Here's a physical science gen ed option; this is best suited to students who are NOT planning on going into a technical/scientific major:
NRES100: Fundamentals of Environmental Science
(CRN is 57864) that meets in Allen Hall (Room 40) Mondays and Wednesdays from 2:00 to 3:15. It is a Physical Sciences Gen Ed.
Credit: 3 hours.
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for a
Physical Sciences course.
Introduction to environmental sciences and current environment issues. Topics include population growth, world food supplies, agriculture and the environment, biodiversity, fossil fuels and "green" energy issues, endangered and threatened species, water use, conservation and pollution, global warming, acid rain, ozone depletion, waste management and reduction, recycling, toxins and health, mineral resources, and environmental policies and regulations. Course addresses the complex relationships between the human race and the natural systems that contain our air, water, energy, and biotic and food resources. Credit cannot be earned in both NRES 100 and NRES 102.