Planning Unit

Scientific Inquiry

The faculty of the Scientific Inquiry planning unit are committed to the ideal of science education in the context of liberal arts education. We help students—whatever their primary interests may be—understand the wonders of nature as well as science as a force in our technological society. Learn more...

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CANCELLED Advanced Biology: Cell Signaling	Junior/Senior	Fall
Algebra to Algorithms Revised: 11/21/2008	All level			Spring
Animal Behavior & Zoology Revised: 01/06/2009 Faculty Signature Required	Junior/Senior	Fall	Winter	Spring
NEW! Astronomy & Cosmologies	Sophomore to Senior			Spring
CANCELLED Climate Change	Lower Division			Spring
Computability and Language Theory Faculty Signature Required	Sophomore to Senior	Fall	Winter	Spring
Computer Science Foundations Revised: 01/06/2009	All level		Winter	Spring
Data and Information: Computational Linguistics Revised: 09/18/2008	All level	Fall
Environmental Analysis Revised: 01/06/2009 Faculty Signature Required Accepts Winter Enrollment	Junior/Senior	Fall	Winter	Spring
Environmental Health: Science, Policy and Social Justice Faculty Signature Required	Junior/Senior	Fall	Winter	Spring
NEW! The Evolutionary Biology of Sex Revised: 10/01/2008	Sophomore to Senior	Fall
Food, Health and Sustainability Faculty Signature Required Accepts Winter Enrollment	All level	Fall	Winter
Food, Place and Culture	All level			Spring
Foundations of Health Science: Global and Local Perspectives Revised: 01/06/2009	All level	Fall	Winter	Spring
Health and Human Development Revised: 01/06/2009 Faculty Signature Required Accepts Winter Enrollment	Sophomore to Senior	Fall	Winter
Introduction to Natural Science Faculty Signature Required Accepts Winter Enrollment	All level	Fall	Winter	Spring
Language and Mind Revised: 09/18/2008	All level			Spring
Methods of Mathematical Physics Faculty Signature Required Accepts Winter Enrollment	Sophomore to Senior	Fall	Winter
Microbial Ecology Revised: 05/12/2008	All level	Fall
Models of Motion Revised: 01/06/2009	All level	Fall	Winter	Spring
Molecule to Organism Faculty Signature Required Accepts Winter Enrollment	Sophomore to Senior	Fall	Winter	Spring
Music, Math, and Motion	All level	Fall	Winter
Order and Chaos: Making and Breaking Rules in the Arts and Science Revised: 01/07/2009 Accepts Winter Enrollment	All level	Fall	Winter	Spring
Physics and Calculus: Finding Order in the Physical World Revised: 12/03/2008 Faculty Signature Required Accepts Winter Enrollment	Sophomore to Senior	Fall	Winter	Spring
Plants, People and Phytochemicals Revised: 11/25/2008 Accepts Winter Enrollment	Sophomore to Senior	Fall	Winter	Spring
Quantum Theory: Physics and Philosophy	Junior/Senior			Spring
NEW! Reproduction, Birth, and Power	Sophomore to Senior			Spring
Science, Creativity and Exploration Faculty Signature Required Accepts Winter Enrollment	All level	Fall	Winter	Spring
Toward a Sustainable Puget Sound: Place, People and Policy Accepts Winter Enrollment	Lower Division	Fall	Winter	Spring
Undergraduate Research in Scientific Inquiry Revised: 01/07/2009 Faculty Signature Required	Sophomore to Senior	Fall	Winter	Spring