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2020-2021 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ALAS 1830 - STEM

Credit Hours: 3

This course provides the knowledge and framework that will allow students to develop the quantitative skills necessary to be an active participant in shaping the future of our community and world. It contains an exploration from the perspectives of STEM disciplines to the questions: What is it to be human? What is a good life? What is truth? What is justice? Topics include surveys of biology, chemistry, computer science, environmental science and ecology, and mathematics to equip students with the knowledge to grasp today’s important problems of pollution, population growth, conservation, climate change, impacts of artificial intelligence, global health and sustainability from the viewpoint of STEM disciplines.

Level of Study: UG