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AREA B: SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS


arrow GE Courses are listed below.
arrow GE Quarterly Classes are listed on PASS, which can be accessed through the Cal Poly Portal
arrow USCP courses are noted with (USCP) designation.
arrow GWR courses are noted with (GWR) designation.

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The information below is for Cal Poly Catalogs
2001-03, 2003-05, 2005-07, and 2007-09

Area B1: Mathematics/Statistics

Area B1: Mathematics/Statistics
Course
Prefix
Course Title GE Credit
HNRS 141
Calculus I B1
HNRS 142
Calculus II B1
HNRS 143
Calculus III B1
MATH 112
The Nature of Modern Mathematics B1
MATH 117
Pre-Calculus Algebra I B1
MATH 118
Pre-Calculus Algebra B1
MATH 119
Pre-Calculus Trigonometry B1
MATH 141
Calculus I B1
MATH 142
Calculus II B1
MATH 143
Calculus III B1
MATH 161
Calculus for the Life Science I B1
MATH 162
Calculus for the Life Science II B1
MATH 182
Calculus for Architecture & Construction Management B1
MATH 221
Calculus for Business and Economics B1
STAT 130
Introduction to Statistical Reasoning B1
STAT 217
Introduction to Statistical Concepts and Methods B1
STAT 218
Applied Statistics for the Life Sciences B1
STAT 221
Introduction to Probability and Statistics B1
STAT 251
Statistical Inference for Management I (5) B1
STAT 252
 Statistical Inference for Management II (5) B1
STAT 313
Applied Experimental Design and Regression Models B1


Area B2: Life Science, (B4= lab course)

Area B2: Life Science, (B4= lab course)
Course
 Title
 GE Credit
ANT 250
Biological Anthropology B2
ASCI 112
 Principles of Animal Science B2
BIO 111
General Biology B2/B4
BIO 113
Animal Diversity and Ecology B2/B4
BIO 114
Plant Diversity and Ecology B2/B4
BIO 115
Animal/Human Structure and Function B2/B4
BIO 161
 Intro to Cell and Molecular Biology B2/B4
BIO 227
 Wildlife Conservation Biology B2
BOT 121
 General Botany B2/B4
MCRO 221
Survey of Microbiology B2/B4
MCRO 224
General Microbiology B2/B4
PPSC 110
  People, Pests, and Plagues B2/B4
BIO 213
ENG/BRAE 213
Engineering Students Only: Concurrent Enrollment Required
Life Science for Engineers (2)
Bioengineering Fundamentals (2) 		B2 (4)
Course
Course Title
GE Credit
ASTR 101
 Introduction to the Solar System  B3
ASTR 102
 Introduction to the Stars and Galaxies B3
ASTR 112
 Intro to Stars and Galaxies B3/B4
CHEM 110
 World of Chemistry B3/B4
CHEM 111
 Survey of Chemistry B3/B4
CHEM 124
 General Chemistry for the Engineering Disciplines B3
CHEM 125
 General Chemistry for the Engineering Disciplines B3/B4
CHEM 127
 General Chemistry (B3 & B4) B3/B4
GEOL 102
Introduction to Geology B3
GEOL 205
Earthquakes B3
HNRS 131
General Physics (PHYS 131) B3
HNRS 132
 General Physics (PHYS 132) B3
PHYS 104
Introductory Physics B3
PHYS 107
Introduction to Meteorology B3
PHYS 111
 Contemporary Physics for Nonscientists B3
PHYS 121
College Physics B3/B4
PHYS 122
College Physics I B3/B4
PHYS 131
 General Physics B3/B4
PHYS 132
   General Physics B3/B4
PHYS 133
   General Physics B3/B4
PHYS 141
 General Physics B3
PSC 101
 The Physical Environment: Matter and Energy B3/B4
PSC 103
  The Physical Environment: Earth and the Universe B3

Area B3: Physical Science, (B4= lab course)
     
 
 Area B4: One lab taken with B2 or B3 course  

Course
Course Title
GE Credit
BIO 112
 Environmental Biology and Conservation B5
BIO 302
 Human Genetics B5
BIO 305
 Biology of Cancer B5
BOT 311
Plants, People and Civilization B5
FNR 319
 Natural Resource Ecology: Theories and Applications B5
FSN 210
 Nutrition B5
GEOL 203
 Fossils and the History of Life B5
HNRS 319
 Natural Resource Ecology: Theories and Applications B5
MATH 326
 Mathematics and Visual Art
 B5
PSC 201
   Introduction to Physical Oceanography B5
PSY 340
   Biopsychology B5
SS 121
 Introductory Soil Science B5
Area B5: Elective (GE credit option for CLA students only)
     
Course
Course Title
GE Credit
CHEM 305
 Physical Chemistry for Engineers B6
CSC 341
 Numeral Engineering Analysis B6
GEOL 305
 Fundamentals of Seismology B6
MATH 304
 Vector Analysis B6
MATH 344
 Linear Analysis II B6
MATH 408
 Complex Analysis I B6
PHYS 417
 Nonlinear Dynamical Systems B6
PHYS 412
PHYS 452
 Solid State Physics /Solid State Physics Lab
Solid State Physics Lab		 B6
lab only
STAT 312
 Statistical Methods for Engineers B6
STAT 321
 Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists B6
STAT 350
 Probability and Random Processes for Engineers B6

Area B6: Upper-Division Area B (Engineering Programs)

 

 

 
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