Course Descriptions

The Course Descriptions catalog describes all undergraduate and graduate courses offered by Michigan State University. The searches below only return course versions Fall 2000 and forward. Please refer to the Archived Course Descriptions for additional information.

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ISP 203A Understanding Earth: Global Change

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Prerequisite:
((MTH 101 or MTH 103 or MTH 103B or MTH 116 or MTH 124 or MTH 132 or MTH 201) or designated score on Mathematics Placement test ) or (LB 117 or LB 118 or STT 200 or STT 201)
Description:
Science as a way of knowing about natural and anthropogenic global change. Implications for societies.
Effective Dates:
FS26 - Open

ISP 203B Understanding Earth: Natural Hazards and the Environment

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Prerequisite:
((MTH 101 or MTH 103 or MTH 103B or MTH 116 or MTH 124 or MTH 132 or MTH 201) or designated score on Mathematics Placement test ) or (LB 117 or LB 118 or STT 200 or STT 201)
Description:
Science as a way of knowing about natural hazards, as well as natural and anthropogenic environmental change. Implications for societies.
Effective Dates:
FS26 - Open

ISP 203L Geology of the Human Environment Laboratory

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 2   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:1   Lab Hours: 2
Prerequisite:
((ISP 203A or concurrently) or (ISP 203B or concurrently)) and ((MTH 101 or MTH 103 or MTH 103B or MTH 116 or MTH 124 or MTH 132 or MTH 201 or LB 118 or STT 200 or STT 201) or designated score on Mathematics Placement test )
Description:
Exercises in the scientific method applied to earth materials and their impact on society.
Effective Dates:
FS26 - Open

ISP 205 Visions of the Universe

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Prerequisite:
((MTH 101 or MTH 103 or MTH 103B or MTH 116 or MTH 124 or MTH 132 or MTH 201) or designated score on Mathematics Placement test ) or (LB 117 or LB 118 or STT 200 or STT 201)
Description:
Role of observation, theory, philosophy, and technology in the development of the modern conception of the universe. The Copernican Revolution. Birth and death of stars. Spaceship Earth. Cosmology and time.
Effective Dates:
FS26 - Open

ISP 205L Visions of the Universe Laboratory

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 2   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:1   Lab Hours: 2
Prerequisite:
{(ISP 205 or concurrently) and ((MTH 101 or MTH 103 or MTH 103B or MTH 116 or MTH 124 or MTH 132 or MTH 201) or designated score on Mathematics Placement test )} or (LB 117 or LB 118 or STT 200 or STT 201)
Description:
Observations of the sky, laboratory experiments, and computer simulations exploring the development of the modern conception of the universe.
Effective Dates:
FS26 - Open

ISP 209 The Mystery of the Physical World

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Prerequisite:
((MTH 101 or MTH 103 or MTH 103B or MTH 116 or MTH 124 or MTH 132 or MTH 201) or designated score on Mathematics Placement test ) or (LB 117 or LB 118 or STT 200 or STT 201)
Description:
Laws of physics through demonstrations and analyses of every day phenomena. Optics, mechanical systems and electromagnetic phenomena.
Effective Dates:
FS26 - Open

ISP 220 Quarks, Spacetime, and the Big Bang

Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Prerequisite:
((MTH 101 or MTH 103 or MTH 103B or MTH 116 or MTH 124 or MTH 132 or MTH 201) or designated score on Mathematics Placement test ) or (LB 117 or LB 118 or STT 200 or STT 201)
Description:
Elementary particle physics and the Big Bang for non-scientists. A survey of particles and forces in the early universe as it is recreated at high energy particle colliders in laboratories around the world.
Effective Dates:
FS26 - Open

ISP 231 Foundations of Physical Science for Teacher Education

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Prerequisite:
MTH 101 or MTH 103 or MTH 103B
Restrictions:
Open to undergraduate students in the Department of Teacher Education.
Description:
Using science practices to explore core ideas in physical systems by focusing on crosscutting concepts.
Effective Dates:
FS24 - Open