New science courses offered for Fall 2010

The new Fall 2010 courses are grouped into two clusters: Human Biology and Health and Environmental Science. All courses fulfill the General Education Scientific Perspective requirement.

New for 2010 are 300-level courses, which are only open to juniors and seniors. To minor in Science, a student entering in Fall 2010 must complete four courses, including one 200-level course from each cluster and one 300-level course.

New course list includes:

• Human Health & Disease
• Energy & Sustainability
• Food & Nutrition
• Meteorology
• Evolution of Human Nature
• Earth Science: Natural Disasters
• The Brain & Behavior
• Climate Change
• Plagues & Pandemics
• Ecology & Conservation
• Personal Genetics & Identity
• Watershed Science
• DNA & Society
• Plants & People
• Science in Translation: Health & Genetics
• Science in Translation: Environmental Science
• Sensation & Perception