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About SAM - Sciences and Mathematics Division
The division of Sciences and Mathematics offers degrees in Mathematics, Environmental Studies, and Environmental Science and Biomedical Sciences.
Our curriculum, internship opportunities and research maintain local community ties while exploring global perspectives, leading to excellent career opportunities for graduating students.
Our Environmental Science and Studies program takes advantage of the Puget Sound being in our own front yard.
Our new Biomedical Sciences degree began Autumn 2016. We currently have over 100 confirmed newly admitted students planning to be biomedical sciences majors, making biomed the 5th largest major in terms of entering students, in our first year of the degree!
IMPORTANT UPDATES:
- NEW Prefixes for SAM - Effective Autumn 2017
Courses associated with the Sciences and Mathematics Division within the School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences are changing course prefixes effective Autumn quarter of 2017. Many courses with the “TESC” and “TBIOMD” prefixes have been changed to several subject specific prefixes (ie. TCHEM for Chemistry courses, TBIOL for Biology) to aid in course identification. Please refer below for the complete list of prefix conversions.
New Prefix List
| Old Prefix | Name | new prefix | new # |
|---|---|---|---|
| TESC110 | General Biology | TBIOL | 110 |
| TESC155 | Biology Collaborative Learning Seminar | TBIOL | 119 |
| TESC120 | Introductory Biology I | TBIOL | 120 |
| TESC130 | Introductory Biology II | TBIOL | 130 |
| TESC140 | Introductory Biology III | TBIOL | 140 |
| TESC202 | Plant Biology and Ecology | TBIOL | 202 |
| TESC402 | History and Ecology of Biological Invasions | TBIOL | 203 |
| TESC304 | Tropical Ecology and Sustainability | TBIOL | 204 |
| TESC232 | Issues in Biological Conservation | TBIOL | 232 |
| TESC234 | Biology,History & Politics of Salmon in the Pacific Northwest | TBIOL | 234 |
| TESC236 | Sustainable Agriculture | TBIOL | 236 |
| TESC238 | Human Interactions with Marine Invertebrates | TBIOL | 238 |
| TESC240 | Human Biology and Environmental Interactions | TBIOL | 240 |
| TESC242 | Aging and Biology | TBIOL | 242 |
| TESC370 | Genetics and Society | TBIOL | 270 |
| TBIOMD301 | General Microbiology | TBIOL | 301 |
| TBIOMD302 | Human Physiology | TBIOL | 302 |
| TBIOMD303 | Cell Biology | TBIOL | 303 |
| TESC380 | Molecular Biology | TBIOL | 304 |
| TBIOMD307 | Genetics and Genomics | TBIOL | 305 |
| TESC306 | Animal Behavior | TBIOL | 306 |
| TESC318 | Biogeography | TBIOL | 318 |
| TESC302 | Ecology of Mt. St. Helens | TBIOL | 324 |
| TESC332 | Conservation Biology in Practice | TBIOL | 434 |
| TESC340 | Ecology and Its Applications | TBIOL | 340 |
| TBIOMD350 | Introduction to Epidemiology | TBIOL | 350 |
| TESC362 | Introduction to Restoration Ecology | TBIOL | 362 |
| TESC404 | Neotropical Field Studies Abroad: Ecology and Community | TBIOL | 404 |
| TESC408 | Marine Plankton | TBIOL | 408 |
| TESC422 | Evolution | TBIOL |
422 |
| TESC432 | Forest Ecology Field Studies | TBIOL | 432 |
| TESC436 | Systems Biology | TBIOL | 436 |
| TESC438 | Environmental Biology: Marine Invertebrates | TBIOL | 438 |
| TESC440 | Applied Entomology | TBIOL | 307 |
| TESC442 | Marine Ecology | TBIOL | 442 |
| TESC452 | Plants, Insects and their Interactions | TBIOL | 452 |
| TESC462 | Restoration Ecology Capstone: Intoduction | TBIOL | 462 |
| TESC463 | Restoration Ecology Capstone: Proposal and Plan | TBIOL | 463 |
| TESC464 | Restoration Ecology Capstone: Restoration Project Implementation | TBIOL | 464 |
| TESC378 | Environmental Microbiology | TBIOL | 478 |
| TESC199 | Preparation for Careers in Biomedical Sciences Seminar | TBIOMD | 199 |
| TESC131 | Chemistry and Society | TCHEM | 131 |
| TESC139 | Preparation for General Chemistry | TCHEM | 139 |
| TESC156 | Chemistry Collaborative Learning Seminar | TCHEM | 164 |
| TESC141 | General Chemistry I | TCHEM | 141 |
| TESC151 | General Chemistry II | TCHEM | 151 |
| TESC161 | General Chemistry III | TCHEM | 161 |
| TESC 141, TESC 151 & TESC 161 | New General Chemisty series (General Chemistry I, II & III). Individual courses not equivalent, entire series equivalent. | TCHEM | 142, 152 & 162 |
| TESC245 | Chemistry through History | TCHEM | 245 |
| TESC251 | Organic Chemistry I | TCHEM | 251 |
| TESC261 | Organic Chemistry II | TCHEM | 261 |
| TESC271 | Organic Chemistry III | TCHEM | 271 |
| TESC333 | Environmental Chemistry | TCHEM | 333 |
| TESC405 | Biochemistry I | TCHEM | 405 |
| TESC406 | Biochemistry II | TCHEM | 406 |
| TESC439 | Analytical Chemistry with Environmental Applications | TCHEM | 439 |
| TESC510 | Environmental Health and Toxicology | TCHEM | 510 |
| TESC107 | Geohazards and Natural Disasters | TGEOS | 107 |
| TESC117 | Physical Geology | TGEOS | 117 |
| TESC215 | Meteorology | TGEOS | 215 |
| TESC316 | Pacific Northwest Geology | TGEOS | 216 |
| TESC326 | Pacific Northwest Geology Field Trip | TGEOS | 226 |
| TESC227 | Earth History | TGEOS | 227 |
| TESC241 | Oceanography | TGEOS | 241 |
| TESC243 | Geography of the Physical Environment | TGEOS | 243 |
| TESC247 | Maritime History and Science in the Pacific Northwest | TGEOS | 247 |
| TESC317 | Geology, Landscape and Culture | TGEOS | 317 |
| TESC321 | Soils and Environmental Applications | TGEOS | 321 |
| TESC329 | Geomorphology and Soils | TGEOS | 329 |
| TESC335 | Introduction to Geomorphology | TGEOS | 335 |
| TESC337 | Environmental Geology | TGEOS | 337 |
| TESC341 | Climate Change | TGEOS | 341 |
| TESC343 | The Atmosphere and Air Pollution | TGEOS | 343 |
| TESC347 | Environmental Earth Materials | TGEOS | 347 |
| TESC349 | Research at Sea | TGEOS | 349 |
| TESC415 | Sedimentology | TGEOS | 415 |
| TESC417 | Field Geology | TGEOS | 417 |
| TESC419 | Environmental Field Geophysics | TGEOS | 419 |
| TESC445 | Estuarine Field Studies | TGEOS | 445 |
| TESC111 | Introduction to Astronomy | TPHYS | 111 |
| TESC157 | Physics for Collaborative Learning Seminar | TPHYS | 120 |
| TESC121 | Physics - Mechanics | TPHYS | 121 |
| TESC122 | Physics - Electromagnetism and Oscillatory Motion | TPHYS | 122 |
| TESC123 | Physics - Waves | TPHYS | 123 |
| TESC213 | Physical Forces in the Natural World | TPHYS | 213 |
| TEST213 | History and Science of Space Exploration | TPHYS | 215 |
| TESC315 | Applied Physics with Environmental Applications | TPHYS | 315 |
| TEST211 | Women in Science | TWOMN | 211 |
- Students Taking General Chemistry!
We are revising the General Chemistry sequence starting Autumn 2017. As a result, you MUST complete the whole sequence this year (2016/2017). You will not be able to start the current sequence this year and then finish it in academic year 2017/2018, since we are only offering the new sequence starting Autumn 2017. Please plan accordingly!
Phone: 253-692-5657
Building: Science (SCI)
Office Mailbox: 358436
Building Hours:
Monday - Friday
8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Email: Michelle Miller,
SAM Divisional Manager
To request changes to this page, please contact Michelle Miller at mmiller9@uw.edu.