Natural Sciences Program
112 AW Smith Bldg
www.case.edu/artsci/natsci
Phone: 216.368.3989
Peter Whiting, Program Advisor
peter.whiting@case.edu
The Natural Sciences Program offers an interdepartmental major that leads to a Bachelor of Arts degree. It is intended to serve students who wish to acquire a broad background in the natural sciences while pursuing a separate major in the humanities, the social sciences, or the arts.
Undergraduate Programs
Major
Natural Sciences is available as a second major for the BA; the first major must be in a department or program within the arts, humanities, or social sciences, excluding the programs in Environmental Studies, Gerontological Studies, and Pre-Architecture. For a student who completes a BS degree in management or accounting, Natural Sciences may serve as the sole major for the BA degree.
The program requires a minimum of 50 semester hours of work in natural sciences and mathematics. The natural science departments included in the major are Astronomy; Biology; Chemistry; Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences; and Physics. The student must complete a minimum of 20 hours in one of these departments, a minimum of 8 hours each in two of the other departments, and 3 hours each in the remaining two departments. In addition, all Natural Sciences majors must complete:
One of the following sequences: | 8 | |
Math and Calculus Applications for Life, Managerial, and Social Sci I and Math and Calculus Applications for Life, Managerial, and Social Sci II | ||
Calculus for Science and Engineering I and Calculus for Science and Engineering II | ||
Total Units | 8 |
The courses used to satisfy the Natural Sciences major should be courses that would satisfy requirements of an existing science major. However, any 200-level or higher astronomy course is acceptable for the Natural Sciences major.
Minor
A minor is achieved through completion of the requirements listed below in any four of the six participating departments.
Astronomy
One of the following sequences: | 6 | |
Stars and Planets and Galaxies and Cosmology | ||
ASTR 101 | Introduction to the Sun and Its Planets (& any other 100-level ASTR course - 3 credits or more) | |
Total Units | 6 |
Biology
Two of the following sequences: | 8 | |
Genes, Evolution and Ecology and Genes, Evolution and Ecology Lab | ||
Cells and Proteins and Cells and Proteins Laboratory | ||
Development and Physiology and Development and Physiology Lab | ||
Total Units | 8 |
Chemistry
One of the following sequences: | 8-10 | |
Principles of Chemistry I and Principles of Chemistry II and Principles of Chemistry Laboratory | ||
Principles of Chemistry for Engineers and Principles of Chemistry Laboratory and Chemistry of Materials | ||
Total Units | 8-10 |
Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences
One of the following: | 1-3 | |
EEPS 101 | The Earth and Planets | |
EEPS 110 | Physical Geology | |
EEPS 115 | Introduction to Oceanography | |
EEPS 117 | Weather and Climate | |
EEPS 119 | Geology Laboratory | |
One additional EEPS course | 3 | |
Total Units | 4-6 |
Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, and Statistics
One of the following sequences: | 8 | |
Math and Calculus Applications for Life, Managerial, and Social Sci I and Math and Calculus Applications for Life, Managerial, and Social Sci II | ||
Calculus for Science and Engineering I and Calculus for Science and Engineering II | ||
Total Units | 8 |
Physics
One of the following sequences: | 8-11 | |
Introductory Physics I and Introductory Physics II | ||
General Physics I - Mechanics and General Physics II - Electricity and Magnetism and Introduction to Modern Physics | ||
Total Units | 8-11 |