Technology, Mathematics, and Sciences (STEM)
Orienting Question: How do I ask scientific questions or use data, mathematics, or technology to understand the universe?
Career-Ready Competencies: Inquiry and Analysis, Problem-Solving, Teamwork
USG Core Learning Outcome: Students will use the scientific method and laboratory procedures or mathematical and computational methods to analyze data, solve problems, and explain natural phenomena.
GCSU Core Learning Outcomes:
- Students will be able to use technology to facilitate problem-solving.
- Students will be able to use critical observation and analysis to model and/or predict natural phenomena.
- Students will be able to evaluate mathematical and/or quantitatively based arguments.
Additional Information about this Area:
- Students majoring in the sciences or health professions should consult the Field of Study requirements for their major to ensure that they complete core coursework that will also fulfill major course prerequisites.
- Students may not receive credit in the core for both a Principles course and a course with a lower number in the same discipline (i.e., BIOL 1100 and BIOL 1107).
Required Coursework:
Satisfactorily complete one three-hour science course and its accompanying one-hour laboratory course from Group 1, and seven additional credit hours of Science, Mathematics, and/or Technology courses from Group 2.
Group 1
Group 2