UK Core - University of Kentucky

INTELLECTUAL INQUIRY IN THENATURAL/PHYSICAL/MATHEMATICAL SCIENCESANT 230AST 191BIO 102BIO 103CHE 105&CHE 111INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY (3 CR)This course explores the ways in which biology, the environment and culture cometogether to form the human condition. Topics include human genetics, humanevolution, primate behavior, contemporary human variation and applied biologicalanthropology, including forensics, child growth and human nutrition.THE SOLAR SYSTEM (3 CR)A course emphasizing the nature, origin and evolution of planets, satellites and otherobjects in the Solar System. Topics also include historical astronomy, the naked eyephenomena of the sky and modern solar system discoveries made by spacecraft.HUMAN ECOLOGY (3 CR)A study of the interrelationships of man, populations, space, energy, food, mineralresources and other life on earth.BASIC IDEAS OF BIOLOGY (3 CR)Introductory Biology. Discussion topics are those relevant to both plants and animals -cell structure and function, molecules important to living things, metabolism, heredity,and environment.GENERAL COLLEGE CHEMISTRY I (CHE 105) (3 CR)A study of the principles of chemistry and their application to the more importantelements and their compounds.Prerequisites: Math ACT of 23+, or MA 109,or MA 110LABORATORY TO ACCOMPANY CHE 105 (CHE 111) (1 CR)Students will have the opportunity to perform chemical experiments related to theconcepts covered in CHE 105.Prerequisites: Math ACT of 23+ or MA 109 or MA 110To earn UK Core credit, both courses must be completed. CHE 111 may be takenconcurrently with CHE 105 or after CHE 105 has been completed. Students must sign upfor them separately.ENT 110GEO 130GEO 135INSECT BIOLOGY (3 CR)Overview of the biology of insects. Emphasizes how this enormously abundant andimportant group of animals has resolved the basic challenges of survival andreproduction. The roles of both beneficial and detrimental insects will be discussed.EARTH’S PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT (3 CR)A course exploring the fundamental characteristics of earth’s physical environment.Emphasis is placed on identifying interrelationships between atmospheric processesinvolving energy, pressure, and moisture, weather and climate, and terrestrial processesof vegetative biomes, soils, and landscape formation and change.GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE (3 CR)In this course we will examine the causes and consequences of recent climate change,and use our understanding of climatic and environmental processes to inform discussionon future climate change.14