• True Blue Core Knowledge Domain: Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit) (8 hours

• • For all catalogs 2024-2025 and beyond, this course can be used to satisfy 4 hours (lecture/lab combined) of the True Blue Core curriculum requirement for Discovery in Natural Sciences in Sci Lit. If you have already fulfilled the Discovery requirement for Sci Lit, this course can be used in the Explorations in Sci Lit category. To learn more about TBC requirements: https://w1.mtsu.edu/truebluecore/core.php 
  • For all catalogs prior to 2024-2025, this course may be used to satisfy 4 hours of the general education curriculum requirement for Natural Sciences. To learn more about general education requirements for catalogs prior to 2024-2025: https://w1.mtsu.edu/gen_ed/requirements.php 
  • The TBC outcome for Discovery in Natural Sciences (Sci Lit): Students systematically explore issues, problems, objects, and works through the collection and analysis of evidence, identification of informed conclusions, and analysis of complex topics by breaking them down. 

Description:

The science of biology continues to have a profound impact on the quality of life on Earth. Given the environmental, bioethical, and medical challenges that currently face society, it is vital that individuals be capable of critically analyzing biological and scientific information, determining its relevance and validity, and utilizing it to make informed decisions on issues that affect their lives.

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