Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025

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

ASTR 1000Intro to the Universe

3

ASTR 1000LIntro to the Universe Lab

1

BIOL 1100Biological Processes

3

BIOL 1100LBiological Processes Lab

1

BIOL 1107Principles of Biology I

3

BIOL 1107LPrinciples of Biology I Lab

1

BIOL 1120Biodiversity

3

BIOL 1120LBiodiversity Lab

1

CHEM 1151Survey of Chemistry I

3

CHEM 1151LSurvey of Chemistry Lab I

1

CHEM 1152Survey of Chemistry II

3

CHEM 1152LSurvey of Chemistry Lab II

1

CHEM 1211Principles of Chemistry I

3

CHEM 1211LPrinciples of Chemistry Lab I

1

CHEM 1212Principles of Chemistry II

3

CHEM 1212LPrinciples of Chemistry Lab II

1

ENSC 1000Intro to Environmental Science

3

ENSC 1000LIntro to Environ Science Lab

1

GEOG 1112Intro to Weather & Climate

3

GEOG 1112LIntro to Weather & Climate Lab

1

GEOG 1113Intro to Landforms

3

GEOG 1113LIntro to Landforms Lab

1

GEOL 1121Physical Geology

3

GEOL 1121LPhysical Geology Lab

1

GEOL 1122Historical Geology

3

GEOL 1122LHistorical Geology Lab

1

PHYS 1111Introductory Physics I

3

PHYS 1111LIntroductory Physics Lab I

1

PHYS 1112Introductory Physics II

3

PHYS 1112LIntroductory Physics Lab II

1

PHYS 2211Principles of Physics I

3

PHYS 2211LPrinciples of Physics Lab I

1

PHYS 2212Principles of Physics II

3

PHYS 2212LPrinciples of Physics Lab II

1

Total Credit Hours:4
 

Group 2

ASTR 1000Intro to the Universe

3

ASTR 1000LIntro to the Universe Lab

1

BIOL 1100Biological Processes

3

BIOL 1100LBiological Processes Lab

1

BIOL 1107Principles of Biology I

3

BIOL 1107LPrinciples of Biology I Lab

1

BIOL 1120Biodiversity

3

BIOL 1120LBiodiversity Lab

1

CHEM 1151Survey of Chemistry I

3

CHEM 1151LSurvey of Chemistry Lab I

1

CHEM 1152Survey of Chemistry II

3

CHEM 1152LSurvey of Chemistry Lab II

1

CHEM 1211Principles of Chemistry I

3

CHEM 1211LPrinciples of Chemistry Lab I

1

CHEM 1212Principles of Chemistry II

3

CHEM 1212LPrinciples of Chemistry Lab II

1

CSCI 1000Intro to Computer Sci & Appl

3

CSCI 1200Curr Topic in Comp & Info Tech

1

CSCI 1301Computer Science I

3

CSCI 1302Computer Science II

3

ENSC 1000Intro to Environmental Science

3

ENSC 1000LIntro to Environ Science Lab

1

ENSC 1050Sustainability and World Pop

3

GEOG 1112Intro to Weather & Climate

3

GEOG 1112LIntro to Weather & Climate Lab

1

GEOG 1113Intro to Landforms

3

GEOG 1113LIntro to Landforms Lab

1

GEOL 1121Physical Geology

3

GEOL 1121LPhysical Geology Lab

1

GEOL 1122Historical Geology

3

GEOL 1122LHistorical Geology Lab

1

GEOG 2100Intro to Geospatial Science

1

MATH 1112College Trigonometry

3

MATH 1113Precalculus

4

MATH 1260Survey of Calculus

3

MATH 1261Calculus I

4

MATH 1262Calculus II

4

MATH 1401Elementary Statistics

3

MATH 2400Intro to Mathematical Thought

3

PHYS 1111Introductory Physics I

3

PHYS 1111LIntroductory Physics Lab I

1

PHYS 1112Introductory Physics II

3

PHYS 1112LIntroductory Physics Lab II

1

PHYS 2211Principles of Physics I

3

PHYS 2211LPrinciples of Physics Lab I

1

PHYS 2212Principles of Physics II

3

PHYS 2212LPrinciples of Physics Lab II

1

Total Credit Hours:7