# SCC GE: Area 5 - Natural Sciences (General Education)

Solano Community College · 2025-2026 Catalog · Department: Solano Community College GE

Source: https://solano.elumenapp.com/catalog/catalog2025-2026/program/scc-ge-area-5-natural-sciences-fall-2025

**Minimum Units Required:** 3.0 - 5.0 units

Natural Sciences (Complete one course)

### Program Learning Outcomes

-   Students will engage in scientific inquiry to discover and apply information to the analysis of data and/or scientific phenomena

### Program Requirements

| Course | Title | Units |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Area C - Natural Sciences** | | 3-5 |
| **Anthropology** | | 3 |
| ANTH 001 | Introduction to Biological Anthropology | 3 |
| **Astronomy** | | 3 |
| ASTR 010 | General Astronomy | 3 |
| ASTR 030 | The Solar System | 3 |
| ASTR 040 | Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology | 3 |
| ASTR 045 | Introduction to Astrobiology and the Search for Life in the Universe | 3 |
| **Biology/Biotechnology** | | 3-5 |
| BIO 004 | Human Anatomy | 5 |
| BIO 012 | Environmental Science | 3 |
| BIO 015 | Introduction to Biology | 4 |
| BIO 016 | Introduction to Human Biology | 3 |
| BIO 018 | Biology of Sex | 3 |
| BIO 019 | Marine Biology | 4 |
| BIO 020 | Infectious Disease, Plagues, and Public Health | 3 |
| BIO 025 | Human Genetics | 3 |
| BIO 030 | The Natural History of California | 3 |
| BIO 031 | Introduction to Entomology | 4 |
| BIOT 001 | Principles of Biotechnology | 3 |
| BIOT 010 | Introductory Biotechnology | 4 |
| **Chemistry** | | 3-5 |
| CHEM 001 | General Chemistry I | 5 |
| CHEM 010 | Intermediate Chemistry | 4 |
| CHEM 012 | Chemistry for the Health Sciences | 5 |
| CHEM 030 | Chemistry and Society | 3 |
| CHEM 160 | Introductory Chemistry | 4 |
| **Geography/Geology** | | 3 |
| GEOG 001 | Physical Geography | 3 |
| GEOG 010 | Intro to Geographic Information Systems | 3 |
| GEOL 001 | Physical Geology | 3 |
| GEOL 005 | Geology of California | 3 |
| GEOL 006 | Earth Science | 3 |
| **Horticulture** | | 3 |
| HORT 050 | Introduction to Horticulture | 3 |
| **Nutrition** | | 3 |
| NUTR 010 | Nutrition | 3 |
| **Physical Science** | | 3-4 |
| PHSC 012 | Introduction to Principles of Physical Science | 4 |
| PHSC 013 | Weather and Climate | 3 |
| PHSC 015 | Global Climate Change | 3 |
| PHSC 016 | Natural Disasters | 3 |
| **Physics** | | 3-5 |
| PHYS 002 | General Physics (Non-calculus) | 5 |
| PHYS 006 | Physics for Science and Engineering | 5 |
| PHYS 010 | Descriptive Physics | 3 |