| BIO 2101: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: One year of high school chemistry, CHM 1100, or equivalent. Intended for students majoring in biology. Surveys scientific method, chemistry of living organisms, organization of cells, and foundations of genetics and molecular biology. Includes laboratory. Extra fee. |
| Attributes:Natural Science A
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| BIO 2102: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: BIO 2101 or permission of instructor. Intended for students majoring in biology. Surveys animal classification, structure, function, development, and behavior. Includes laboratory. Extra fee. |
| Attributes:Natural Science A
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| BIO 2103: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: BIO 2101 or permission of instructor. Intended for students majoring in biology. Surveys the non-animal kingdoms. Also covers plant structure and function, evolutionary mechanisms, and ecology. Includes laboratory. Extra fee. |
| Attributes:Natural Science A
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| BIO 3310: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: BIO 2103 and MAT 1360, or HSC 4044. Explores the factors and mechanisms responsible for population dynamics, community structure, and the function of ecosystems. Includes laboratory. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division, Writing "W" Course
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| BIO 3325: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: BIO 2101, and MAT 1360 or HSC 4044. Introduces inheritance of specific traits through the study of transmission genetics. Focuses on the biology of genes and chromosomes, including DNA replication, transcription, and translation. Biotechnology and its applications are also presented. Biological statistics are emphasized throughout the course. Includes laboratory. Extra fee. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| BIO 3351: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: BIO 2101, or BIO 2129 and 2130. Gives an overview of the field of microbiology with an emphasis on the bacterial, viral and fungal organisms that cause disease in humans and animals. Required laboratory focuses on the appropriate handling, growth, and processing of microorganisms for clinical applications. Extra fee. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| BIO 3453: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: BIO 2103. Explores sampling, identification, and systematics of the major plant families with special emphasis on the flora of the Pacific Northwest. Includes laboratory/field studies. Offered alternate years. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| BIO 4330: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: BIO 3325. Explores population genetics as a mechanism of evolutionary change, emphasizing mutation, recombination, and selection. Considers speciation, quantitative genetics, neutral theory, phylogenetic systematics, history, and extinction. Includes discussion of micro-evolutionary and macro-evolutionary changes. No laboratory. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division, Writing "W" Course
Restrictions:Non-Matriculated are excluded. |
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| BIO 4615: () Offerings |
| Examines ethical aspects of current issues in biology that help shape a Christian worldview and value system. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division, Writing "W" Course
Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded. |
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| BIO 4950: () Offerings |
| Provides selected field-study topics offered at Biology Department's discretion: Hawaiian marine biology; Caribbean marine biology (e.g., Belize); Galapagos Islands natural history; Sonoran Desert biology; Alpine flora; and others. May be repeated for credit up to 6 credits. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| CHM 1211: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: Requires two years high school mathematics (including algebra), a passing score on the SPU Mathematics Proficiency exam (or completion of the required MAT 0120 credits), one year of high school chemistry, or CHM 1100 and passing the Chemistry Placement test. Introduces properties of matter, stoichiometry, chemical reactions, thermochemistry, states of matter, chemical bonding, and atomic and molecular structure. Includes laboratory. Extra fee. |
| Attributes:Natural Science B
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| CHM 1330: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: CHM 1211. Studies simpler laws of organic chemistry, nomenclature, and classification. Simple chemistry of carbohydrates, lipids and proteins, integration of metabolisms, and chemistry of heredity. Includes laboratory. Extra fee. |
| Attributes:Natural Science B
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| CHM 3225: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: CHM 1212, or permission of instructor. Laboratory-oriented course dealing with chemical equilibria in solution and their applications to quantitative analysis. Some types of reactions to be studied are precipitation, acid-base, complex formation, and oxidation-reduction. Traditional wet chemical and instrumental methods will be used. Extra fee. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| CHM 3371: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: CHM 1212 or permission of instructor. This is the introductory course in organic chemistry. It reviews topics such as stoichiometry, acids and bases, structure and bonding theory, nomenclature, synthesis, thermodynamics, functional groups, and reaction mechanisms as applied to organic chemistry. Laboratory work will emphasize basic methods of separation and purification representative substances. Extra fee. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| CHM 3540: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: CHM 1212 or 3225. This is a systematic study of chemical principles as applied to inorganic systems. It may include inorganic nomenclature, solid state structure, thermodynamics and bonding, general bonding theory, non-protonic acid-base theory, coordination chemistry, and descriptive inorganic chemistry. Includes laboratory. Extra fee. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
Restrictions:Junior, Senior students only. |
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| CHM 4361: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: CHM 3373. Studies chemical properties of biological compounds (carbohydrates, lipids, amino acids and proteins, and nucleic acids); metabolism (biochemical energetics, enzymes, electron transport, and oxidative phosphorylation), and integration of metabolism (biochemical genetics and metabolic regulation). Includes laboratory. Extra fee. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| EDSC 2566: () Offerings |
| Will involve students in inquiry-based activities in the classroom and on field trips, using regional environmental resources to investigate the interaction of the earth's biosphere, geosphere, atmosphere and hydrosphere. Teaching strategies suitable for elementary education will be modeled. |
| Attributes:Natural Science B
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| PHY 1110: () Offerings |
| Provides a lecture, demonstration and discussion course in the physical sciences. Examines the scientific method in light of what it does and does not do. Covers selected scientific concepts and theories, drawing most of the examples from the field of physics. Not recommended for students with more than one high school science course. |
| Attributes:Natural Science B
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| PHY 1135: () Offerings |
| An integrative general introduction to astronomy, including astronomical observation and measurement, the solar system, extragalactic phenomena and cosmology. Includes the scientific method and worldview implications. (Not recommended for students who have taken NMS 1110). |
| Attributes:Natural Science B
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| PHY 1150: () Offerings |
| Surveys geology including identification and origin of rocks and minerals, the processes of forming the present state of the earth, interpretation of geologic features and of the human impact on landscape. Laboratory experiences and/or field trips emphasized. |
| Attributes:Natural Science B
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| PHY 3120: () Offerings |
| Introduces contemporary topics in natural sciences that have technological and social implications; examines the present social structure and environment of the natural sciences. Offered on demand. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division, Writing "W" Course
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| PHY 3311: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: PHY 1103 or 1123, may be taken concurrently. Laboratory applications of electronics and instrumentation. Special emphasis will be given to experimental automation and data analysis using LabView. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division, Writing "W" Course
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| PHY 4242: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: PHY 1103 or 1123, and MAT 1228. Studies structure and composition of the atmosphere, radiative and convective processes: dynamics and distribution of the atmosphere; cloud physics; introduction to climatology and the upper atmosphere. Offered on demand. May not be repeated. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| PHY 4243: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: PHY 1103 or 1123, MAT 1228, 2228. Studies rotation and figure of the earth, gravity field, seismology, geomagnetism, heat flow, age and internal structure of the earth. Offered on demand. May not be repeated. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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