Liberal Arts and Sciences: Mathematics, Pre-Engineering and Computer Science

Associate of Arts Computer and Information Sciences · San Diego Mesa College · 2026-2027 Catalog

LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES: MATHEMATICS, PRE-ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE-Associate of Arts Degree: MESA

Summary

The Liberal Arts and Sciences: Mathematics, Pre-Engineering and Computer Science degree is intended to help students prepare for possible majors within those areas or related majors. This degree is designed to accommodate the differing requirements of a wide variety of transfer institutions and major options. Because admission and major preparation requirements vary at each transfer institution, courses used to complete this major must be selected with the assistance of a San Diego Mesa College counselor.

Liberal Arts and Sciences associate degrees require a minimum of 60 transferable units to a California State University, University of California, or a private/independent college or university.

Award Note: The Associate Degree requires a minimum of 60 degree applicable semester units.

Learning Outcome(s): Students who complete the Liberal Arts and Sciences: Mathematics, Pre-Engineering and Computer Science Program will be able to:

  1. • Use technological software to design and implement projects.
  2. Apply their knowledge of math and science to analyze, conceptualize, identify, formulate, and solve problems.
  3. • Communicate effectively and perform on multi-disciplinary teams and groups.
  4. Increase their global awareness by using techniques, skills and modern global scientific tools.

Requirements

CourseTitleUnits
Select a minimum of 18 units from the following:18
BIOL 107General Biology-Lecture and Laboratory4
BIOL 210AIntroduction to the Biological Sciences I4
BIOL 210BIntroduction to the Biological Sciences II4
CHEM 200General Chemistry I - Lecture3
CHEM 200LGeneral Chemistry I - Laboratory2
CHEM 201General Chemistry II - Lecture3
CHEM 201LGeneral Chemistry II - Laboratory2
CISC 106Introduction to Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence4
CISC 112Introduction to Computer Science with Visual Programming4
CISC 150Introduction to Computer and Information Sciences3
CISC 152Introduction to the Linux Operating System4
CISC 179Introduction to Python Programming4
CISC 181Principles of Information Systems4
CISC 187Data Structures in C++4
CISC 190Java Programming4
CISC 191Intermediate Java Programming4
CISC 192C/C++ Programming4
CISC 193Microsoft C# Software Engineering 14
CISC 210System Analysis and Design3
CISC 211Computer Organization and Assembly Language4
CISC 217Intermediate Python Programming4
CISC 246Discrete Mathematics for Computer Science3
ENGE 116Computational Methods in Engineering3
ENGE 151Computer-Aided Design2
ENGE 200Statics3
ENGE 210Properties of Materials3
ENGE 250Dynamics3
ENGE 260Electric Circuits3
STAT C1000Introduction to Statistics3
MATH 111Introduction to Data Science I3
MATH 150Calculus with Analytic Geometry I5
MATH 151Calculus with Analytic Geometry II4
MATH 245Discrete Mathematics3
MATH 252Calculus with Analytic Geometry III4
MATH 254Introduction to Linear Algebra3
MATH 255Differential Equations3
PHYS 195Mechanics5
PHYS 196Electricity and Magnetism5
PHYS 197Waves, Optics and Modern Physics5
WEBD 152Beginning Web Development: HyperText Markup Language (HTML) and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)3
WEBD 164Javascript Fundamentals for Web Development3

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