Science Major

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The science major provides a wide background in general sciencebiology, chemistry, earth science, physics, mathematics, computing, the impact of science and technology, and environmental science and conservation. The major offers a professional foundation for careers in science secondary school teaching.

Requirements

The Bachelor of Science degree with a major in science requires a minimum of 128 semester hours, including general education and biblical studies courses and the major courses.

General Education Requirements

Biblical Studies (12 credit hours)

Communication (9 credit hours)

Arts and Humanities (9 credit hours)

Choose 1 course from each of the following categories:

Philosophy

PHL 202 - Philosophical Inquiry

Fine Arts

Literature

Behavioral and Social Sciences (9 credit hours)

(only 6 of the 9 credits may be from the same course prefix category)

History

Choose at least 3, but not more than 6 credits from among any 100 or 200 level HIS courses.

Social Science

PSY 101 - General Psychology *Required for Science Majors*

Choose 100 or 200 level courses from the following categories:

ECO, GEO, GLS (except GLS 225 ), any GLS 300 Exploring World Cultures course, POL, PSY, SOC

Integrative Studies (6 credit hours)

*Please see the First-Year Integration (FYI) page for specific information about this required course.

Mathematics (3 credit hours)

Waived for Science Majors

Natural Science (8 credit hours)