Course Descriptions

Life Sciences

LS 103 ..................................................Nutrition & Health (3)
Prerequisites: None
Presents basic nutritional concepts and their relation to current nutritional problems and concerns. Covers sources of nutrients and their primary functions, basic digestive pathways and nutrient metabolism, human nutritional requirements and the effects of
nutritional deficiencies. Emphasizes gaining insight into personal nutrition and ideas for improving it.

LS 110 ..................................................Environmental Science (Service Learning) (3)
Prerequisites: None
Introduces principles of ecology: the interconnected relationships among organic and inorganic components of global ecosystems. Explores human attitudes toward our impact on the environment. (This is a service-learning course.)

LS 120 ..................................................Field Botany w/Lab (3)
Prerequisites: None
Focuses on classifying and identifying vascular plants, their distribution, adaptive characteristics and ecology. Students will learn to curate specimens. Field trips required. Lab fee required to cover field trip expenses. This course is a summer course, but takes place between Winter and Summer sessions. A student taking this course may register for more than the 9 hours maximum allowed for Summer session provided they pay for the extra hours.

LS 130 ..................................................Health & Lifestyle Management (3)
Prerequisites: None
Increases the overall physical fitness of students. Covers cardiovascular endurance, weight control, strength and flexibility, stress management and general nutrition. Raises awareness of the benefits of continued physical fitness practices for life.

LS 265 ..................................................Anatomy & Physiology (4)
Prerequisites: None
Studies the basic structure and function of the human body from atoms to systems including integumentary, skeletal, muscular, nervous, circulatory, digestive, respiratory, urinary, endocrine and reproductive systems.