Jun 19, 2025

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University Catalog 2025-2026

Applied Science, B.S.

Location(s): Main Campus

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Overview

The BS in Applied Science degree prepares students for broad careers in health and science. The curriculum integrates coursework from multiple disciplines and provides students with knowledge and skills from life sciences, social sciences public health, kinesiology, and ethics. Total number of units required for the degree is 120, of which 71-73 units are in the major. A minimum of 21 additional units of upper-division coursework is required.

Requirement for the Major

Students must earn a grade of C or better in all upper-division major courses.

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Requirements for the Major (71-73 units)

Requirements for the Common Core (53-54 units)

Lower Division Core Courses (37-38 units)

BIOL 1000 - Biology for Life [3]
BIOL 1001 - Biology for Life Laboratory [1]
BIOL 2030 - Human Anatomy [4]
BIOL 2040 - Human Physiology [4]
CHEM 1010 - Fundamentals of Chemistry [4]
CHEM 1020 - Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry [4]
MATH 1090 - Quantitative Reasoning with Statistics, with Lab [4] *
MATH 1092 - Quantitative Reasoning with Statistics [3] *
MICR 2010 - Microbiology for Health Related Sciences [3]
MICR 2020 - Microbiology Laboratory for Health Related Sciences [1]
PHYS 1560 - Physics for the Twenty-first Century [3]
PHYS 1570 - Physics for the Twenty-first Century Laboratory [1]
PSY 1500 - Introductory Psychology [3]
SOC 2010 - Introduction to Sociology [3]
Note: * select either one of these courses.

Upper Division Core Courses (16 units)

Electives (18 -19 units)

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