# Physical Science (PHSC) courses

Allan Hancock College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 3 courses

Source: https://hancockcollege.curriqunet.com/catalog/iq/28544/28867/31202

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Summer 2026, Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027.

### PHSC 111 — Matter, Energy and Molecules

- **Units:** 4
- **C-ID:** CHEM 140
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Spring 2027, 2 sections (/c/allan-hancock-college/schedule/spring-2027/phsc.md)
- Course Offered: Fall
- Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass

Introduction to the basic principles of physical science and applications of these principles in everyday life. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following: scientific method, measurements, force and motion, work and energy, heat, waves, fluids, electricity, atomic physics, matter, compounds, molecules, chemical reactions, and ions.

### PHSC 112 — Earth and the Universe

- **Units:** 4
- **C-ID:** GEOL 121
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/allan-hancock-college/schedule/fall-2026/phsc.md)
- Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass

Introduction to the basic principles of astronomy and earth sciences and applications of these principles to everyday life. Topics include the solar system, stars, galaxies, and cosmology, structure and formation of the earth, earth quakes, volcanoes, plate tectonics, the atmosphere, the ocean, and weather.

### PHSC 199A — Colorado Plateau

- **Units:** 3
- **Advisory:** Concurrent enrollment in college-level life or physical science course.
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026, Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules
- Limitation on Enrollment: Completion of course application and procedures for enrollment.
- Course Offered: As Needed
- Grading Method: Pass/No Pass

Intensive field study experience in introducing students to the Earth, Physical, and Space Sciences of the Colorado Plateau Physiographic Region.