Courses in the Scientific Inquiry domain are designed to provide students with an opportunity to learn the methods of modern science and its impact in understanding the world around us. Courses are designed to help students develop a more complete perspective about science and the scientific process, including: an understanding of the major principles guiding modern scientific thought; a comprehension of the varying approaches and aspects of science; an appreciation of the connection among the sciences and the fundamental role of mathematics in practicing science; an awareness of the roles and limitations of theories and models in interpreting, understanding, and predicting natural phenomena; and a realization of how these theories and models change or are supplanted as our knowledge increases.
The Mathematical and Technological Literacy sequence (or test placement out of one or both courses) is a prerequisite for all courses in the Scientific Inquiry domain. Generally, students complete three Scientific Inquiry courses; one with a laboratory component, one with a quantitative component, and a Scientific Inquiry elective course. Courses listed as Laboratory/Quantitative may fulfill either the laboratory or quantitative requirement, but not both. Since students who complete ISP 120 and ISP 121 for their Mathematical and Technological Literacy requirement may reduce by one the number of Domain Area requirements, be advised that if the course reduction is taken from the SI Domain Area, the student must still complete the laboratory requirement.
Students may use the full year-long sequences in biology (BIO 101, 102, and 103) , chemistry (CHE 111, 113, and 115 OR CHE 171, 173, or 175), or physics (PHY 150, 151, and 152 OR PHY 155 and 156) to fulfill this requirement. Otherwise, at most two courses can come from the same department or program.
SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY: LABORATORY/QUANTITATIVE
ART
ART 223 Light, Color, and Photography
ART 295 Art and Geometry
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
BIO 101 General Biology I
BIO 102 General Biology II
BIO 161 Infectious Diseases and Immunity with Lab
BIO 166 Intro to Plant Biology with Lab
BIO 256 Principles of Biology
BIO 257 Avian Biology and Behavior
BIO 258 The Sun in the Church: Solar Observations from Rome to the
Renaissance
CHEMISTRY
CHE 111 General and Analytical Chemistry I
CHE 113 General and Analytical Chemistry II
CHE 115 General and Analytical Chemistry III
CHE 131 General Chemistry I
CHE 133 General Chemistry II
COMPUTER GRAPHICS AND ANIMATION
GPH 259 Design Geometry
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
ENV 102 Introduction to Environmental Science
ENV 115 Environmental Geology
ENV 224 The Environment of the Chicago River Watershed
ENV 270 Tropical Biology and Conservation
PHYSICS
PHY 110 Basic Electronics
PHY 150 General Physics I
PHY 151 General Physics II
PHY 152 General Physics III
PHY 155 General Physics I
PHY 156 General Physics II
PHY 170 University Physics I
PHY 171 University Physics II
PHY 172 University Physics III
PHY 206 Sound and Acoustics
PHY 223 Light, Color, and Photography
PHY 232 Introduction to Digital Electronics
SCIENTIFIC DATA ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION
SDV 230 Introduction to Earth and Space Science
SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY: LABORATORY
ANTHROPOLOGY
ANT 120 The Science of Archaeology
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
BIO 103 General Biology III
BIO 155 Introduction to Biology
BIO 156 Food: Fuel for Life
BIO 160 Marine Biology
BIO 202 Mammalian Physiology
BIO 239 The Brain: Biology and Behavior
CHEMISTRY
CHE 101 Exploring Matter
CHE 103 Environmental Chemistry
CHE 105 Exploring Nutrients/Science of Nutrition
CHE 107 Proteins and their Genes
CHE 109 Forensic Chemistry
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ENV 117 The Earth Through Time
NURSING
NSG 230 Women’s Health: The Physical Self
PHYSICS
PHY 114 Exploring Other Worlds
PHY 200 Light and Atoms
WOMEN’S AND GENDER STUDIES
WMS 230 Women’s Health: The Physical Self
SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY: QUANTITATIVE
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
BIO 203 Inheritance in Humans
BIO 204 Vertebrates: Diversity and Evolution
BIO 212 Medical Tests and Trials
BIO 224 How the Human Body Works
CHEMISTRY
CHE 102 Atoms and Molecules
CHE 104 Chemicals, Drugs and Living Systems
CHE 106 Geochemistry
COMPUTER SCIENCE
CSC 231 Basic Computation for Biology
CSC 239 Personal Computing
CSC 250 Computers and Human Intelligence
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
ENV 101 Introduction to Environmental Science
GEOGRAPHY
GEO 225 Introduction to Weather and Climate
GEO 241 Computer Cartography
GEO 242 Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
GEO 243 Remote Sensing
HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION
HCI 201 Multimedia and the World Wide Web
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
IT 223 Data Analysis
MATHEMATICS
MAT 147 Calculus with Integrated Precalculus I
MAT 148 Calculus with Integrated Precalculus II
MAT 149 Calculus with Integrated Precalculus III
MAT 150 Calculus
MAT 151 Calculus II
MAT 152 Calculus III
MAT 160 Calculus for Mathematics and Science Majors I
MAT 161 Calculus for Mathematics and Science Majors II
MAT 162 Calculus for Mathematics and Science Majors III
MAT 170 ProMath Calculus for Mathematics and Science Majors I
MAT 171 ProMath Calculus for Mathematics and Science Majors II
MAT 172 ProMath Calculus for Mathematics and Science Majors III
NURSING
NSG 200 Health and Nutrition
PHYSICS
PHY 120 How Things Work
PHY 225 Introduction to Weather and Climate
PSY 236 The Science of Digital Audio
PSYCHOLOGY
PSY 241 Research Methods I
SOCIOLOGY
SOC 224 Introduction to Statistical Reasoning
SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY: ELECTIVE
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
BIO 115 Introduction to Biology
BIO 118 Marine Biology
BIO 121 Infectious Diseases and Immunity
BIO 122 Introduction to Paleobiology
BIO 206 Brain and Behavior
BIO 208 Stress, Hormones, and the Nervous System
CHEMISTRY
CHE 100 Our Chemical World
COMPUTER SCIENCE
CSC 200 Survey of Computing
CSC 210 Introduction to Computing
CSC 211 Programming in Java I
CSC 212 Programming in Java II
CSC 233 Codes and Ciphers
CSC 235 Problem Solving
CSC 261 Programming Languages I: C/C++
CSC 262 Programming Languages II: C/C++
E-COMMERCE TECHNOLOGY
ECT 250 Survey of e-commerce Technology
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
ENV 116 Geology of the Environment
ENV 200 Cities and the Environment
ENV 202 Resources, Population and the Environment
ENV 204 Energy and the Environment
GEOGRAPHY
GEO 101 Earth’s Physical Landscape
GEO 210 Environmental Conservation
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
IT 130 The Internet and the Web
IT 236 User Interface Development
IT 240 Introduction to Desktop Databases
IT 263 Applied Networks and Security
PHYSICS
PHY 104 The Sun and its Planets
PHY 204 Frontiers of the Universe
PHY 205 Einstein’s Peculiar Ideas
PHY 220 The Dynamic Ocean
TELECOMMUNICATION AND DATA SYSTEMS
TDC 361 Basic Communication Systems
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