Liberal Arts and Sciences: Science, Math and Technology - Associate in Science

Fall 2024
Catalog Description
The AS in Liberal Art and Sciences: Science, Math and Technology is a program for students seeking a broad-based degree that can serve as an educational foundation for a wide variety of careers and transfer majors in STEM fields. Students pursuing this degree may complete either the Chabot College Associate in Science General Education course requirements, the CSU General Education Breadth, or the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC for CSU or UC) as well as 18 units of courses in the science and mathematics, for a total 60 degree-applicable units. With careful course planning, this degree offers students a foundation, as well as the flexibility, to align with many transfer pathways.

Career Opportunities

Entry-level positions in a wide variety of fields requiring skills such as: critical thinking, problem solving, communications, teamwork, creativity, and innovation.
4901.00 - Liberal Arts and Sciences, General
24.0101 - Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies.
Program Learning Outcomes
Upon the completion of the program the student should be able to:
  1. develop effective writing and speaking skills;
  2. apply logic, reasoning, and problem solving;
  3. demonstrate creativity and innovation.
 
 
Complete 18 units from courses listed below.
0.0
 
Courses must be from at least two different academic disciplines. Major courses may also be applied toward general education requirements, where applicable.
 
 
ANTH 1
Biological/Physical Anthropology (Historical)
3.0
ANTH 1L
Biological/Physical Anthropology Laboratory (Historical)
1.0
ANTH 13
Forensic Anthropology (Historical)
3.0
ANTH 13L
Forensic Anthropology Laboratory (Historical)
1.0
ASTR 10
Introduction to Astronomy: The Solar System (Historical)
3.0
ASTR 20
Introduction to Astronomy: Stars and the Universe (Historical)
3.0
ASTR 30
Introduction to Astronomy Lab (Active)
1.0
ASTR 45
Descriptive Astronomy (Active)
3.0
4.0
BIOS 1
Introduction to the Science of Biology (Active)
4.0
OR
BIOS 41
Fundamentals of Biology for Health Sciences (Historical)
4.0
BIOS 15
Anatomy and Physiology (Active)
4.0
BIOS 21A
Principles of Plant Biology and Ecology (Historical)
4.0
BIOS 21B
Principles of Animal Biology and Evolution (Historical)
4.0
BIOS 21C
Principles of Cell and Molecular Biology (Historical)
5.0
BIOS 42
General Human Anatomy (Historical)
5.0
BIOS 43
Human Physiology (Historical)
5.0
BIOS 44
Microbiology (Historical)
5.0
4.0
BUS 19
Business Statistics (Historical)
4.0
OR
STAT C1000
Introduction to Statistics (Active)
4.0
OR
PSY 5
Introductory Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (Historical)
4.0
CHEM 1A
General College Chemistry I (Active)
5.0
CHEM 1B
General College Chemistry II (Active)
5.0
CHEM 12A
Organic Chemistry I (Active)
5.0
CHEM 12B
Organic Chemistry II (Active)
5.0
CHEM 30A
Introductory and Applied Chemistry I (Active)
4.0
CHEM 30B
Introductory and Applied Chemistry II (Active)
4.0
4.0
CHEM 10
Introduction to Chemistry (Active)
4.0
OR
CHEM 31
Introduction to College Chemistry (Active)
4.0
CSCI 7
Introduction to Computer Programming Concepts (Active)
3.0
CSCI 14
Introduction to Structured Programming In C++ (Active)
4.0
CSCI 15
Object-Oriented Programming Methods (Active)
4.0
CSCI 20
Introduction to Data Structures (Active)
4.0
CSCI 21
Computer Organization and Assembly Language Programming (Active)
4.0
CSCI 41
Introduction to UNIX (Active)
2.0
CSCI 42
UNIX Tools, Shell Programming and System Administration Concepts (Active)
2.0
ENGR 10
Introduction to Engineering (Historical)
2.0
ENGR 11
Engineering Design and Analysis (Historical)
2.0
ENGR 15
Engineered Systems and Sustainability (Historical)
3.0
ENGR 16
Designing Information Devices and Systems I (Historical)
4.0
ENGR 22
Engineering Design Graphics (Active)
3.0
ENGR 25 (same as MTH 25, PHYS 25)
Computational Methods for Engineers and Scientists (Active)
3.0
MTH 25 (same as ENGR 25, PHYS 25)
Computational Methods for Engineers and Scientists (Active)
3.0
PHYS 25 (same as ENGR 25, MTH 25)
Computational Methods for Engineers and Scientists (Active)
3.0
ENGR 36
Engineering Mechanics -Statics (Active)
3.0
ENGR 40
Thermodynamics (Active)
3.0
ENGR 43
Electrical Circuits and Devices (Active)
4.0
ENGR 45
Materials of Engineering (Active)
4.0
ENGR 85
Introduction to Solid Mechanics (Active)
3.0
3.0-4.0
ENSC 10
Humans and the Environment (Active)
3.0
OR
ENSC 11
Humans and the Environment with Laboratory (Active)
4.0
ENSC 15
Agroecology (Active)
3.0
ENSC 15L
Agroecology Laboratory (Active)
1.0
GEO 1
Introduction to Physical Geography (Historical)
3.0
GEO 1L
Introduction to Physical Geography Laboratory (Historical)
1.0
GEO 8
Introduction to Weather and Climate (Historical)
3.0
GEO 13
Climate Studies (Historical)
3.0
GEOS 1
Physical Geology with Laboratory (Active)
4.0
GEOS 11
Physical Geology (Active)
3.0
GEOS 11L
Physical Geology Lab (Active)
1.0
MTH 1
Calculus I (Active)
5.0
MTH 2
Calculus II (Active)
5.0
MTH 3
Multivariable Calculus (Active)
5.0
MTH 4
Elementary Differential Equations (Active)
3.0
MTH 6
Elementary Linear Algebra (Active)
3.0
3.0
MTH 8
Discrete Mathematics (Active)
3.0
OR
CSCI 28
Discrete Mathematics (Active)
3.0
MTH 15
Applied Calculus I (Active)
3.0
MTH 16
Applied Calculus II (Active)
3.0
MTH 21
College Algebra for BSTEM (Active)
5.0
MTH 22
Trigonometry with Analytic Geometry (Active)
5.0
MTH 33
Finite Mathematics (Active)
4.0
MTH 41
Number Systems (Active)
3.0
MTH 44
Mathematics for Democracy (Active)
3.0
MTH 47
Mathematics for Liberal Arts (Active)
3.0
PHYS 3A
College Physics A (Active)
4.0
PHYS 3B
College Physics B (Historical)
4.0
5.0
PHYS 4A
General Physics I (Active)or
5.0
OR
PHYS 7A
Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Classical Mechanics (Active)
5.0
5.0
PHYS 4B
General Physics II (Active)
5.0
OR
PHYS 7C
Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Electromagnetism (Active)
5.0
5.0
PHYS 4C
General Physics III (Active)
5.0
OR
PHYS 7B
Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Fluid mechanics, Wave phenomena, Thermodynamics, Optics (Active)
5.0
PHYS 5
Modern Physics (Active)
3.0
PHYS 7D
Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Modern Physics (Active)
3.0
PHYS 11
Descriptive Physics (Active)
4.0
PSY 4
Brain, Mind and Behavior (Historical)
3.0
UNITS
60.0
Major Courses
18.0
General Education (AS GE, CSU GE or IGETC)
22.0
Electives (degree-applicable units as needed)
20.0
Total: 60.0