DB, DP, DY: Natural Sciences 2018-Current
Diversification Requirement, 7 credits
These courses use the terminology of physical or biological sciences and include knowledge and theories of the physical or biological sciences.
- Students who wish to apply the Natural Sciences requirement to courses not listed on this page must submit a Request for Modification of Academic Requirement (PDF) form which can be found on the Office of the Registrar - Commonly Used Forms page.
- To satisfy this requirement, students must take a total of seven credits: 3 credits in DB Biological Science, 3 credits in DP Physical Science, plus 1 credit of DY laboratory.
DB: Biological Science Courses
Courses Currently Certified
- ANSC 141 Intro To An Science (3) (effective Fall 2021)
- ANTH 215 Human Evolution (3) (effective Fall 2021)
- AQUA 254 Nutrition of Aquatic Organisms (3) (effective Fall 2021)
- ASTR 150 Life in The Universe (3) (effective Fall 2018)
- BIOL 101 General Biology (3) (effective Fall 2018)
- BIOL 156 /MARE 156 Nat Hist & Conservatn Hawn Isl (3) (effective Fall 2018)
- BIOL 275 Fund Microbiology (3) (effective Fall 2018)
- ENSC 100 Intro to Environmental Science (3) (effective Fall 2022)
- GEOL 112 Hist of the Earth & Its Life (3) (effective Fall 2018)
- HORT 262 Princ Of Hort (3) (effective Fall 2018)
- KES 207 Basic Human Nutrition (3) (effective Fall 2018)
- KES 212 Anatomical Kinesiology (3) (effective Fall 2021)
- MARE 110 Current Issues in Marine Sci (3) (effective Fall 2018)
- MARE 140 Intro to Hawaiian Coral Reefs (3) (effective Fall 2018)
- MARE 171 Marine Biology-Diversity (3) (effective Fall 2018)
- MARE 172 Marine Biology-Cellular Proc (3) (effective Fall 2018)
Courses Previously Certified (Please see effective terms listed in parenthesis below)
- ANSC 175 Animal Behavior and Handling (3) (effective Fall 2018 - Summer 2021)
- ANSC 254 /BIOL 254 Fundamentals of Nutrition (3) (effective Fall 2018 - Summer 2021)
- AQUA 262 Intro Aquaculture (3) (effective Fall 2018 - Summer 2021)
- KES 206 (effective Fall 2018 - Summer 2021)
- NRES 196 Intro to Natural Resource Mgmt (3) (effective Fall 2018 - Summer 2021)
DP: Physical Science Courses
Courses Currently Certified
- ASTR 110 General Astronomy (3) (effective Fall 2018)
- CHEM 100 Chemistry and Society (3) (effective Fall 2018)
- CHEM 141 Surv Organ Chem & Biochem (3) (effective Fall 2018)
- CHEM 151 Elementary Survey of Chemistry (3) (effective Fall 2018)
- CHEM 161 General Chemistry I (3) (effective Fall 2018)
- CHEM 162 General Chemistry II (3) (effective Fall 2018)
- GEOG 101 Geog & Nat Environ (3) (effective Fall 2018)
- GEOL 100 Environmental Earth Science (3) (effective Fall 2018)
- GEOL 111 Understanding the Earth (3) (effective Fall 2018)
- GEOL 170 Volcanoes and Earthquakes (3) (effective Fall 2018)
- GEOL 205 Geology Of Hawaiian Islands (3) (effective Fall 2018)
- MARE 201 Oceanography (3) (effective Fall 2018)
- MARE 282 Global Change (3) (effective Fall 2018)
- PHYS 120 /GEOG 120 Weather & Climate Hawaiʻi (3) (effective Fall 2018)
- PHYS 151 College Physics I (3) (effective Fall 2018)
- PHYS 152 College Physics II (3) (effective Fall 2018)
- PHYS 170 Gen Phys I: Mechanics (4) (effective Fall 2018)
- PHYS 272 Gen Phys II: Elec & Magnetism (4) (effective Fall 2018)
Courses Previously Certified (Please see effective terms listed in parenthesis below)
- GEOL 300 Adv Environmental Earth Sci (3) (effective Fall 2018 - Summer 2021)
DY: Laboratory Science Courses
Courses Currently Certified
- ASTR 110L Gen Astronomy Lab (1) (effective Fall 2018)
- BIOL 101L Gen Biol Lab (1) (effective Fall 2022)
- BIOL 275L Microbiology Lab (1) (effective Fall 2018)
- CHEM 100L Chemistry and Society Lab (1) (effective Fall 2023)
- CHEM 151L Elementary Survey of Chem Lab (1) (effective Fall 2018)
- CHEM 161L General Chemistry I Lab (1) (effective Fall 2018)
- CHEM 162L General Chemistry II Lab (1) (effective Fall 2018)
- GEOL 111L Understanding the Earth Lab (1) (effective Fall 2018)
- MARE 140L Intro Hawaiian Coral Reefs Lab (1) (effective Fall 2018)
- MARE 171L Marine Biology Laboratory (1) (effective Fall 2018)
- MARE 201L Oceanography Lab (2) (effective Fall 2018)
- PHYS 151L College Physics I Lab (1) (effective Fall 2021)
- PHYS 152L College Physics II Lab (1) (effective Fall 2021)
- PHYS 170L Gen Phys I Lab (1) (effective Fall 2018)
- PHYS 272L Gen Phys II Lab (1) (effective Fall 2018)