Liberal Arts and Sciences: Science, Math and Technology
Associate in Science Mathematics · Chabot College · 2026-2027 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, or the California Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (Cal-GETC) as well as 18 units of courses in science and mathematics, for a total of 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.
Program Learning Outcomes
Upon the successful completion of this program, students should be able to:
- apply logic, reasoning, and problem solving;
- develop effective writing and speaking skills;
- demonstrate creativity and innovation.
Program Requirements
SUBJECT #
TITLE
UNITS
| Course | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| ANTH 1 | Biological/Physical Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 1L | Biological/Physical Anthropology Laboratory | 1 |
| ANTH 13 | Forensic Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 13L | Forensic Anthropology Laboratory | 1 |
| ASTR 10 | Introduction to Astronomy: The Solar System | 3 |
| ASTR 20 | Introduction to Astronomy: Stars and the Universe | 3 |
| ASTR 30 | Introduction to Astronomy Lab | 1 |
| ASTR 45 | Descriptive Astronomy | 3 |
| BIOS 1 | Introduction to the Science of Biology | 4 |
| orBIOS 41 | Fundamentals of Biology for Health Sciences | 4 |
| BIOS 15 | Anatomy and Physiology | 4 |
| BIOS 21A | Principles of Plant Biology and Ecology | 4 |
| BIOS 21B | Principles of Animal Biology and Evolution | 4 |
| BIOS 21C | Principles of Cell and Molecular Biology | 5 |
| BIOS 42 | General Human Anatomy | 5 |
| BIOS 43 | Human Physiology | 5 |
| BIOS 44 | Microbiology | 5 |
| BUS 19 | Business Statistics | 4 |
| orSTAT C1000 | Introduction to Statistics | 4 |
| orPSY 5 | Introductory Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences | 4 |
| CHEM 1A | General College Chemistry I | 5 |
| CHEM 1B | General College Chemistry II | 5 |
| CHEM 12A | Organic Chemistry I | 5 |
| CHEM 12B | Organic Chemistry II | 5 |
| CHEM 30A | Introductory and Applied Chemistry I | 4 |
| CHEM 30B | Introductory and Applied Chemistry II | 4 |
| CHEM 10 | Introduction to Chemistry | 4 |
| orCHEM 31 | Introduction to College Chemistry | 4 |
| CSCI 7 | Introduction to Computer Programming Concepts | 3 |
| CSCI 14 | Introduction to Structured Programming In C++ | 4 |
| CSCI 15 | Object-Oriented Programming Methods | 4 |
| CSCI 20 | Introduction to Data Structures | 4 |
| CSCI 21 | Computer Organization and Assembly Language Programming | 4 |
| CSCI 41 | Introduction to UNIX | 2 |
| CSCI 42 | UNIX Tools, Shell Programming and System Administration Concepts | 2 |
| ENGR 10 | Introduction to Engineering | 2 |
| ENGR 11 | Engineering Design and Analysis | 2 |
| ENGR 15 | Engineered Systems and Sustainability | 3 |
| ENGR 16 | Designing Information Devices and Systems I | 4 |
| ENGR 22 | Engineering Design Graphics | 3 |
| ENGR 25 | Computational Methods for Engineers and Scientists | 3 |
| MTH 25 | Computational Methods for Engineers and Scientists | 3 |
| PHYS 25 | Computational Methods for Engineers and Scientists | 3 |
| ENGR 36 | Engineering Mechanics -Statics | 3 |
| ENGR 40 | Thermodynamics | 3 |
| ENGR 43 | Electrical Circuits and Devices | 4 |
| ENGR 45 | Materials of Engineering | 4 |
| ENGR 85 | Introduction to Solid Mechanics | 3 |
| ENSC 10 | Humans and the Environment | 3 |
| orENSC 11 | Humans and the Environment with Laboratory | 4 |
| ENSC 10L | Humans and the Environment Laboratory | 1 |
| ENSC 15 | Agroecology | 3 |
| ENSC 15L | Agroecology Laboratory | 1 |
| GEO 1 | Introduction to Physical Geography | 3 |
| GEO 1L | Introduction to Physical Geography Laboratory | 1 |
| GEO 8 | Introduction to Weather and Climate | 3 |
| GEO 13 | Climate Studies | 3 |
| GEOS 1 | Physical Geology with Laboratory | 4 |
| GEOS 2 | Historical Geology | 3 |
| GEOS 2L | Historical Geology Laboratory | 1 |
| GEOS 5 | Environmental Geology: Hazards & Disasters | 3 |
| GEOS 9 | The Planets | 3 |
| GEOS 11 | Physical Geology | 3 |
| GEOS 11L | Physical Geology Lab | 1 |
| GEOS 12 | Introduction to Oceanography | 3 |
| MTH 1 | Calculus I | 5 |
| MTH 2 | Calculus II | 5 |
| MTH 3 | Multivariable Calculus | 5 |
| MTH 4 | Elementary Differential Equations | 3 |
| MTH 6 | Elementary Linear Algebra | 3 |
| MTH 8 | Discrete Mathematics | 3 |
| orCSCI 28 | Discrete Mathematics | 3 |
| MTH 15 | Applied Calculus I | 3 |
| MTH 16 | Applied Calculus II | 3 |
| MTH 21 | College Algebra for BSTEM | 5 |
| MTH 22 | Trigonometry with Analytic Geometry | 5 |
| MTH 33 | Finite Mathematics | 4 |
| MTH 41 | Number Systems | 3 |
| MTH 44 | Mathematics for Democracy | 3 |
| MTH 47 | Mathematics for Liberal Arts | 3 |
| MTH 88 | Introduction to Data Science | 4 |
| PHYS 3A | College Physics A | 4 |
| PHYS 3B | College Physics B | 4 |
| PHYS 4A | General Physics I | 5 |
| orPHYS 7A | Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Classical Mechanics | 5 |
| PHYS 4B | General Physics II | 5 |
| orPHYS 7C | Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Electromagnetism | 5 |
| PHYS 4C | General Physics III | 5 |
| orPHYS 7B | Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Fluid mechanics, Wave phenomena, Thermodynamics, Optics | 5 |
| PHYS 5 | Modern Physics | 3 |
| PHYS 7D | Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Modern Physics | 3 |
| PHYS 11 | Descriptive Physics | 4 |
| PSY 4 | Brain, Mind and Behavior | 3 |
| Total | 60 | |
Other Information
Discipline: Social Sciences, Humanities & Education
Program Control Number: 41871
TOP Code: 490100 - Liberal Arts and Sciences, General
CIP Code: 24.0101 - Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies