Not all science courses will count toward degree credit or science elective credit for science majors. The survey science courses offered as options for non-science majors for their university science requirement will not count as a science elective or towards the minimum science credit hour requirement. Because of overlap in content with required courses for science majors, many of these courses will also not count towards the degree credit requirement.
Some major programs have a science elective requirement.
Or, the bulletin description for the course states that it is a science elective in the College of Science. Finally, note the departments may place additional restrictions on allowed science electives, e.g., in the Department of Biological Sciences, a science elective must be a non-biology course. If unsure, the student should ask his or her advisor .