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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Anatomy and Physiology Accepts Winter Enrollment	Unrestricted	Fall	Winter
Andean Roots: Language and Cultural Landscape Revised: 07/16/2009 Accepts Winter Enrollment	All level	Fall	Winter	Spring
Astronomy & Cosmologies	Sophomore to Senior			Spring
Atoms, Molecules and Reactions II: Advanced Organic Chemistry and Instrumental Methods of Analysis Revised: 05/05/2009 Faculty Signature Required	Junior/Senior		Winter
Atoms, Molecules, and Reactions III: Thermodynamics, Kinetics and Materials Chemistry Revised: 02/26/2009 Faculty Signature Required	Junior/Senior			Spring
Atoms, Molecules and Reactions I: Quantum Mechanics and Inorganic Chemistry	Junior/Senior	Fall
Class in the U.S. Accepts Winter Enrollment	Unrestricted	Fall	Winter
Computer Science Foundations Revised: 07/14/2009	All level		Winter	Spring
Conceptual Physics Revised: 08/14/2009	Unrestricted	Fall
Consciousness, Art and Matter Revised: 05/05/2009 Accepts Winter Enrollment Accepts Spring Enrollment	Sophomore to Senior	Fall	Winter	Spring
Data and Information: Quantitative Ecology Revised: 06/08/2009	All level	Fall
NEW! Development and Evolution: Form and Function Through Time Faculty Signature Required	Junior/Senior		Winter	Spring
Earth Matters: Geology and Chemistry	All level		Winter	Spring
Ecological Agriculture Revised: 08/24/2009 Accepts Winter Enrollment	Sophomore to Senior	Fall	Winter	Spring
Energy Systems and Climate Change Revised: 07/14/2009	All level	Fall	Winter
NEW! Forest Fungi: Biology, Ecology, and Systematics	Junior/Senior	Fall
Foundations of Health Science Revised: 05/12/2009 Accepts Winter Enrollment	All level	Fall	Winter	Spring
General Chemistry Revised: 05/27/2009 Accepts Winter Enrollment	Unrestricted	Fall	Winter
Genes to Ecosystems Revised: 11/17/2009	Junior/Senior	Fall
CANCELLED History and Philosophy of Biology: Life and Consciousness	All level			Spring
CANCELLED History and Philosophy of Biology: Mass Extinction	All level		Winter
NEW! Human Health, Evolution and Development Revised: 05/12/2009 Accepts Winter Enrollment	Sophomore to Senior	Fall	Winter
Introduction to Natural Science: Life, the Universe, and Everything Revised: 06/10/2009	All level	Fall	Winter	Spring
The Mathematical Order of Nature Revised: 06/08/2009	All level	Fall
Mathematical Origins of Life	Sophomore to Senior			Spring
Mathematical Systems Revised: 09/02/2009 Accepts Winter Enrollment	Sophomore to Senior	Fall	Winter	Spring
Models of Motion Revised: 07/16/2009 Accepts Spring Enrollment	All level		Winter	Spring
Molecule to Organism Revised: 05/05/2009 Accepts Winter Enrollment	Sophomore to Senior	Fall	Winter	Spring
NEW! Native American Knowledge and the Power of History	All level		Winter
Ornithology	All level	Fall
Reproduction, Birth, and Power	Sophomore to Senior	Fall
Risk Assessment in Environmental Health Faculty Signature Required	Senior			Spring
Sex and Evolution Accepts Winter Enrollment	Unrestricted	Fall	Winter
Social Dilemmas: The Dynamics of Self-Interest and Cooperation in Social Behavior Revised: 08/24/2009 Accepts Winter Enrollment	All level	Fall	Winter
Student Originated Software Revised: 07/13/2009 Faculty Signature Required Accepts Winter Enrollment	Junior/Senior	Fall	Winter	Spring
NEW! Student Originated Studies in Experimental Science	Unrestricted			Spring
Student Originated Studies: Topics in Social Sciences, Mathematics and Computer Science Revised: 05/07/2009 Faculty Signature Required	Sophomore to Senior			Spring
Technical Writing in the 21st Century Revised: 07/07/2009 Accepts Winter Enrollment	Sophomore to Senior	Fall	Winter
Temperate Rainforests Revised: 06/30/2009 Faculty Signature Required	Junior/Senior	Fall
Tropical Rainforests Faculty Signature Required	Junior/Senior		Winter
Undergraduate Research in Scientific Inquiry Faculty Signature Required Accepts Winter Enrollment Accepts Spring Enrollment	Sophomore to Senior	Fall	Winter	Spring