Sciences
Acquiring a broad view of what science is, what it has achieved, and what it might continue to achieve is an essential component of a college education. Closer study of a science develops the critical faculties that educated citizens need. These include an ability to evaluate the opinions of experts, to distinguish special pleading and demagoguery from responsible science, and to realize which things are known and which unknown—which are knowable and which unknowable—to science. The theoritical inquiry, experimental analysis, and firsthand problem solving inseparable from studying a science give rise to new modes of thought. To know science is to appreciate a thousand intricate coherences in nature and the universe, which are hidden from casual observation but which, once revealed, lend richness to everyday life. A helpful resource for students seeking to fulfill the science requirement is a list of Sc-designated courses without prerequisites. The list can be viewed on the Science & Quantitative Reasoning Web site.
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