Empirical Investigation Lab
As part of the IDEAs in Action curriculum, one Focus Capacity course must include or be associated with a one-credit Empirical Investigation Lab (FC-LAB). In such labs, students participate in measurement, data collection and analysis, and hypothesis testing connected to the course content.
Approved Courses
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ANTH 404 | 
Agent-Based Modeling of Social-Ecological Systems | 3 |
| ANTH 419 |
Anthropological Application of GIS | 3 |
| ASTR 100L |
Astronomy with Skynet: Our Place in Space | 1 |
| BIOL 101L |
Introductory Biology Laboratory | 1 |
| BIOL 102L |
Introductory Biology Laboratory with Research | 1 |
| BIOL 221L |
Seafood Forensics Laboratory | 1 |
| BIOL 255L |
The Evolution of Extraordinary Adaptions Laboratory | 1 |
| BIOL 271L |
Plant Biology Laboratory | 1 |
| BIOL 274L |
Plant Diversity Laboratory | 1 |
| BIOL 544L |
Laboratory in Diseases of the Cytoskeleton | 3 |
| CHEM 101L |
Quantitative Chemistry Laboratory I | 1 |
| EMES 101L |
Planet Earth Laboratory | 1 |
| EMES 103L |
The Marine Environment Laboratory | 1 |
| EMES 105 |
Natural Disasters: Hollywood versus Reality | 4 |
| EMES 324L |
Water in Our World Laboratory | 1 |
| ENEC 202 |
Introduction to the Environmental Sciences | 4 |
| ENEC 324L |
Water in Our World Laboratory | 1 |
| ENEC 404 |
Agent-Based Modeling of Social-Ecological Systems | 3 |
| ENEC 419 |
Anthropological Application of GIS | 3 |
| ENVR 135 |
Environment-ECUIPP Lab: Connecting with communities through environmental research for Public Health | 3 |
| ENVR 335 |
Adv Environ-ECUIPP Lab: Connecting with Communities Through Environmental Research for PH Protection | 3 |
| LING 333 |
Human Language and Animal Communication Systems | 3 |
| LING 401 |
Introduction to Computational Linguistics | 3 |
| LING 573 |
Linguistic Field Methods I | 3 |
| PHIL 70 |
First-Year Seminar: Gateway to Philosophy, Politics, and Economics | 3 |
| PHYS 55 |
First-Year Seminar: Introduction to Mechatronics | 4 |
| PHYS 100 |
How Things Work | 4 |
| PHYS 101 |
Basic Concepts of Physics | 4 |
| PHYS 114 |
General Physics I: For Students of the Life Sciences | 4 |
| PHYS 115 |
General Physics II: For Students of the Life Sciences | 4 |
| PHYS 118 |
Introductory Calculus-based Mechanics and Relativity H | 4 |
| PHYS 119 |
Introductory Calculus-based Electromagnetism and Quanta H | 4 |
| PHYS 231 |
Physical Computing H | 4 |
| PHYS 281L |
Experimental Techniques in Physics | 3 |
| PLCY 460 |
Quantitative Analysis for Public Policy H | 4 |
| PSYC 438 |
Research Topics in the Psychology of Language | 3 |
| PSYC 535 |
Programming for Psychologists: Computational Tools for Psychological Research | 3 |
| STOR 320 |
Methods and Models of Data Science | 4 |
| H | Honors version available. An honors course fulfills the same requirements as the nonhonors version of that course. Enrollment and GPA restrictions may apply. |
