model.
Science & Technology Courses
Below, you will find a list of GenEd courses in this area.
Please be advised that GenEd offerings vary from semester to semester and that all GenEd courses will not be offered every semester. For the most current list of GenEd offerings, please consult the Class Schedule.
In addition, a single GenEd course may be offered by more than one department. GenEd courses offered by more than one department will have the same course number and the same course title. A student may not take the same course from multiple departments and earn credit toward graduation. However, if a student wishes to replace their grade in a GenEd course, they may replace the grade with any course bearing the same course number and the same course title regardless of department.
- Brain Matters
- Chemistry of Wine
- Cyberspace & Society
- Data Science
- Digital World 2020
- Disasters: Geology vs. Hollywood
- DNA: Friend or Foe
- Ethical Issues in Biomedical Science, Engineering and Technology
- Evolution & Extinctions
- Exploring the Cosmos
- Geology of the National Parks
- Green vs. Gray: Improving and Sustaining Urban Ecosystems
- How Things Work: The Physics of Everyday Life
- Nature Has No Reverse (Temple Japan campus only)
- Powering the Future
- Sustainable Design
- Sustainable Environments
- Technological Horizons: Information Technology in the 21st Century
- Technology Transformations
- The Bionic Human
- The Chemistry of Global Environmental Issues
- The Environment
- The Science of Sound
- Honors Bionic Human
- Honors Cyberspace & Society
- Honors Data Science
- Honors Sustainable Environments
- Honors: The Environment
Waiver: Students considering undergraduate degrees with scientific, engineering or technical components may satisfy the GenEd Science & Technology requirement through alternative coursework identified below.
A student will be waived from the GenEd Science & Technology requirement upon completion of any of the following two-course sequences:
- BOT 1111 — HORT 2114
- BIOL 1011 — BIOL 1012
- BIOL 1111 — BIOL 2112
- BIOL 1911 — BIOL 2912 (honors)
- CHEM 1021 & CHEM 1023 — CHEM 1022 & CHEM 1024
- CHEM 1031 & CHEM 1033 — CHEM 1032 & CHEM 1034
- CHEM 1951 & CHEM 1953 — CHEM 1952 & CHEM 1954 (honors)
- EES 1001 — EES 2011
- EES 1001 — EES 2021
- EES 1001 — EES 2022
- EES 1001 — EES 2061
- EES 2001 — EES 2011
- EES 2001 — EES 2021
- EES 2001 — EES 2022
- EES 2001 — EES 2061
- KINS 1221 — KINS 1222
- KINS 1223 — KINS 1224
- PHYS 1001 — PHYS 1004
- PHYS 1021 — PHYS 1022
- PHYS 1061 — PHYS 1062
- PHYS 2021 — PHYS 2022
- PHYS 2921 — PHYS 2922
Students who change their course of study prior to completing the second course of any of the specified two-course sequence may complete their GenEd Science & Technology requirement in two ways:
- One GenEd GS course and one course from either List I or List II
- One course from List I and one course from List II
List I
- BOT 1111
- BIOL 1011
- BIOL 1111
- BIOL 1911 (honors)
- CHEM 1021 & CHEM 1023
- CHEM 1031 & CHEM 1033
- CHEM 1951 & CHEM 1953 (honors)
- EES 1001
- EES 2001
- KINS 1221
- KINS 1223
- PHYS 1001
- PHYS 1021
- PHYS 1061
- PHYS 2021
- PHYS 2921
List II
- HORT 2114
- BIOL 1012
- BIOL 2112
- BIOL 2912 (honors)
- CHEM 1022 & CHEM 1024
- CHEM 1032 & CHEM 1034
- CHEM 1952 & CHEM 1954 (honors)
- EES 2011
- EES 2021
- EES 2022
- EES 2061
- KINS 1222
- KINS 1224
- PHYS 1004
- PHYS 1022
- PHYS 1062
- PHYS 2022
- PHYS 2922
Consult an academic advisor for more information.