AREA 5 - PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES: 10 units

A. Physical Science:

• AST 1010 - Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe (3) [GE 5A]
• CHM 1010 - Chemistry in Our World (3) [GE 5A]
• CHM 1210 - General Chemistry I (3) [GE 5A]
• CHM 1220 - General Chemistry II (3) [GE 5A]
• GEO 1010 - Physical Geography (3) [GE 5A]
• GSC 1100 - Water in a Changing World (3) [GE 5A]
• GSC 1110 - Principles of Geology (3) [GE 5A]
• GSC 1120 - Earth, Time, and Life (3) [GE 5A]
• GSC 1160 - Introduction to Astronomy (3) [GE 5A]
• GSC 1200 - Introduction to Oceanography (3) [GE 5A]
• GSC 1950 - Living in Earthquake Country (3) [GE 5A]
• GSC 2120 - Earth Science for Elementary Educators (3) [GE 5A]
• PHY 1020 - Fundamentals of Physics (3) [GE 5A]
• PHY 1050 - The Physics of Musical Sound (3) [GE 5A]
• PHY 1210 - Physics of Motion, Fluids, and Heat (3) [GE 5A]
• PHY 1510 - Introduction to Newtonian Mechanics (3) [GE 5A]

B. Biological Science:

• ANT 1010 - Introduction to Biological Anthropology (3) [GE 5B]
• BIO 1020 - Plagues, Pandemics and Bioterrorism (3) [GE 5B]
• BIO 1040 - What is Evolution? (3) [GE 5B]
• BIO 1060 - Human Biology (3) [GE 5B]
• BIO 1150 - Biology and Society (3) [GE 5B]
• BIO 1210 - Foundations of Biology: Energy, Matter, and Information (3) [GE 5B]
• BIO 2120 - Life Science for Elementary Educators (3) [GE 5B]
• GSC 2700 - Age of the Dinosaurs (3) [GE 5B]

C. Laboratory:

• BIO 1150L - Biology and Society Laboratory (1) [GE 5C]
• BIO 1210L - Foundations of Biology: Energy, Matter, and Information Laboratory (1) [GE 5C]
• BIO 2120L - Life Science for Elementary Educators Laboratory (1) [GE 5C]
• CHM 1010L - Chemistry in Our World Laboratory (1) [GE 5C]
• CHM 1210L - General Chemistry Laboratory I (1) [GE 5C]
• CHM 1220L - General Chemistry Laboratory II (1) [GE 5C]
• GEO 1010L - Physical Geography Laboratory (1) [GE 5C]
• GSC 1410L - Principles of Geology Laboratory (1) [GE 5C]
• GSC 1510L - Earth, Time, and Life Laboratory (1) [GE 5C]
• GSC 2120L - Earth Science for Elementary Educators Laboratory (1) [GE 5C]
• PHY 1050L - Physics of Musical Sound Laboratory (1) [GE 5C]
• PHY 1210L - Physics of Motion, Fluids, and Heat Laboratory (1) [GE 5C]
• PHY 1510L - Newtonian Mechanics Laboratory (1) [GE 5C]

D. Upper Division Scientific Inquiry or Quantitative Reasoning:

Students shall complete the lower division GE requirements in Area 1 (1A, 1B and 1C) and Area 2 and have junior standing before taking their upper division Area 5D course.

• AMM 3650 - Color Science - Principles and Applications (2) [GE 5D] and
• AMM 3650L - Color Science - Principles & Applications Laboratory (1) [GE 5D]

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• ANT 3050 - Archaeoastronomy (3) [GE 5D] cross-listed as
• AST 3050 - Archaeoastronomy (3) [GE 5D]

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• ANT 3500 - Environment, Technology and Culture (3) [GE 4C or 5D] *
• ANT 4910 - Forensic Anthropology (3) [GE 5D]
• AST 3420 - Life, the Universe, and Everything (3) [GE 5D]
• AVS 3311 - Animal Industry and Society (3) [GE 5D]
• AVS 3333 - Canine and Feline Compendium (3) [GE 5D]
• BIO 3000 - Genetics and Human Issues (3) [GE 5D]
• BIO 3010 - Human Sexuality (3) [GE 5D]
• BIO 3030 - Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Safer Sex (3) [GE 5D]
• BIO 3040 - Environment and Society (3) [GE 5D]
• BIO 3070 - Biology of Human Pregnancy (3) [GE 5D]
• BIO 3090 - Biology of the Brain (3) [GE 5D]
• BIO 3120 - Biodiversity Conservation (3) [GE 5D]
• BIO 3130 - Marine Biology (3) [GE 5D]
• BIO 3280 - Biology of Aging (3) [GE 5D]
• CHM 3010 - Modeling the Fundamentals of Physical Chemistry (3) [GE 5D]
• CS 3750W - Computers and Society (3) [GE 4C or 5D] *
• EC 4441 - Industry Studies (3) [GE 4C or 5D] *

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• EGR 4810 - Project Design Principles and Applications (1) [GE 5D] and
• EGR 4820 - Project Design Principles and Applications (1) [GE 5D] and
• EGR 4830 - Project Design Principles and Applications (1) [GE 5D]

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• FST 3250 - Food Safety and Current Issues (3) [GE 5D]
• GEO 3030 - Climatology (3) [GE 5D]
• GEO 3510 - Geography of California (3) [GE 4C or 5D] *
• GSC 3040 - Meteorology (3) [GE 5D]
• GSC 3200 - Studies of a Blue Planet (3) [GE 5D]

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• GSC 3210 - Engineering Geology I (2) [GE 5D] and
• GSC 3210L - Engineering Geology I Laboratory (1) [GE 5D]

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• GSC 3350 - Exploring Earth’s Oceans: Oceanography (3) [GE 5D]
• GSC 3500 - Natural Disasters (3) [GE 5D]
• IME 4020W - Ethical Concepts in Technology and Applied Science (3) [GE 3C or 5D] *
• IME 4030 - Fiscal Implications in Technical Decision Making (3) [GE 4C or 5D] *
• KIN 3010 - Foundations of Exercise Science (3) [GE 5D]
• MU 3100 - History of Technology in Music (3) [GE 3C, 4C, or 5D] *
• NTR 3050 - Nutrition, Science and Health (3) [GE 5D]
• PHL 3330 - Bioethics (3) [GE 3C or 5D] *
• PHL 3530 - Cognitive Science (3) [GE 3C or 5D] *
• PHL 3830 - Philosophy of Science (3) [GE 5D]
• PHL 3850 - The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence (3) [GE 5D]
• PHY 3010 - Energy and Society (3) [GE 5D]
• PHY 3020 - Physics for Future Presidents (3) [GE 5D]
• PHY 3060 - History of Physics (3) [GE 5D]
• PLT 3000 - Insects and Civilization (3) [GE 5D]
• PLT 3760 - Urban and Community Agriculture (3) [GE 5D]
• PLT 4311 - Plants and Civilization (3) [GE 5D]
• PSY 3326 - Health Psychology (3) [GE 4C or 5D] *
• RS 3010 - Life Support Processes (3) [GE 5D]