Getting InLiberal Arts with an Area of Emphasis in Mathematics and Sciences
Contact Information
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Dean: Al Taccone |
Office: 3711, 760-795-6881 |
Full-Time Faculty
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Joanne Benschop |
Associate in Arts Degree Liberal Arts with an Area of Emphasis in Mathematics and Sciences
The science courses in this category examine the physical universe, its life forms, and its natural phenomena. These courses assist the student in developing an appreciation of the scientific method and encourage an understanding of the relationships between science and other human activities. The mathematics courses encourage the understanding of mathematical concepts through the development of quantitative reasoning skills. This area of emphasis provides students with lower-division preparation for a variety of majors within the scientific disciplines, including astronomy, biology, chemistry, and physics, as well as preparation for mathematics majors. Additionally, students may prepare for nursing, kinesiology, public health, and other health science majors. Many of the courses will assist students in prerequisite preparation for graduate programs within the health sciences.
Select a minimum of 18 units from the following courses. At least one course must be a mathematics course:
| ANTH 101 | Biological Anthropology | 3 |
| or ANTH 101H | Biological Anthropology (Honors) | |
| ANTH 101L | Biological Anthropology Laboratory | 1 |
| ANTH 190 | Primate Behavior and Ecology | 3 |
| ASTR 101 | Descriptive Astronomy | 3 |
| ASTR 101L | Descriptive Astronomy Laboratory | 1 |
| ASTR 120 | Life in the Universe | 3 |
| ASTR 201 | Introductory Astronomy | 3 |
| BIO 100 | General Biology (Lecture and Lab) | 4 |
| or BIO 101 | General Biology | |
| or BIO 101L | General Biology Laboratory | |
| BIO 102 | Ecology and Environmental Biology | 4 |
| BIO 103 | Animal Diversity | 3 |
| BIO 105 | Genes and Technology in Society | 3 |
| BIO 105L | Genes and Technology in Society Laboratory | 1 |
| BIO 150 | General Botany | 4 |
| BIO 170 | Marine Biology | 4 |
| BIO 172 | Marine Ecology | 3 |
| BIO 172L | Marine Ecology Laboratory | 1 |
| BIO/BTEC 180 | Biostatistics | 4 |
| BIO 202 | Foundations of Biology: Evolution, Biodiversity, and Organismal Biology | 4 |
| BIO 204 | Foundations of Biology: Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Genetics, and Molecular Biology | 4 |
| BIO 210 | Human Anatomy | 4 |
| BIO 220 | Human Physiology | 4 |
| BIO 230 | Fundamentals of Microbiology | 5 |
| CHEM 100 | Introductory Chemistry | 4 |
| CHEM 102 | Introduction to Organic and Biological Chemistry | 4 |
| CHEM 103 | Chemistry and Society | 3 |
| CHEM 103L | Chemistry and Society Laboratory | 1 |
| CHEM 104 | Chemistry of Living Things (Introduction to General, Organic, and Biochemistry) | 5 |
| CHEM 108 | Preparatory Chemistry | 3 |
| CHEM 110 | General Chemistry | 5 |
| CHEM 111 | General Chemistry | 5 |
| CHEM 210 | Organic Chemistry I | 5 |
| CHEM 211 | Organic Chemistry II | 5 |
| EART 106 | Earth and Space Science | 3 |
| GEOG 101 | Physical Geography | 3 |
| GEOG 101L | Physical Geography Laboratory | 1 |
| GEOG 124 | Geographic Information Science and Spatial Reasoning | 3 |
| GEOL 101 | Physical Geology | 3 |
| or GEOL 101H | Physical Geology (Honors) | |
| GEOL 101L | Physical Geology Laboratory | 1 |
| GEOL 120 | Environmental Geology: Earth Hazards and Humanity | 3 |
| HORT 116 | Plant Science | 4 |
| MATH 103 | Statistics | 4 |
| MATH 105 | Concepts and Structures of Elementary Mathematics I | 3 |
| MATH 106 | Concepts and Structures of Elementary Mathematics II | 3 |
| MATH 115 | Calculus with Applications | 4 |
| MATH 125 | College Algebra | 3 |
| MATH 130 | Trigonometry | 3 |
| MATH 135 | Pre-Calculus Mathematics | 5 |
| MATH 150 | Calculus and Analytic Geometry I | 5 |
| MATH 155 | Calculus and Analytic Geometry II | 4 |
| MATH 226 | Discrete Mathematics | 3 |
| MATH 260 | Calculus and Analytic Geometry III | 4 |
| MATH 265 | Differential Equations | 3 |
| MATH 270 | Linear Algebra | 3 |
| OCEA 101 | Introduction to Oceanography | 3 |
| or OCEA 101H | Introduction to Oceanography (Honors) | |
| OCEA 101L | Introductory Oceanography Laboratory | 1 |
| PHSN 101 | Fundamentals of Physical Science | 3 |
| PHSN 106 | Energy, Motion, and Matter: An Introduction to Physics and Chemistry | 3 |
| PHYS 111 | Introductory Physics I | 4 |
| PHYS 112 | Introductory Physics II | 4 |
| PHYS 151 | Principles of Physics I | 4 |
| PHYS 152 | Principles of Physics II | 4 |
| PHYS 253 | Principles of Physics III | 4 |
| PSYC/SOC 104 | Statistics for Behavioral Science | 3 |
| PSYC 260 | Physiological Psychology | 3 |
