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Science (SC) – Natural Science

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Location:	218 Bethune College, Tel.: 416-736-5021
Website:	http://www.nats.yorku.ca
Director of the Division:	P.A. Delaney
Professors:	M. De Robertis, P. Dymond, M. Jenkin
Associate Professors:	R. Campeanu, P. Hall, E. Hamm, E. Jones-Imhotep, K. Kroker, G. Monette, Z. Stachniak
Associate Professor Emeritus:	S. Jeffers
Assistant Professors:	R.A. Dyer, J. Elwick
Associate Lecturer:	N. Smith
Assistant Lecturers:	M.H. Armour, B. Czaban, D. Lungu, A. Mills

Faculty of Science Courses in Natural Science

The natural science courses are designed, as part of the BA and iBA general education program, to acquaint those students not intending to be professionally concerned with science with the outlook, methods and some of the achievements of science. The individual courses offered approach this objective by selecting a particular area, problem or aspect of science in which the operations of the scientific enterprise can be studied in some detail. In an increasingly technologically-oriented world, it is very important that all students have some familiarity with science to enable them to make more information choices and decisions that relate to themselves and society as a whole.

The courses may be broadly classified into four areas, within which and between some overlap occurs, resulting in course credit exclusions as noted. However, in certain circumstances, such exclusions are petitionable. Courses may have laboratory or tutorial sessions associated with them. The three categories are as follows:

a) History and philosophy of science and technology: SC/NATS 1510 3.00, SC/NATS 1700 6.00, SC/NATS 1730 6.00, SC/NATS 1745 6.00, SC/NATS 1760 6.00, SC/NATS 1775 6.00, SC/NATS 1920 6.00;

b) Life science: SC/NATS 1550 3.00, SC/NATS 1560 3.00, SC/NATS 1610 6.00, SC/NATS 1650 6.00, SC/NATS 1660 6.00, SC/NATS 1670 6.00, SC/NATS 1675 6.00, SC/NATS 1680 6.00, SC/NATS 1690 6.00, SC/NATS 1850 6.00, SC/NATS 1860 6.00, SC/NATS 1940 6.00;

c) Physical science: SC/NATS 1500 3.00, SC/NATS 1520 3.00, SC/NATS 1530 3.00, SC/NATS 1540 3.00, SC/NATS 1570 3.00, SC/NATS 1575 3.00, SC/NATS 1580 3.00, SC/NATS 1585 3.00, SC/NATS 1710 6.00, SC/NATS 1720 6.00, SC/NATS 1740 6.00, SC/NATS 1750 6.00, SC/NATS 1780 6.00, SC/NATS 1790 6.00, SC/NATS 1810 6.00, SC/NATS 1820 6.00, SC/NATS 1840 6.00, SC/NATS 1870 6.00, SC/NATS 1880 6.00, SC/NATS 1910 6.00, SC/NATS 1930 6.00, SC/NATS 1945 6.00.

The natural science courses are intended primarily for non-science majors. Courses in biology, chemistry, earth and atmospheric science, physics and astronomy and other science disciplines are described elsewhere in this section of the Undergraduate Calendar. Those courses are available, subject to prerequisites, as electives to students in the Faculties of Fine Arts and Liberal Arts and Professional Studies.

Grading procedure. Grades will be assigned in the manner described by the Faculty of Science in the Faculty of Science Regulations Governing Examinations and Academic Standards section of this publication.

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Natural science is offered by the Faculties of Glendon and Science.