Areas of Inquiry: Natural Sciences; Social and Historical Analysis; Arts and HumanitiesStudents must take two degree credit-bearing courses that meet one or both of these goals.

  • Understand and apply basic principles and concepts in the physical or biological sciences.
  • Explain and be able to assess the relationship among assumptions, method, evidence, arguments, and theory in scientific analysis.

SAS Core courses taught each semester are available to view in the Schedule of Classes. After selecting a semester, New Brunswick, and Undergraduate and hitting "Continue", choose the tab on the left labeled "Core Code". The dropdown list will show each of the SAS Core codes. After selecting one of the options, courses will appear from all departments that fulfill that SAS Core goal.

Course # Course Title Credits Core Codes
 
Animal Science
11:067:142 Animal Science 3 NS
11:067:250 Companion Animal Science 3 NS
Anthropology
01:070:102 Introduction to Human Evolution 4 NS, HST
01:070:111 Extinction 4 CCO or CCD, NS
01:070:201 Evolution and Human Behavior 3 NS
01:070:212 The Life of Primates 3 NS
01:070:215 Survey of Fossil Primates 3 NS
Biochemistry
11:115:100  Molecules of Life: Biochemistry for Everyone 3 CCO, NS
Biological Sciences
01:119:101 General Biology  4 NS
01:119:102 General Biology  4 NS
01:119:103 Principles of Biology 4 NS
01:119:115 General Biology I 4 NS
01:119:116 General Biology II 4 NS
01:119:150 Biology, Society, and Biomedical Issues  3 CCO, NS
01:119:154 Genetics, Law, and Social Policy 3 CCO, NS
01:119:155 Human Genetics 3 CCO, NS
01:119:160 Biology, Society, and Ecological Issues 3 CCO, NS
01:119:182 Essentials of Human Reproduction 3 NS
01:119:199
Preparation for General Biology 4 NS
Biotechnology
11:126:111 Ethical and Scientific Challenges in Biotechnology 3 CCO, NS
Chemistry
01:160:126 Chemistry of Art 3 NS
01:160:127 Impact of Chemistry  3 CCO, NS
01:160:128 Chemistry of Life  3 NS
01:160:159 General Chemistry for Engineers  3 NS
01:160:160 General Chemistry for Engineers  3 NS
01:160:161 General Chemistry 4 NS
01:160:162 General Chemistry  4 NS
01:160:163 Honors General Chemistry  4 NS
01:160:164 Honors General Chemistry  4 NS
Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources
11:216:101 Introduction to Ecology and Evolution 3 NS
11:216:110 Evolution, Disease, and Medicine 3 NS
11:216:115 Evolution of Sex & Gender in Animals 3 CCO, NS
11:216:199 Trees and the Environment 3 NS
Environmental Science
11:375:101 Intro to Environmental Science 3 CCO, NS
Entomology
11:370:202 World of Insects 3 NS
11:370:202 Insects & the Environment 3 CCO, NS
Food Science
11:400:103 Science of Food 3 NS
11:400:104 Food and Health 3 NS
11:400:106 Food as Medicine 3 NS
Geography
01:450:101 Earth Systems 3 CCO, NS
01:450:102 Transforming the Global Environment 3 CCO, NS
01:450:213 The Global Climate System 3 NS
01:450:306 Global ecosystems and biodiversity 3 NS
Geological Sciences
01:460:100 Planet Earth  3 NS
01:460:101 Introductory Geology 4 NS
01:460:110 Sea Change: The Rise and Fall of Sea Level and the Jersey Shore 3 CCO, NS
01:460:111 Solving the Climate Crisis 3 CCO, NS
01:460:116 Building Blocks of the Solar System 3 NS
01:460:120 Introduction to Oceanography  3 CCO, NS
01:460:201 Earthquakes and Volcanoes 3 NS
01:460:202 Environmental Geology  3 NS
01:460:203 Building and Maintaining a Habitable Planet 3 CCO, NS
01:460:204 The Water Planet 3 CCO, NS
01:460:206 Dinosaurs  3 NS
01:460:207 Earth Resources and Sustainability 3 CCO, NS
01:460:212 Earth and Life through Time  3 NS
01:460:213 A Walk Through Time - The Evolution of Mammals 3 NS
01:460:222 Planet Mars, the Next Frontier 3 CCO, NS
01:460:224 Geology of the Moons and Planets 3 CCO, NS
01:460:225 Astrobiology 3 NS
Interdisciplinary Studies
01:556:143 Energy and Climate Change  3 CCO, NS
Marine and Coastal Sciences
11:628:114 Science, Psuedoscience and Society 3 CCO, NS
11:628:120 Introduction to Oceanography 3 CCO, NS
11:628:204 The Water Planet 3 CCO, NS
11:628:221 Human Interactions with the Coastal Ocean 3 CCO, NS
Meteorology
11:670:101
(was 11:670:201)
Introduction to Meteorology
(formerly Elements of Meteorology)
3 NS, ITR
11:670:102
(was 11:670:202)
Introduction to Climate Science
(formerly Elements of Climatology)
3 NS
Microbiology
11:680:101 Living in the Microbial World 3 CCO, NS
11:680:103 Microbial Products in a Sustainable Garden State and Beyond 3 CCO, NS
Nutritional Sciences
11:709:201 Culinary Nutrition 3 NS
11:709:255 Nutrition and Health 3 CCO, NS
Plant Science
11:776:170 Plants and People 3 NS
11:776:242 Plant Science 3 NS
Physics
01:750:106 Concepts of Physics for Humanities and Social Science Students 3 NS
01:750:109 Astronomy & Cosmology 3 NS
01:750:110 Astronomy & Cosmology 3 NS
01:750:140 The Greenhouse Effect 3 CCO, NS
01:750:193 Physics for the Sciences 4 NS
01:750:194 Physics for the Sciences 4 NS
01:750:201 Extended General Physics 5 NS
01:750:202 Extended General Physics 5 NS
01:750:203 General Physics 3 NS
01:750:204 General Physics 3 NS
01:750:227 Analytical Physics II-A 3 NS
01:750:228 Analytical Physics II-B 3 NS
01:750:271 Honors Physics I 3 NS
01:750:272 Honors Physics II 3 NS