2025-2026 Academic Catalog

Aug 04, 2025

2025-2026 Academic Catalog

Science, B.S.

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The Science program enables students to participate in quantitative and scientific decisions that influence the quality of contemporary life. The major requires students to take courses in biology, chemistry, mathematics, and physics to insure a breadth of exposure, while at the same time requiring a concentration in one of these areas at the upper-division level. A minor is required.

Disclaimer: The program requirements outlined in this catalog are applicable only to students who enroll in this degree program at the university during the academic year specified in this catalog. Please be aware that program requirements and offerings are subject to change in future academic years. Dual-enrolled students are not admitted to a degree program, but upon admission to a degree program, they will follow the degree requirements that align with their start term.

MCORE

(36 credits)

Social Discovery

Courses in this area will focus on the study of human behavior, its ethical and moral dimension, human societies, the requirements of civility, and social science theory and practice which undergirds such study.

(6 credits)

CORE 101 - Discovering the Community
Social Discovery Elective - Student Choice
CORE 401 - Discovering the Profession (see ** for major capstone course)

Civic Discovery

Courses in this area will focus on the study and purpose of human institutions and systems, the historical and contemporary forms of power, authority, governance and citizenship, and the distribution and use of resources.

(6 credits)

Cultural Discovery

Courses in this area will focus on significant systems of thought, contributions made by significant historical and cultural figures, philosophical and historical movements, and ideas which have shaped history, culture and human institutions.

(6 credits)

Creative Discovery

Courses in this area will focus on the nature of the creative imagination, the philosophical underpinnings of human creativity in music, the visual arts, the narrative arts, and philosophical invention, and innovation in a variety of human endeavors.

(9 credits)

Scientific Discovery

Courses in this area will focus on the nature of scientific reasoning, the history and variety of the scientific endeavor in culture, and the nature of scientific process and exploration.

(9 credits)

Other Requirements

(33 credits)

Required Coursework

Additional Requirements

Completion of a minor in one of the science programs:
Select one:

Completion of a minor outside of the sciences:
An Individualized plan of study drawn up by the student in consultation with their adviser. The rationale for the concentration must be clearly articulated. Courses selected should be upper-division courses. The plan must be filed no later than the beginning of the junior year and must be approved by the student’s adviser and the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. The self-designed plan allows the student to take courses in areas that naturally complement each other. (20 credit hours)

Graduation Requirements - MCORE

120 credit hours minimum
Last 30 hours of the degree taken in residency
A minimum of half the major credit hours in residency
A minimum of half the minor credit hours in residency
60 credit hours must be completed at a 4-year institution

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Science, B.S.

Degree Planning Sheet

MCORE

Social Discovery

Civic Discovery

Cultural Discovery

Creative Discovery

Scientific Discovery

Other Requirements

Required Coursework

Additional Requirements

Graduation Requirements - MCORE