Support Courses

Course Prerequisite Corequisite Units
AFAM 151: Race, Poverty and the Environment     3
AMS 159: Nature and World Cultures Completion of core GE, satisfaction of Writing Skills Test and upper division standing. For students who begin continuous enrollment at a CCC or a CSU in Fall 2005 or later, completion of, or corequisite in a 100W course is required.   3
ANTH 176: Indians of California ANTH 11 or instructor consent.   3
ASTR 101: Modern Astronomy Completion of core GE, satisfaction of Writing Skills Test and upper division standing and a college physical science course. For students who begin continuous enrollment at a CCC or a CSU in Fall 2005 or later, completion of, or corequisite in a 100W course is required.   3
ASTR 102: Astronomy Lab Completion of or concurrent enrollment in a college-level astronomy course.   1
BUS 167: Managing Environmental Issues     3
CHEM 1A: General Chemistry Proficiency in high school chemistry or CHEM 010 (with a grade of "C" or better; "C-" not accepted) or instructor consent; proficiency in high school algebra and eligibility for MATH 019; eligibility for ENGL 001A.   5
CHEM 1B: General Chemistry CHEM 001A (with a grade of "C" or better; "C-" not accepted).   5
CHEM 8: Organic Chemistry CHEM 001B (with a grade of "C" or better; "C-" not accepted).   3
CHEM 9: Organic Chemistry Lab   CHEM 008 1
CHEM 30A: Introductory Chemistry     3
CHEM 30B: Introductory Chemistry CHEM 030A or CHEM 001A (with a grade of "C" or better; "C-" not accepted).   3
CHEM 112A: Organic Chemistry CHEM 1B (with a grade of "C" or better; "C-" not accepted).   3
CHEM 112B: Organic Chemistry CHEM 112A (with a grade of "C" or better; "C-" not accepted).   3
CHEM 113A: Organic Chemistry Lab CHEM 112A (with a grade of "C" or better; "C-" not accepted).   2
CHEM 120S: Chemical Safety Seminar College level chemistry course.   1
CHEM 130A: Biochemistry CHEM 055, CHEM 112B (with grades of "C" or better; "C-" not accepted).   4
CHEM 132: Introductory Biochemistry CHEM 30B or CHEM 8 (with grades of "C" or better; "C-" not accepted).   4
CHEM 135: General Biochemistry BIOL 001B, CHEM 112A, CHEM 112B (with a grade of "C" or better; "C-" not accepted). CHEM 112B 4
COMM 120P: Persuasive & Presentation Skills Completion of A1 Core GE requirement or instructor consent.   4
COMM 146F: Communication and the Environment Upper division standing or instructor consent.   4
CS 23: Introduction to Computer Science for Biologists and Chemists BIOL 5 or CHEM 55; or instructor consent.   3
CS 46A: Introduction to Programming Eligibility for college-level mathematics.   4
CS 46B: Introduction to Data Structures Knowledge of Java equivalent to that obtained by completing CS 046A or CS 049J (with grade of "C-" or better). Eligibility for MATH 030 or MATH 030P, or instructor consent. MATH 42 4
CS 123A: Bioinformatics I CS 23, and BIOL 115 or CHEM 130A; or CS 46B and a molecular biology course.   3
ECON 107: Introduction to Environmental Economics and Policy ECON 1B or instructor consent.   3
ENGL 1A: Composition I English Placement Test.   3
ENGL 1B: Composition 2 ENGL 1A and English Placement Test.   3
ENGL 106: Editing for Writers ENGL 1A and ENGL 1B   3
ENGL 107: Professional Technical Writing ENGL 1A and ENGL 1B   3
ENVS 110: Resource Analysis ENVS 001, ENVS 010, STAT 095.   4
ENVS 111: Geology and the Environment Completion of core GE, satisfaction of Writing Skills Test and upper division standing. For students who begin continuous enrollment at a CCC or a CSU in Fall 2005 or later, completion of, or corequisite in a 100W course is required.   3
ENVS 117: Human Ecology ENVS 1, ENVS 10 and ENVS 100W, or instructor consent.   3
ENVS 121: Population and Global Change Upper division standing.   3
ENVS 124: Introduction to Environmental Law ENVS 1   3
ENVS 185: Environmental Impact Analysis ENVS 1, ENVS 124   4
ENVS 187: Environmental Restoration ENVS 001, GE B2 course and any 100W, or instructor consent.   4
GEOG 130: Natural Resources Upper division standing or instructor consent.   3
GEOL 1: General Geology     4
GEOL 3: Planet Earth     3
GEOL 4L: Planet Earth Laboratory     1
GEOL 6: Geology of California     3
GEOL 7: Earth, Time and Life      
GEOL 103: Earth Systems and the Environment PHYS 001 or CHEM 030A, completion of core GE, satisfaction of Writing Skills Test and upper division standing. For students who begin continuous enrollment at a CCC or a CSU in Fall 2005 or later, completion of, or corequisite in a 100W course is required.   3
GEOL 105: General Oceanography Completion of core GE, satisfaction of Writing Skills Test and upper division standing. For students who begin continuous enrollment at a CCC or a CSU in Fall 2005 or later, completion of, or corequisite in a 100W course is required.   3
GEOL 107: Prehistoric Life Completion of core GE, satisfaction of Writing Skills Test and upper division standing. For students who begin continuous enrollment at a CCC or a CSU in Fall 2005 or later, completion of, or corequisite in a 100W course is required.   3
GEOL 111: Geology and the Environment Completion of core GE, satisfaction of Writing Skills Test and upper division standing. For students who begin continuous enrollment at a CCC or a CSU in Fall 2005 or later, completion of, or corequisite in a 100W course is required.   3
MATH 30: Calculus I Satisfaction of ELM requirement; Satisfactory score on the Calculus Placement Exam, or MATH 019 (with a grade of "B" or better to waive the placement exam). MATH 030W; to opt out of MATH 030W contact the Math department office. 3
MATH 30P: Calculus I with Precalculus Satisfaction of ELM requirement; Satisfactory score on the Calculus Placement Exam, or MATH 019 (with a grade of "C" or better). MATH 030W; to opt out of MATH 030W contact the Math department office. 5
MATH 60: Calculus for Biological Sciences [pdf] Satisfaction of the ELM requirement. Satisfactory score on the Calculus Placement Exam, or MATH 019 (with a grade of C or better).   5
METR 10: Weather and Climate     3
METR 110: Aviation Meteorology     3
METR 112: Global Climate Changes Completion of core GE, satisfaction of Writing Skills Test and upper division standing. For students who begin continuous enrollment at a CCC or a CSU in Fall 2005 or later, completion of, or corequisite in a 100W course is required.   3
PHIL 126: Environmental Ethics and Philosophy 3 units of philosophy or upper division standing.   3
PHIL 133: Ethics in Science Completion of core GE, satisfaction of Writing Skills Test and upper division standing. For students who begin continuous enrollment at a CCC or a CSU in Fall 2005 or later, completion of, or corequisite in a 100W course is required.   3
PHYS 1: Elementary Physics     3
PHYS 1L: Elementary Physics Lab   PHYS 001 1
PHYS 2A: Fundamentals of Physics Algebra.   4
PHYS 2B: Fundamentals of Physics PHYS 002A (with grade of "C-" or better)   4
PHYS 51: General Physics/Electricity and Magnetism PHYS 050 or PHYS 070, MATH 031, both with grades of "C-" or better.   4
PHYS 71: Electricity and Magnetism PHYS 070 and MATH 031, both with grades of "C-" or better.   4
PHYS 120A: Laboratory Electronics for Scientists I PHYS 002B, PHYS 071, or PHYS 051   3
PSYC 30: Introductory Psychobiology BIOL 021 or BIOL 065   3
SCED 175: Classroom Experiences in Science Teaching Upper division standing.   1
SCI 110: Global Themes of Science BIOL 21, CHEM 35, and GEOL 103   3