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BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE COURSES
BSC 1010 General Biology
An introduction to the nature of science, atomic and molecular structure, cell structure and function, energetics and metabolism, structure and function of plants and animals, and genetic and ecological principles.
- This course includes a laboratory component.
- Fulfills the general education requirement for a life science.
- 3 credit hours - Lab Fee Required - Offered: Each Fall
A continuation of General Biology. An advanced study of the diversity of living organisms to emphasize systemic function and metabolism at the cellular level. A continuation of genetic principles, Creation and evolution of organisms, and ecology as unifying integrative concepts.
- Prerequisite: BSC 1010 or equivalency test
- This course includes a laboratory component.
- Fulfills the general education requirement for a life science.
- 4 credit hours - Lab Fee Required - Offered: Each Spring
This course uses the development of survival knowledge and wilderness skills as strategies to apply and learn principles of physical, earth and biological sciences. Understanding of psychology and physiology as important aspects of survival are investigated. Applications are drawn from the experiences to help scientific concepts make sense. A two (2) night, three (3) day overnight trip is required.
- 4 credit hours - Offered: On Demand
Study of the principles of animal classification with a survey of major phyla of the animal kingdom emphasizing the characteristics, distribution ecology and man's uses.
- Prerequisite: BSC 1020 or permission of instructor.
- This course includes a laboratory component.
- Fulfills the general education requirement for a life science.
- 4 credit hours - Lab Fee Required - Offered: Fall
Study of the systematics (classification) of the plant and related kingdoms. Analysis of kingdoms involving plants (Monera, Protista, Fungi, and Plantae) and a study of plants in populations, ecosystems and biomes. The major seed plant tissues and systems are reviewed.
- Prerequisite: BSC 1020 or permission of the instructor.
- This course includes a laboratory component.
- Fulfills the general education requirement for a life science.
- 4 credit hours - Lab Fee Required - Offered: Spring
Study of the organization of the body, anatomical terminology, the chemistry of life, cell structure and function, body tissues and membranes, the skeletal system, the muscular system, the nervous system, the endocrine system, blood and circulation, the lymphatic system and immunity, the reproductive system, human development and birth, and human genetics. Emphasis will be on the interrelationship between structure and function of each system, and the interactions among the systems.
- Prerequisite: One year of high school biology is recommended.
- Fulfills the general education requirement for a life science.
- 3 credit hours - Offered: Every Semester
Study of characteristics of life, organization of the body, anatomical terminology, the cell and metabolism, tissues, skin and the integumentary system, skeletal system, muscular system, nervous system, special senses, and endocrine system. Emphasis is on the interrelationships between structure and function of each system and the interactions among the systems.
- Prerequisite: One year of high school biology or one semester of college biology or zoology.
- Requires admission to the major and permission of the instructor.
- This course includes a laboratory component.
- Fulfills the general education requirement for a life science.
- 4 credit hours - Lab Fee Required - Offered: Fall 2004
Study of the digestive system, including nutrition and metabolism, respiratory system, blood and cardiovascular system, lymphatic system and immunity, urinary system including water, electrolyte, and acid-base balance, reproductive system, growth and development, and human genetics. Emphasis is on the interrelationships between structure and function of each system and on the interactions among the systems.
- Prerequisite: BSC 3110, or equivalent.
- Requires admission to the major and permission of the instructor.
- This course includes a laboratory component.
- 4 credit hours - Lab Fee Required - Offered: Spring 2005
A study of interrelationships of plants and animals in their respective environments with attention given to specific human environmental problems.
- Prerequisite: One year of college or two years of high school biology.
- This course includes a laboratory component.
- 4 credit hours - Lab Fee Required - Offered: Fall 2004
An advanced ecology course emphasizing processes employed by ecologists while analyzing ecosystem structures and energy flow. Individual ecological studies will be designed and analyzed by the students.
- Prerequisite: BSC 1020 and BSC 3020
- This course includes a laboratory component.
- 3 credit hours - Lab Fee Required - Offered: On Demand
An analysis of the use of plants by various cultures throughout the world. The course covers herbal and traditional medicinal uses as well as a source of sustenance. History and methods employed by researchers are investigated.
- Prerequisite: BSC 1020 and BSC 2030
- 3 credit hours - Offered: On Demand
Introduction to classification, morphology and physiology of micro-organisms and their relationships to life. Laboratory work stresses preparation of media, sterilization, methods of preparing slides, staining and study of cultural characteristics. Three hours of lecture and two two-hour labs per week.
- Prerequisite: Biology major
- This course includes a laboratory component.
- 5 credit hours - Lab Fee Required - Offered: Fall 2005
A seminar course covering the arguments surrounding the question: Are God and Science mutually exclusive? This course will reveal, through directed readings and interactive discussions, the mastery of God that is evident in everything from the structure of the carbon atom to the vastness of the universe.
- Prerequisite: 6 credit hours of college science and BST 2000
- 2 credit hours - Offered: Fall
A micro -anatomical study of cell and tissue morphology and physiology. Emphasis will be on the complex nature of tissues and how the cellular associations within the tissue contribute to the overall function. Laboratory will be to interpretation of cellular and tissue samples.
- Prerequisite: BSC 1020 and 8 credit hours at or above the 3000 level. BSC 3030 is highly recommended
- 4 credit hours - Lab Fee Required - Offered: Spring 2004
This course will study both basic and advanced genetic principles and analysis methods that can be applied to all eukaryotic organisms. The course will also cover the study of basic medical genetics.
- Prerequisite: BSC 1020 and 8 credit hours of Biology at or above the 3000 level.
- 3 credit hours - Offered: Spring 2005
This course is designed to study the interactions of biochemical pathways and the control systems that function to regulate cell and whole body metabolism. Emphasis is on the homeostatic mechanisms controlling the regulation of biochemical pathways, and the enzymatic steps within those pathways.
- Prerequisite: BSC 1020, SCI 2120 and 8 credit hours of Biology at or above the 3000 level.
- 3 credit hours - Offered: Spring 2004
An advanced, independent study emphasizing a specialized topic in an ecological subdiscipline. Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor is required.
1-2 credit hours Offered: On demand
- Prerequisite: BSC 2020 or 2030, BSC 3020 and 12 additional credit hours at the 3000 level or above.
- 1-2 credit hours - Offered: On Demand
An advanced, independent study course in dissection and identification of structures found in the head and neck region. Emphasis will be placed on dissection technique, appropriate isolation of the required structures, and functional significance of each structure identified.
- Prerequisite: BSC 3110 & 3210, and 12 additional credit hours at 3000 level or above.
- 1-2 credit hours - Offered: Fall
An advanced, independent s tudy course in dissection and identification of structures found in selected regions of the human body, other than the head and neck. Emphasis will be placed on dissection technique, appropriate isolation of the required structures, and functional significance of each structure identified.
- Prerequisite: BSC 3110 & 3210, and 12 additional credit hours at 3000 level or above. Permission of the instructor is required.
- 1-2 credit hours - Offered: Spring
Independent research in a field chosen by the student with assistance from a faculty member from the Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics who will serve as a mentor. Students must be approved by the Department to enroll in this course. Course can only be taken twice and no more than 3 credit hours can apply to the major.
PHYSICAL SCIENCE COURSES
SCI 1010 Physical Science
Examination of the nature of science and the history of selected concepts with emphasis on interrelationships among science, technology, society and Biblical values. An introduction to the basic concepts of physics and chemistry.
- Fulfills the general education requirement for a physical science.
- 3 credit hours - Class Fee - Offered: Fall 2004
An introduction to the basic principles of physical and historical geology, meteorology, oceanography, astronomy, and the United States space program.
- Fulfills the general education requirement for a physical science.
- 3 credit hours - Class Fee - Offered: Spring 2005
A survey of chemical principles designed for the non-science major. Topics include the periodic table, chemical reactions, properties of acids and bases, chemistry of solutions, electrochemistry, organic and biochemistry. These topics are presented with an emphasis on everyday applications of the chemical principles, many familiar to the student. This course is not designed to meet the requirements of any science or education major.
- Fulfills the general education requirement for a physical science.
- This course includes a laboratory component.
- 3 credit hours - Lab Fee - Offered: Spring 2004
Explores the fundamental laws of chemistry including: States of matter, atomic and molecular structure, the periodic table, stoichiometry, theories of chemical bonding, acid-base reactions and the gas laws. Qualitative analysis principles will be explored in the laboratory.
- Prerequisites: One year high school chemistry and high school algebra.
- Co-requisite: MAT 1040
- This course includes a laboratory component.
- Fulfills the general education requirement for a physical science.
- 4 credit hours - Lab Fee - Offered: Fall
Examines solutions, re-dox reactions, kinetics and equilibrium, thermodynamics, electrochemistry, nuclear chemistry and introduction to organic chemistry. Laboratory will continue analytical techniques to include quantitative analysis.
- Prerequisites: SCI 1120 with a minimum grade of C.
- This course includes a laboratory component.
- 4 credit hours - Lab Fee - Offered: Spring
Organic chemistry is the chemistry of carbon compounds. General principles are stressed. Course emphasizes chemical reactivity and utility in synthetic and biochemical processes. Functional group chemistry is learned by stressing the relationship between structure and reactivity (why and how certain reactions proceed and others do not). Lab synthesis methods to include preparation, isolation, purification and spectroscopy of common organic compounds.
- Prerequisites: SCI 1120 and SCI 1220
- This course includes a laboratory component.
- 4 credit hours - Lab Fee - Offered: Fall 2004
Continues the study of organic compounds as described for SCI 2120. The latter part of the course emphasizes structural features and specific reactions of the following organic compounds: alcohols, ethers, carboxylic acids, esters and amines. The student will be introduced to biochemistry to include carbohydrates, lipids, amino acids and proteins.
- Prerequisites: SCI2120
- This course includes a laboratory component.
- 4 credit hours - Lab Fee - Offered: Spring 2005
Students study the nature of the physical world. Principles of classical mechanics , introduction to wave theory, heat and elementary thermodynamics are investigated.
- Prerequisites: The student is expected to be competent in algebra, trigonometry and plane geometry.
- Fulfills the general education requirement for a physical science.
- This course includes a laboratory component.
- 4 credit hours - Lab Fee - Offered: Fall
Students continue their study of the nature of the physical world in this course. Principles of electricity and magnetism, optics, essentials of quantum mechanics and atomic and nuclear physics will be investigated.
- Prerequisites: The student is expected to be competent in algebra, trigonometry, and plane geometry. SCI 2130
- This course includes a laboratory component.
- 4 credit hours - Lab Fee - Offered: Spring
This course uses an "earth out" method to study the solar system, milky-way galaxy, stars, and deep sky galaxies and objects. Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion are explored and applied in a historical based approach to learning physical and astronomical properties of inner and outer planets. Star life cycles are studied and applied to galaxies, clusters, quasars, and planets within the framework of the dynamic nature of cosmology. A survey of cosmological models of the universe origin are presented.
- Fulfills the general education requirement for a physical science.
- This course includes a laboratory component.
- 3 credit hours - Lab Fee - Offered: Spring 2004
A lecture, discussion, and/or laboratory course dealing with a specialized field of science not offered in our curriculum, including, but not exclusive to, cell biology, marine biology, biology of survival, and biology and wilderness skills. Students may repeat the course but only under a different subtitle.
- 3-4 credit hours - Lab Fee applies in most instances - Offered: On Demand
This course is required for junior Biology majors with more than 70 credit hours.
- Prerequisites: BSC 1020, MAT 2000, and at least 20 additional credit hours of science.
- 3 credit hours - Offered: Spring - On Demand
An introduction to the chemistry of medical and biological systems. Topics include drug design and pharmacology, chemical analysis, and instruments used in a clinical laboratory, enzymology, and electrochemical processes.
- Prerequisites: BSC2040 (or BSC3110), SCI1220, SCI2120, MAT1040 and permission of the instructor.
- 3 credit hours - Lab Fee - Offered: On Demand
Study of chemistry of polymer including types of polymers, nomenclature, physical and chemical properties, synthesis and reaction, thermodynamics and kinetics of polymerization, fabrication and testing methods. Whenever possible, everyday applications of polymers are used to explore the topics, with and emphasis on biomedical applications of polymers.
- Prerequisites: SCI1220, SCI2120, MAT1040 (MAT2130 recommended).
- 3 credit hours - Lab Fee - Offered: On Demand
MATHEMATICS COURSES
MAT 0080 Elementary Algebra with Basic Math Review
This course is for students who need to refresh basic arithmetic and elementary algebra skills. It is a prerequisite for students whose placement scores indicate deficiency in these skills. This is a pass/fail course. This course does not count for A.A. or B.A. degree credit.
- 3 credit hours - Offered: Every Semester
This course is designed for students who need to refresh basic conceptual tools and to develop intermediate algebra skills. Topics are developed in a manner that will assist the student to enter college level mathematics. A grade of C or better is required in this course. Credit in this course does not meet any specific requirement.
- Prerequisite: MAT 0080 or competency in arithmetic and elementary algebra as demonstrated on the placement exam.
- 3 credit hours - Offered: Every Semester
This course surveys the structure and concepts of mathematics. Topics include set theory, logic, informal geometry, number systems, and algebra concepts. A grade of "C" or better is required in this course.
- This course meets the general education math requirement.
- Prerequisite: MAT 1000 with a grade of “C” or better, or competency in intermediate algebra as demonstrated on the placement exam.
- 3 credit hours - Offered: Every Semester
This course surveys the structure of algebraic concepts. Topics include properties of real numbers, operations on polynomials, and first and second degree equations, polynomial functions, exponential and logarithmic functions, and graphing. A grade of "C" or better is required in this course.
- This course meets the general education math requirement.
- Prerequisite: MAT 1000 or competency in intermediate algebra as demonstrated on the placement exam.
- 3 credit hours - Offered: Every Semester
This course is designed to teach the basic skills in descriptive and inferential statistics. Experience in collecting, organizing, and summarizing data, as well as drawing conclusions on the data, are given emphasis. Statistics is a powerful tool in decisionmaking processes. Use of appropriate technology, such as graphing calculators and computer software to better understand and interpret data, are developed throughout the course. Statistics provides a foundation for research methods.
- This course meets the general education math requirement.
- Prerequisites: MAT 1030 or 1040 with a grade of “C” or better
- 3 credit hours - Offered: Every Semester
This course covers the basic concepts of plane Euclidean geometry with brief introduction to logic, coordinate geometry and non-Euclidean geometry. Topics include segments, rays, angles, triangles, proofs, parallels, polygons, circles, and areas. Constructions and proofs are developed throughout the course.
- Prerequisite: MAT 1030 or MAT 1040 with a grade of "C" or better.
- 3 credit hours - Offered: Fall
This course covers the basic concepts of trigonometric functions and their inverses, trigonometric identities and conditional equations, techniques of graphing, solving triangles, vectors, and complex numbers.
- Prerequisite: MAT 1040 is minimum. MAT 2013 is recommended.
- 3 credit hours - Offered: Spring
This course is designed for students with strong skills in college algebra and trigonometry. The course covers functions and their graphs, limits and continuity, differentiation and applications (including the early introduction of transcendental functions and their derivatives), and parametric equations.
- Prerequisite: MAT 1040 is minimum. MAT 2024 is strongly recommended.
- 4 credit hours - Offered: Fall
This course is a continuation of MAT 2130 including basic concepts of integration, applications of integration, concepts of differential equations, and applications of infinite sequences and series.
- Prerequisite: MAT 2130
- 4 credit hours - Offered: Spring
This course is a capstone course for all mathematics minors. The course covers topics in the history of mathematics, and may also cover the use of technology in mathematics as well as other current events in the field.
- Prerequisite: MAT 2130
- 2 credit hours - Offered: On Demand
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