Certificate Stream in Scientific Literacy and Knowledge (available in 2024/2025)
Students who wish to complete a Arts and Science Certificate in the Stream Scientific Literacy and Knowledge have to take ten courses. Please do not hesitate to reach out to us if you have questions about this minor: katharina.stevens@uleth.ca.
Required courses:
Logic 1000 - Critical Thinking
Philosophy 1000 - Introduction to Philosophy
Two of:
Philosophy 2002 - Belief, Truth, and Paradox
Philosophy 2100 - Knowledge and Communities: Practical and Theoretical Issues in Social Epistemology
Philosophy 2233 - Philosophy and the World View of Science: Earth and Life Sciences or Philosophy 2234 - Philosophy and the World View of Science: Space, Time and Matter
Philosophy 2236 - Environmental Philosophy
Two of:
Biology 1020 - Diversity of Life
Biology 2500 - Biology and Society
Chemistry 2320 - History of Chemistry
Geography 1000 - Introduction to Physical Geography
Liberal Education 2100 - Quantitative Reasoning
Liberal Education 2200 - Problems and Puzzles
Liberal Education 2300/Neuroscience 2300 - Core Brain Story
Neuroscience 1000 - Introduction to Neuroscience
Physics 2020 - The Physics of Everyday Life
Psychology 1010 - Introduction to Psychology A: Evolution, Mechanisms, and Cognition/Perception
Two courses (6.0 credit hours) from List II: Social Science Courses
Two Elective courses (6.0 credit hours) from courses offered by the Faculty of Arts and Science, Faculty of Fine Arts, and the School of Liberal Education.