Lower Division
Biology 211A. Biological Sciences I (5)
Prerequisite: CHEM 111A with a grade of "C" or better and completion
of GE Foundation requirements. Prerequisite or corequisite: CHEM 111B.
Introduction
to cellular and molecular principles common to life forms including biological
macromolecules, cell structure, metabolism, genetics, and molecular biology.
Also includes microbiology of prokaryotes and the origin of life.
Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture
3 hrs., laboratory 6 hrs.) Course fee may be required. (BIOL 211A+211B, CAN
BIOL SEQ A.)
Biology 211B. Biological Sciences II (5)
Prerequisites: BIOL 211A, CHEM 111B with a grade of "C" or better.
Second of a two-semester introductory sequence for biological
science majors. Introduction to organismal biology: diversity,
structure, evolution, and ecology and function of prokaryotes, protists, fungi, plants, and animals.
Letter grade only (A-F).
(Lecture 3 hrs,
laboratory 6 hrs.) Course fee may be required. (BIOL 211A+211B, CAN BIOL SEQ
A)
Biology 260. Biostatistics (3)
Prerequisites: BIOL 211A or BIOL 207 or MICR 200; MATH 112 or 117 or 119A or
122.
Probability and statistics used in the description and analysis of
biological data.
Letter grade only (A-F).
(Lecture 2 hrs., laboratory 3 hrs.) Course fee may be required.
Chemistry 111A. General Chemistry (5)
(Recommended for students who intend to pursue careers in science or engineering.)
Prerequisite: A passing score on the Chemistry Placement Examination or credit
in CHEM 101 within the preceding year; MATH 112 or higher (may be taken concurrently).
One year of high school chemistry is strongly recommended.
First semester
of a two-semester sequence (CHEM 111A and 111B). Introduction to the principles
of chemistry including chemical bonding, solution properties and chemical
equilibrium and kinetics.
(Lecture 3 hrs., laboratory and problem session
6 hrs.) Course fee may be required. (CAN CHEM 2)
Chemistry 111B. General Chemistry (5)
Prerequisite: CHEM 111A with a grade of "C" or better.
Second
semester of a two-semester sequence (CHEM 111A and 111B). Continuation of chemical principles, application to bonding theories to inorganic molecules,
trends and reactivities of the elements and their compounds. Qualitative inorganic
analysis, solving aqueous equilibrium problems emphasized.
(Lecture 3 hrs., lab and problem
solving sessions 6 hrs.) Course fee may be required. (CAN CHEM 4)
Environmental Science and Policy 200. California Environmental Issues
(3)
Prerequisites or corequisites: GEOL 102, 104; BIOL 200 or 211A; ECON 100 or 300.
Introduction to the history, nature, status, and future of a major environmental
issue in California. Biological, physical, and societal aspects will be examined
and integrated with the goal of developing a plan to meet the challenges of
the 21st Century.
Letter
grade only (A-F). (Lecture 2 hrs., discussion 1 hr., and field trips.)
Geology 102. General Geology (3)
Prerequisites: Completion of or concurrent enrollment in a course that fulfills
the A.1 GE requirement and three years of high school mathematics including
algebra, geometry, and intermediate algebra (or MATH 10) or the equivalent.
Broad based introductory study of geology. Structure, composition,
distribution, and modification of earth materials and elementary
geologic history of the Earth.
Not open for credit to students with credit in GEOL 103
or 107. Concurrent enrollment in GEOL 104 or 105 recommended. (Lecture, demonstration
3 hrs.) (GEOL 102+104, CAN GEOL 2)
Geology 104. Geology Laboratory (1)
Prerequisites: Completion of or concurrent enrollment in a course that fulfills
the A.1 GE requirement and three years of high school mathematics including
algebra, geometry, and intermediate algebra (or MATH 10) or the equivalent,
and concurrent or prior enrollment in GEOL 102.
Laboratory study of earth
materials.
(Laboratory 3 hrs.) Course fee may be required. (GEOL 104+102, CAN GEOL
2)
Geology 280. Water Resources and Society (3)
Prerequisites: GEOL 102, 104. A grade of "C" or better in MATH 117,
or four years of high school mathematics.
Hydrologic, geologic, and other factors
controlling groundwater and surface water occurrence, movement, quality, and
contamination. Environmental effects of groundwater and surface water contamination.
(Lecture 3 hours; field trips)
Math 119A and Math 119B or Math 122 and Math 123
Mathematics 119A. Survey of Calculus I (3 units)
Prerequisite: Appropraite MDPT placement or a grade of "C" or better in MATH 112 or MATH 113..
Functions, limits
and continuity, differentiation and integration of functions of one variable
including exponential, logarithmic, and trigonometric functions. Graphing,
optimization, parametric equations, integration by substitution and by parts,
numerical integration. Applications to the life sciences. Emphasis on problem
solving.
Not open for credit to students
with credit in MATH 115, 120, or 122.
(CAN MATH 30) (Lecture 3 hrs.)
AND
Mathematics 119B. Survey of Calculus II (3 units)
Prerequisite: MATH 119A or 122.
Functions of several variables, partial derivatives,
optimization. First order differential equations, second order linear homogeneous
differential equations, systems of differential equations. Probability, random
variables, difference equations. Introduces matrices, Gaussian
elimination, determinants. Life science applications. Emphasis on problem
solving.
Not open for credit to students with credit
in Math 123, or 224. (CAN MATH 32) (Lecture 3 hrs.)
OR
Mathematics 122. Calculus I (4 units)
Prerequisite: Appropriate MDPT placement or a grade of "C" or better in MATH 101 and 113 or grade of "C" or better in MATH 117.
Continuous functions. Derivatives and applications including graphing, related
rates, and optimization. Transcendental functions. L'Hospital's Rule. Antiderivatives.
Definite integrals. Area under a curve.
(Lecture 3 hrs., problem session 2
hrs.) (CAN MATH 18)
AND
Mathematics 123. Calculus II (4 units)
Prerequisite: A grade of "C" or better in MATH 122.
Applications
of the integral. Techniques of integration. Infinite series including convergence
tests and Taylor series. Parametric equations. Polar coordinates. Introduction
to differential equations. Not open for credit
to students with credit in MATH 222. (CAN MATH 20) (Lecture 3 hrs., problem session 2 hrs.)
Upper Division
Biology 350. General Ecology (3)
Prerequisite: BIOL 211A,B with grade of "C" or better, 260; MATH
112 or 117 or 119A or 122. Chemistry and physics recommended.
Relationships
of plants and animals to their physical and biological environment; structure
and function of populations, communities and ecosystems.
Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture 3 hrs., and
two required Saturday field trips.)
Chemistry 327 or 320A
Chemistry 327. Organic Chemistry (3)
Prerequisites: CHEM 111A with a grade of "C" or better; CHEM 111B
is recommended.
Lecture course in
the chemistry of the carbon compounds.
Not applicable to a degree in chemistry.
(Lecture 3 hrs.)
OR
Chemistry 320A. Organic Chemistry (3)
Prerequisites:
CHEM 111B with a grade of "C" or better. CHEM 251 is recommended.
First semester of a two-semester sequence (CHEM 320A and 320B). Sequence meets the requirements for medical and dental schools. Emphasis
is upon the application of modern principles of structure, reactivity,
methods of synthesis, physical properties and spectroscopy. (Lecture
3 hrs., discussion 1hr.)
Economics 300 or 100 and 101
Economics 300. Fundamentals of Economics (3)
Prerequisites: Completion of GE Foundation requirements.
Designed for non-majors.
Presents basic training in economics for social studies teachers or citizens
who wish to exercise a reasoned judgment about economic issues in public
affairs. Content generally same as ECON 100, 101, in condensed form.
Not
open for credit to students with credit in ECON 100 or 101 except by consent of the
Economics Department.
OR
Economics 100. Principles of Macroeconomics
(3)
Prerequisite or corequisite: One course from the Foundation
curriculum.
Money and banking, price changes, national income analysis, business
cycles, economic growth, fiscal and monetary policy, international trade.
Not open for credit to students with credit in ECON 202. (CAN ECON 2)
AND
Economics
101. Principles of Microeconomics (3)
Prerequisite or corequisite:
MATH 103 or higher.
Business organization, price theory, allocation of resources,
distribution of income, public economy.
Not open for credit to students with credit
in ECON 201. (CAN ECON 4)
Economics 310. Microeconomic Theory (3)
Prerequisites: ECON 100, 101 and either MATH 115 or 122.
Analysis of economic
concepts and their applications to business situations. Emphasis on supply
and demand analysis, costs of production, variations of competition and monopoly,
revenues, prices, profits and losses, and other aspects of the operations
of the business enterprise.
Any prerequisite course in which a grade lower than "C" is received must be retaken and successfully completed prior to enrolling in ECON 310.
One course from ECON 462, 463, or 464:
Economics 462. Environmental Economics (3)
Prerequisite: ECON 310.
Economic analysis of environmental problems and policy.
Market failures due to externalities, public goods, and common property resources
will be examined. Private (market) and public (governmental) solutions to
environmental problems are examined.
OR
Economics 463. Energy Economics (3)
Prerequisite: ECON 310.
Application of economic analysis to energy problems
and policies. Representative topics include macroeconomic effects of energy
price shocks, international financial fragility, OPEC pricing strategies, determinants
of demand and supply, industrial organization and finance, investor and publicly
owned utilities, domestic and international policies.
OR
Economics 464. Natural Resource Economics (3)
Prerequisite: ECON 310.
Microeconomic and capital theory applied to problems
of conserving and managing natural resources. Analysis of public policies affecting
renewable and nonrenewable resources including price controls, taxation and
leasing. Representative topics include: forestry, fishery, energy, water, and
mineral economics.
Environmental Science and Policy 300I. Environmental Law and Policy (3)
Prerequisites: Completion of GE Foundation Requirements; both ECON 100 and 101, or
ECON 300; POSC 100; and upper division standing.
Property rights, federal and state roles
in decision-making, rights and limits of both private parties
and the broad public interest. Emphasis on science in decision-making,
choices between regulations and incentives, and role of bureaucracy.
Letter grade only (A-F).
(2 hrs lecture, 1 hr discussion).
Environmental Science and Policy 400. Environmental Science and Policy Capstone
Project (3)
Prerequisites: BIOL 350; ECON 462 (or 463 or 464); ES P 200, 300I; GEOG 481 or 485;
GEOL 300I.
An interdisciplinary evaluation of the physical, biological, social, economic, and legal dimensions of a local environmental issue. Examples include policies to control surface
water run-off, policies for marine protected
areas, dredging harbors, and developing, preserving, restoring wetlands and estuaries.
Letter grade only (A-F). (2 hrs lecture, 3 hr laboratory and field work).
Geography 481 or 485
Geography 481. Geographic Information Science
for Natural Sciences (4)
Prerequisites: Junior/Senior/Graduate Standing; GEOG 140
BIOL 153 or 211B or GEOL 102.
Introduces fundamentals
of geographic information science and systems (GIS) to non-geography
students, including concepts and skills in
spatial reasoning and spatial thinking. Explores GIS in spatial query, problem analysis and decision support, using biologic, geologic, and ecologic applications.
(2 hours
of seminar, 2 hours of computer laboratory.)
OR
Geography 485. Principals of Geographic Information Science (4)
Prerequisites: GEOG 200 or equivalent; GEOG 380 and GEOG 482.
Fundamental
concepts in and techniques of geographic information systems and science are introduced. Emphasizes spatial analyses to address spatial questions.
(Seminar 3
hours, laboratory 2 hours) Letter grade only (A-F).
Geology 300I. Earth Systems and Global Change (3)
Prerequisites: Completion of the G.E. Foundation, upper division status, and
CHEM 100 or CHEM 111A or GEOL 102 or GEOL 106 with a grade of "C" or
better.
Interaction of Earth's systems (biosphere,
lithosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, and atmosphere) and links between life, oceans, climate, and the solid earth. This approach is used to understand important issues
confronting society regarding climatic and environmental
change. Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture 3 hrs.)
