Scientific Lit

As a Western Michigan University student, you have the opportunity to apply scientific knowledge to daily life and societal concerns and learn to recognize the interaction between science, technology and contemporary life by choosing courses from the list below.

Western Michigan University's current semester courses and descriptions are listed below. Enrolled students can also access descriptions by logging into GoWMU and accessing Degree Works.

• Courses designated as ^DI fulfill the Diversity and Inclusion requirement.
• Courses designated as ^PS fulfill the Planetary Sustainability requirement.
• Some courses in the list below require registration in both a lecture and laboratory section.

Scientific Literacy SLO (SLL)

• ANTH 1500 - Race, Biology, And Culture^DI
• ANTH 2100 - Introd To Archeology
• ANTH 2500 - Intro Biological Anthropology
• ANTH 2510 - Forensic Anthropology
• AVS 1200 - Introduction To Aviation
• BIOS 1050 - Environmental Biology^PS
• BIOS 1120 - Principles Of Biology
• BIOS 1980 - Human Form and Function
• CHEG 2611 - Environmental Engineering I^PS
• CIS 2640 - Applied Analytics Foundations
• COM 2400 - Intro To Media & Telecom
• ECON 2190 - Econ Principles Sustainability^PS
• EDMM 1500 - Intro Manufacturing^PS
• ENVS 1050 - Perspectives on Sust^PS
• GEOG 1000 - World Ecology Prblms^PS
• GEOG 1050 - Physical Geography^PS
• GEOG 2250 - Intr Meteor & Climat^PS
• GEOG 3010 - Fundamentals of GIS^PS
• GEOG 3060 - Climate:Past,Present,&Future^PS
• GEOG 3500 - Conserv/Environ Mgmt^PS
• GEOS 1000 - Dynamic Earth
• GEOS 1050 - Dinosaurs
• GEOS 1300 - Physical Geology
• GEOS 1440 - Env Earth Science
• GEOS 3120 - Geol Natl Pks/Monumt
• GEOS 3220 - Ocean Systems
• GPS 1500 - Intro Graphic & Printing Sci^PS
• GWS 3400 - Race, Gender and Science^DI
• HNRS 3701 - Technology in the Arts
• IEE 3100 - Engineering Economy^PS
• ME 2320 - Thermodynamics I
• PHIL 3160 - Ethics In Engineering & Tech^PS
• PHIL 3340 - Biomedical Ethics
• PHIL 3350 - Medical Humanities
• PHYS 1000 - How Things Work
• PHYS 1020 - Energy And The Environment^PS
• PHYS 1060 - Intro To Stars And Galaxies
• PHYS 1070 - Elementary Physics
• PHYS 1130 - General Physics I
• PHYS 2050 - Mechanics And Heat
• PSY 1000 - General Psychology
• PSY 1400 - Intro to Behavior Analysis
• PSY 3601 - Adv Operant Lab
• SPAN 3240 - Intro Study Span Ling
• STAT 2160 - Business Statistics
• STAT 3660 - Data Analysis for Biosciences
• THEA 3600 - Technology in the Arts
• Courses designated as ^DI fulfill the Diversity and Inclusion requirement.
• Courses designated as ^PS fulfill the Planetary Sustainability requirement.