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Scientific Method Experience

 
 
 
Students learn how the scientific method leads to new knowledge about the natural world by correcting and integrating previous knowledge using empirical evidence. 

Courses

*Courses are not offered every semester. Please check the class schedule for additional information. 
  • ANTH 003: Introduction to Anthropological Archaeology Units: 4
  • ANTH 005: Introduction to Biological Anthropology Units: 4
  • ANTH 130: Material Culture Units: 4
  • ANTH 132: Archaeological Interpretation Units: 4
  • ANTH 134: Dynamics of Small-scale Societies Units: 4
  • ANTH 141: Writing Narrative for Archaeology Units: 4
  • ANTH 142: Archaeology of Colonialism Units: 4
  • ANTH 149: Topics in Anthropological Archaeology Units: 4
  • ANTH 155: Paleodemography Units: 4
  • ANTH 160: Human Origins Units: 4
  • ANTH 162: Growth, Development, and Human Evolution Units: 4
  • ANTH 172: Ethnohistory Units: 4
  • ANTH 174: Lithic Artifact Analysis Units: 4
  • BIO 001: Contemporary Biology Units: 4
  • BIO 001L: Contemporary Biology Lab Units: 1
  • BIO 002: Introduction to Molecular Biology Units: 4
  • BIO 003: To Know Ourselves: Molecular Basis of Health and Disease Units: 4
  • BIO 005: Concepts and Issues in Biology Today Units: 4
  • BIO 034: Introduction to Marine Science Units: 4
  • BIO 040L: Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience: Genetic Discovery on the Fly Units: 3
  • BIO 043: Biodiversity and Conservation Units: 4
  • BIO 101: Biochemistry I Units: 4
  • BIO 102: Advanced Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Units: 4
  • BIO 110: The Cell Units: 4
  • BIO 113: Sustainability in the Anthropocene Units: 4
  • BIO 118: Gene Editing Research Lab Units: 3
  • BIO 120: General Microbiology Units: 4
  • BIO 124: Microbial Evolution Units: 4
  • BIO 129: Paleoecology Units: 3
  • BIO 130: Plant Biology Units: 4
  • BIO 141: Evolution Units: 4
  • BIO 148: Fundamentals of Ecology Units: 4
  • BIO 150: Embryos, Genes, and Development Units: 4
  • BIO 150L: Developmental Biology Laboratory Units: 3
  • BIO 151L: Molecular Immunology Laboratory Units: 1
  • BIO 153: Evolution and Development Units: 4
  • BIO 154: Developmental Immunology Units: 4
  • BIO 161: Human Physiology Units: 5
  • BIO 177: Genes, Brains, and Behavior Units: 4
  • BIO 182: Bioinformatics Units: 4
  • BIO 187: Data Science Research in Biology Units: 4
  • BIO 189: Behavioral Ecology Units: 4
  • BIOE 108: Genetic Engineering Units: 3
  • BIOE 113: Bioinstrumentation Units: 4
  • CHEM 002: General Chemistry I Units: 4
  • CHEM 002H: Honors General Chemistry I Units: 4
  • CHEM 008: Principles of Organic Chemistry Units: 3
  • CHEM 008H: Honors Principles of Organic Chemistry Units: 3
  • CHEM 008HL: Honors Principles of Organic Chemistry Lab Units: 1
  • CHEM 008L: Principles of Organic Chemistry Lab Units: 1
  • CHEM 010: General Chemistry II Units: 4
  • CHEM 010H: Honors General Chemistry II Units: 4
  • CHEM 095: Lower Division Undergraduate Research Units:
  • CHEM 100: Organic Synthesis and Mechanism Units: 4
  • CHEM 101L: Advanced Synthetic Laboratory Units: 2
  • CHEM 111: Biochemistry I Units: 4
  • CHEM 112: Quantum Chemistry and Spectroscopy Units: 4
  • CHEM 115: Instrumental Analysis and Bioanalytical Chemistry Units: 3
  • CHEM 120: Inorganic Chemistry Units: 3
  • CHEM 122: Advanced Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Units: 4
  • CHEM 130: Organic Spectroscopy and Computation Units: 3
  • CHEM 140: Nanoscale Materials Chemistry Units: 3
  • CHEM 150: Inorganic and Materials Chemistry Laboratory Units: 2
  • CHEM 153: Physical Chemistry Laboratory Units: 2
  • CHEM 155: Instrumental Analysis Laboratory Units: 2
  • CHEM 195: Upper Division Undergraduate Research Units:
  • COGS 001: Introduction to Cognitive Science Units: 4
  • COGS 013: Scientific Thinking Units: 4
  • COGS 101: Mind, Brain, and Computation Units: 4
  • COGS 103: Introduction to Neural Networks in Cognitive Science Units: 4
  • COGS 104: Complex Adaptive Systems Units: 4
  • COGS 110: Philosophy of Cognitive Science Units: 4
  • COGS 122: Modeling Social Behavior Units: 4
  • COGS 130: Cognitive Neuroscience Units: 4
  • COGS 140: Perception and Action Units: 4
  • COGS 142: Audition Units: 4
  • COGS 160: Free Will in Philosophy and Cognitive Science Units: 4
  • COGS 161: Experimental Philosophy Units: 4
  • COGS 170: Judgment and Decision Making Units: 4
  • COGS 177: Consciousness in Philosophy and Cognitive Science Units: 4
  • COGS 178: The Cognitive Science of the Emotions Units: 4
  • COGS 182: Service Science Units: 4
  • CRES 100: Theories in Critical Race and Ethnic Studies Units: 4
  • CSE 120: Software Engineering Units: 4
  • CSE 155: Introduction to Human-Computer Interaction Units: 4
  • CSE 168: Distributed Software Systems Units: 4
  • CSE 176: Introduction to Machine Learning Units: 4
  • ECON 001: Introduction to Economics Units: 4
  • ECON 010: Statistical Inference Units: 4
  • ECON 100: Intermediate Microeconomic Theory Units: 4
  • ECON 101: Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory Units: 4
  • ECON 110: Econometrics Units: 4
  • ECON 145: Health Economics Units: 4
  • ECON 149: Economics of Sports Units: 4
  • ECON 153: Judgment and Decision Making Units: 4
  • ECON 164: Economics of Emerging Markets Units: 4
  • ECON 170: Game Theory Units: 4
  • ECON 171: Advanced Econometrics Units: 4
  • ECON 172: Experimental Economics Units: 4
  • ECON 196: Senior Thesis in Economics I Units: 4
  • ECON 197: Senior Thesis in Economics II Units: 4
  • ENGR 040: History of Technology in Society I Units: 4
  • ENGR 041: History of Technology in Society II Units: 4
  • ENGR 080: Statistical Modeling and Data Analysis for Engineers Units: 4
  • ENGR 156: Technical Writing for Scientists and Engineers Units: 3
  • ENGR 175: Information Systems for Management Units: 4
  • ENGR 180: Spatial Analysis and Modeling Units: 4
  • ENGR 190: Engineering Capstone Design Units: 4
  • ENVE 010: Environment in Crisis Units: 4
  • ENVE 030: Evaluating Sustainable Spaces: Leadership in Energy, Environment & Design (LEED) Units: 3
  • ENVE 183: Field Methods in Subsurface Hydrology Units: 2
  • ENVE 190: Environmental Engineering Capstone Design Units: 3
  • ESS 001: Introduction to Earth Systems Science Units: 4
  • ESS 002: Sustainability Science Units: 4
  • ESS 010: Earth Resources and Society Units: 4
  • ESS 015: Weather, Climate, and the Environment Units: 4
  • ESS 020: Fundamentals of Geology Units: 4
  • ESS 034: Introduction to Marine Science Units: 4
  • ESS 043: Biodiversity and Conservation Units: 4
  • ESS 047: Astrobiology Units: 4
  • ESS 050: Ecosystems of California Units: 4
  • ESS 094: Research in Environmental Systems Science Units: 4
  • ESS 113: Sustainability in the Anthropocene Units: 4
  • ESS 129: Paleoecology Units: 3
  • ESS 130: Plant Biology Units: 4
  • ESS 148: Fundamentals of Ecology Units: 4
  • GASP 010: Drawing I Units: 4
  • HIST 040: History of Technology in Society I Units: 4
  • HIST 041: History of Technology in Society II Units: 4
  • HIST 109: Topics in the History of Science and Technology Units: 4
  • HS 110: 3D Modeling Cultural Heritage Units: 4
  • HS 150: Geographic Information Systems for Cultural and Environmental Heritage Units: 4
  • HS 185: Ethnic Geography Units: 4
  • HS 190: Topics in World Heritage Units: 4
  • MATH 015: Introduction to Scientific Data Analysis Units: 2
  • MATH 032: Probability and Statistics Units: 4
  • MATH 125: Intermediate Differential Equations Units: 4
  • MATH 126: Partial Differential Equations Units: 4
  • MATH 130: Numerical Analysis Units: 4
  • MATH 131: Numerical Methods for Scientists and Engineers Units: 4
  • MATH 132: Numerical Methods for Differential Equations Units: 4
  • MATH 140: Mathematical Methods for Optimization Units: 4
  • MATH 141: Linear Analysis I Units: 4
  • MATH 146: Numerical Linear Algebra Units: 4
  • MATH 150: Mathematical Modeling Units: 4
  • MATH 160: Mathematical Logic Units: 4
  • MATH 170: Quantitative Modeling of Biological Systems Units: 4
  • MATH 180: Modern Applied Statistics Units: 4
  • MATH 181: Stochastic Processes Units: 4
  • ME 021: Engineering Computing Units: 4
  • ME 144: Introduction to Multi-body Dynamics Units: 3
  • ME 170: Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design Units: 3
  • MGMT 150: Service Science Units: 4
  • MGMT 153: Judgment and Decision Making Units: 4
  • MGMT 170: Information Systems for Management Units: 4
  • MGMT 171: Information Technology Strategy Units: 4
  • MIST 120: Parks and Protected Areas Units: 4
  • MIST 130: Statistical Data Analysis and Optimization in R for Decision Support Units: 4
  • MIST 150: Service Science Units: 4
  • MIST 175: Information Systems for Management Units: 4
  • PH 010: Introduction to Biostatistics Units: 4
  • PH 100: Introduction to Epidemiology Units: 4
  • PHIL 106: Philosophy of Science Units: 4
  • PHIL 110: Philosophy of Cognitive Science Units: 4
  • PHIL 111: Philosophy of Neuroscience Units: 4
  • PHIL 160: Mathematical Logic Units: 4
  • PHIL 170: Philosophy, Politics and Economics Units: 4
  • PHIL 171: Free Will in Philosophy and Cognitive Science Units: 4
  • PHIL 172: Experimental Philosophy Units: 4
  • PHIL 173: Consciousness in Philosophy and Cognitive Science Units: 4
  • PHYS 001: Physics for Future Leaders Units: 4
  • PHYS 006: The Cosmos, Science and You Units: 4
  • PHYS 008: Introductory Physics I for Physical Sciences Units: 3
  • PHYS 008H: Honors Introductory Physics I for Physical Sciences Units: 3
  • PHYS 008L: Introductory Physics I for Physical Sciences Lab Units: 1
  • PHYS 009: Introductory Physics II for Physical Sciences Units: 3
  • PHYS 009H: Honors Introductory Physics II for Physical Sciences Units: 3
  • PHYS 009L: Introductory Physics II for Physical Sciences Lab Units: 1
  • PHYS 010: Introductory Physics III Units: 4
  • PHYS 018: Introductory Physics I for Biological Sciences Units: 3
  • PHYS 018L: Introductory Physics I for Biological Sciences Lab Units: 1
  • PHYS 019: Introductory Physics II for Biological Sciences Units: 3
  • PHYS 104: Biophysics Units: 4
  • PHYS 108: Thermal Physics Core Units: 4
  • PHYS 112: Statistical Mechanics Units: 4
  • PHYS 116: Mathematical Methods Units: 4
  • PHYS 127: Machine Learning and Statistics for Physics and Astronomy Units: 4
  • PHYS 195: Upper Division Undergraduate Research Units:
  • PHYS 196: Undergraduate Thesis Units: 2
  • POLI 001: Introduction to American Politics Units: 4
  • POLI 002: Controversies in American Politics Units: 4
  • POLI 006: Global Issues Units: 4
  • POLI 010: Understanding Political Controversies Units: 4
  • POLI 095: Lower Division Undergraduate Research Units:
  • POLI 098: Lower Division Directed Group Study Units:
  • POLI 099: Lower Division Individual Study Units:
  • POLI 102: Judicial Politics Units: 4
  • POLI 105: Interest Groups and Political Parties Units: 4
  • POLI 106: Urban Politics Units: 4
  • POLI 108: Direct Democracy Units: 4
  • POLI 123: Political Psychology Units: 4
  • POLI 125: Public Opinion Units: 4
  • POLI 127: Race, Gender, and Politics Units: 4
  • POLI 130: Institutions of Democracy Units: 4
  • POLI 135: Political Behavior Around the World Units: 4
  • POLI 140: Transitions to Democracy Units: 4
  • POLI 150: Causes of International Conflict Units: 4
  • POLI 153: Judgment and Decision Making Units: 4
  • POLI 155: International Political Economy Units: 4
  • POLI 158: Politics of Human Rights Units: 4
  • POLI 160: US Foreign Policy Units: 4
  • POLI 165: International Organizations & Regimes Units: 4
  • POLI 170: Theoretical Models of Politics Units: 4
  • POLI 172: Games and Human Behavior Units: 4
  • POLI 175: Advanced Analysis of Political Data Units: 4
  • POLI 191: Seminar in Political Science Units: 4
  • POLI 194H: Honors Thesis Seminar Units: 4
  • POLI 195: Upper Division Undergraduate Research Units:
  • POLI 198: Upper Division Directed Group Study Units:
  • POLI 199: Upper Division Individual Study Units:
  • PSY 010: Analysis of Psychological Data Units: 5
  • PSY 015: Research Methods in Psychology Units: 4
  • PSY 105: Advanced Research Methods in Psychology Units: 4
  • PSY 120: Health Psychology Units: 4
  • PSY 124: Health Disparities Units: 4
  • PSY 125: Cognition, Affect, and Health Units: 4
  • PSY 130: Developmental Psychology Units: 4
  • PSY 134: Adolescent Development Units: 4
  • PSY 136: Cognitive Development Units: 4
  • PSY 140: Clinical Psychology Units: 4
  • PSY 142: Psychopathology Units: 4
  • PSY 145: Human Sexuality Units: 4
  • PSY 155: Emotion Units: 4
  • PSY 156: Social Psychology Units: 4
  • PSY 161: Perceptual Psychology Units: 4
  • PSY 162: Psychology of Visual Perception Units: 4
  • PSY 170: Industrial and Organizational Psychology Units: 4
  • PSY 180: Physiological Psychology Units: 4
  • PSY 181: Clinical Neuropsychology Units: 4
  • PSY 182: Evolutionary Psychology Units: 4
  • PSY 183: Introduction to Human Behavioral Genetics Units: 4
  • PSY 193H: Honors in Psychological Sciences I Units: 3
  • PSY 194H: Honors in Psychological Sciences II Units: 3
  • PSY 195: Upper Division Undergraduate Research Units:
  • SOC 001: Introduction to Sociology Units: 4
  • SOC 010: Statistics for Sociology Units: 4
  • SOC 015: Sociological Research Methods Units: 4
  • SOC 130: Social Stratification Units: 4
  • SOC 132: Sociology of Education Units: 4
  • SOC 135: Sociology of Work Units: 4
  • SOC 145: Sociology of Health Units: 4
  • SOC 146: Social Determinants of Health Units: 4
  • SOC 155: Sociology of the Family Units: 4
  • SOC 170: Qualitative Research Methods Units: 4
  • SOC 175: Topics in Advanced Sociological Research Methods Units: 4
  • SOC 180: Advanced Issues in Race and Ethnicity Units: 4
  • SPAN 107: Spanish for Health Professionals Units: 4
  • WRI 116: Science Writing in Natural Sciences Units: 4
  • WRI 119: Writing for Engineering Units: 4
  • WRI 141: Writing Narrative for Archaeology Units: 4
Catalog information can be found here.
 
Last updated 08/05/2022

Co-Curricular Experiences

Note: In the past, it was possible to earn badges with co-curricular activities. This option will no longer be available beginning fall of 2021.