SCC GE: Area 5 - Natural Sciences
General Education Solano Community College GE · Solano Community College · 2025-2026 Catalog
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 |