The General Education Math and Science (GEMS) program offers courses designed?for non-science majors.?GEMS courses employ interdisciplinary approaches to enhance understanding of the power and limitations of mathematical and scientific investigation as it applies to real-world questions and problems.?

The math component of general education will deepen your understanding of mathematical reasoning, address some prevalent misconceptions of mathematics, and demonstrate both the usefulness and the limitations of mathematical models in a variety of applications.

In addition to courses offered by the Department of Mathematics and the GEMS program, Philosophy 201, Formal Logic, also fulfills this requirement.

The purpose of the natural science part of this?requirement is to deepen the student's understanding of the processes of science and the way in which science interprets the natural world. These courses focus both on ?doing? science and on the influence of science and technology on both society and the environment. Taking at least one course with a laboratory component gives students a college-level experience of the hands-on nature of science.

Four-credit natural science courses with laboratory requirements are offered by all?natural science departments as well as the GEMS program. Two-credit science courses without laboratory components are offered by the ?GEMS program as well as some natural science departments.