Prerequisites: (ENC 0025 and REA 0017 and MAT 0028) or (EAP 1695 and MAT 0028) or (satisfactory score on the SPC placement test.) This course is designed to allow the student an opportunity to investigate current biological issues of importance to society through lecture and discussion. Issues may include, but are not limited to, methods of science, ethical issues in science, biological impact of environmental change, genes and genomes, biodiversity and evolution, populations, ecology and conservation of species and natural habitats, sociobiology, reproductive strategies, and the biological basis of cancer, AIDS and other diseases. 47 contact hours.

Prerequisites: (ENC 0025 and REA 0017 and MAT 0028) or (EAP 1695 and MAT 0028). Earth Science is designed to acquaint the student with the integrating principles and theories of the Earth Sciences and with the practice of the scientific method. The student is afforded the opportunity to be exposed to useful knowledge in selected areas of Earth Science. 47 contact hours.

Prerequisites: (ENC 0025 and REA 0017 and MAT 0028) or (EAP 1695 and MAT 0028). This course applies the basic principles of ecology to relevant problems and topics related to the environmental interaction of humans with the earth. The course is designed to highlight current environmental concerns in modern society and to explore potential solutions exemplified by the presentation of specific case histories. This course will also cover sustainability definitions, assessment and actions from a multidisciplinary perspective to help learners create a personal definition that will inform their actions. The course will examine the environmental, economic, and social dimensions of sustainability. Sustainability principles, policies, and programs will be explored on the local, national and global level. This class will teach students how to understand the complex confluence of social systems, environmental economics and ecological literacy. 47 contact hours.

Prerequisites: (ENC 0025 and REA 0017 and MAT 0028) or (EAP 1695 and MAT 0028) or (satisfactory score on the SPC placement test.) This course is designed to allow the student an opportunity to investigate current biological issues of importance to society through lecture and discussion. Issues may include, but are not limited to, methods of science, ethical issues in science, biological impact of environmental change, genes and genomes, biodiversity and evolution, populations, ecology and conservation of species and natural habitats, sociobiology, reproductive strategies, and the biological basis of cancer, AIDS and other diseases. 47 contact hours.

Prerequisites: (ENC 0025 and REA 0017 and MAT 0028) or (EAP 1695 and MAT 0028). Earth Science is designed to acquaint the student with the integrating principles and theories of the Earth Sciences and with the practice of the scientific method. The student is afforded the opportunity to be exposed to useful knowledge in selected areas of Earth Science. 47 contact hours.

Prerequisites: (ENC 0025 and REA 0017 and MAT 0028) or (EAP 1695 and MAT 0028). Earth Science is designed to acquaint the student with the integrating principles and theories of the Earth Sciences and with the practice of the scientific method. The student is afforded the opportunity to be exposed to useful knowledge in selected areas of Earth Science. 47 contact hours.

Prerequisites: (ENC 0025 and REA 0017 and MAT 0028) or (EAP 1695 and MAT 0028). This course applies the basic principles of ecology to relevant problems and topics related to the environmental interaction of humans with the earth. The course is designed to highlight current environmental concerns in modern society and to explore potential solutions exemplified by the presentation of specific case histories. This course will also cover sustainability definitions, assessment and actions from a multidisciplinary perspective to help learners create a personal definition that will inform their actions. The course will examine the environmental, economic, and social dimensions of sustainability. Sustainability principles, policies, and programs will be explored on the local, national and global level. This class will teach students how to understand the complex confluence of social systems, environmental economics and ecological literacy. 47 contact hours.

Prerequisite: (ENC 0025 and REA 0017) or EAP 1695, and MAT 0028, or passing scores on the SPC placement test. Biology of Marine Life is designed to provide the non-science major student with an understanding of basic biological principles using marine organisms as examples. The focus is on functional interactions at the cellular, organismal and community levels. The laboratory component will apply concepts through direct observations and experiments using the diversity of organisms in and from our local marine environment. (This course may not be taken for credit subsequent to receiving a grade of "C" or better in any course with a BSC prefix.) 77 contact hours.

Prerequisites: (ENC 0025 and REA 0017 and MAT 0028) or (EAP 1695 and MAT 0028). This course is a study of the ocean and a survey of basic principles and procedures of physical, biological, chemical and geological oceanography. 47 contact hours.