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Area 5A : Physical Sciences

Choose a course from Area 5A.

  • General Education
  • 3–5 units

Choose a course from Area 5A. Program requires at least one course from Area 5A. If the course chosen from Areas 5A does not have a lab component embedded in it, then a separate laboratory course must be chosen from Area 5C.

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CourseDescriptionPrerequisitesUnits / Hours
AST M01AN INTRODUCTION TO ASTRONOMYPrerequisites
3 units
PHYS M01DESCRIPTIVE PHYSICS- n/a
3 units
GEOL M03EARTH HISTORY- n/a
3 units
GEOL M121EARTH SCIENCE WITH LAB- n/a
4 units
ENSC M01ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE- n/a
3 units
CHEM M11FOUNDATIONS OF GENERAL, ORGANIC, AND BIOCHEMISTRY- n/a
5 units
CHEM M01AGENERAL CHEMISTRY IPrerequisites
5 units
CHEM M01BGENERAL CHEMISTRY IIPrerequisites
5 units
PHYS M10AGENERAL PHYSICS I- n/a
4 units
PHYS M10BGENERAL PHYSICS IIPrerequisites
4 units
CHEM M01AHHONORS: GENERAL CHEMISTRY IPrerequisites
5 units
GEOL M02HHONORS: PHYSICAL GEOLOGY- n/a
3 units
CHEM M12INTRODUCTION TO CHEMISTRY I- n/a
4 units
CHEM M13INTRODUCTION TO CHEMISTRY II- n/a
5 units
GEOG M05INTRODUCTION TO WEATHER AND CLIMATE- n/a
3 units
PHYS M20AMECHANICS OF SOLIDS AND FLUIDSPrerequisites
4 units
GEOL M61NATURAL DISASTERS- n/a
3 units
CHEM M07AORGANIC CHEMISTRY I- n/a
5 units
CHEM M07BORGANIC CHEMISTRY II- n/a
5 units
GEOG M01PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY- n/a
3 units
GEOL M02PHYSICAL GEOLOGY- n/a
3 units
PHSC M01PRINCIPLES OF PHYSICAL SCIENCEPrerequisites
3 units
GEOL M05THE WORLD OCEAN- n/a
3 units
PHYS M20BTHERMODYNAMICS, ELECTRICITY, AND MAGNETISMPrerequisites
4 units
PHYS M20CWAVE MOTION, OPTICS AND MODERN PHYSICSPrerequisites
4 units