Science Writing, Minor

Undergraduateminor2027 catalogScienceverified parse

Official catalog page for this program

Introductory Science Course

From the catalog

Complete one of the following:

• One of:
  • One of:
    • BIOL 1111 — General Biology 1
    • BIOL 1107 — Foundations of Biology
  • One of:
    • CHEM 1151 — General Chemistry for Engineers
    • CHEM 1161 — General Chemistry for Science Majors
    • CHEM 1214 — General Chemistry 2
  • EEMB 1101 — Foundations in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • ENVR 1400 — Foundations in Environmental and Sustainability Sciences
  • One of:
    • MATH 1242 — Calculus 2
    • MATH 1342 — Calculus 2 for Science and Engineering
  • One of:
    • PHYS 1155 — Physics for Engineering 2
    • PHYS 1165 — Physics 2
    • PHYS 1175 — Physics 2 for Bioscience and Bioengineering
  • PSYC 1101 — Foundations of Psychology

Intermediate/Advanced Science Course

From the catalog

Complete one of the following:

BIOL 2301–BIOL 5999

CHEM 2311–CHEM 5999

EEMB 2400–EEMB 5999

ENVR 2310–ENVR 5999

MATH 2280–MATH 5999

PHYS 2303–PHYS 5999

PSYC 2290–PSYC 5999

• One of:
  • Any BIOL course numbered 2301–5999
  • Any CHEM course numbered 2311–5999
  • Any EEMB course numbered 2400–5999
  • Any ENVR course numbered 2310–5999
  • Any MATH course numbered 2280–5999
  • Any PHYS course numbered 2303–5999
  • Any PSYC course numbered 2290–5999

Required Writing/Communication Course

From the catalog

Complete one of the following:

• One of:
  • COMM 1125 — Science, Communication, and Society
  • ENGL 2650 — Science Writing: Origins, Ethics, and Emerging Genres

Science Writing Electives

From the catalog

Complete 8 semester hours from the following:

• Choose 8 semester hours from:
  • COMM 3500 — Environmental Issues, Communication, and the Media
  • ENGL 2620 — What Is Nature?
  • ENGL 3340 — Technologies of Text
  • ENGL 3700 — Narrative Medicine
  • JRNL 3650 — Science Writing
  • JRNL 3700 — Data Storytelling

GPA requirements

• Minimum of 20 semester hours and a 2.00 GPA required in the minor

Substitutions

Possible equivalents for this program — dashed means a suggestion, not a rule, and every substitution needs your advisor's approval:

• CHEM 1151 ↔ CHEM 1161 (tier C)
• CHEM 1151 ↔ CHEM 1214 (tier C)
• CHEM 1153 ↔ CHEM 1163 (tier C)
• CHEM 1153 ↔ CHEM 1216 (tier C)
• CHEM 1161 ↔ CHEM 1214 (tier C)
• CHEM 1162 ↔ CHEM 1215 (tier C)
• CHEM 1163 ↔ CHEM 1216 (tier C)
• MATH 1242 ↔ MATH 1342 (tier C)
• PHYS 1155 ↔ PHYS 1165 (tier C)
• PHYS 1156 ↔ PHYS 1166 (tier C)
• PHYS 1157 ↔ PHYS 1167 (tier C)
• PHYS 1165 ↔ PHYS 1175 (tier C)
• PHYS 1166 ↔ PHYS 1176 (tier C)
• PHYS 1167 ↔ PHYS 1177 (tier C)

What the tiers mean

Parsed from the catalog by NU Map; the structured machine copy is in this college's JSON for the 2027 catalog, under science-writing-minor, and the official page is the authority.