Planning Your Combined Sciences Major
There are many different ways of organizing course load, and the Director wants to work with you to design a program of study that makes the most sense. Freshmen and sophomores at Santa Clara University typically take three or four courses during the fall, winter, and spring quarters. By way of illustration, a typical four-year program for a Combined Sciences major might look something like this:
| Year | Fall | Winter | Spring |
| Freshmen | 1) Biology 21
2) Chem 11(L)
3) English 1
4) Rel Studies 1-19 | 1) Biology 22
2) Chem 12(L)
3) English 2
4) Math 11 | 1) Psych 1 or 2
2) Soc 1 or Pol Sci 1
3) Chem 13 (L)
4) Math 12 |
| Sophomore | 1) Biology 24
2) Chem 31(L)
3) Modern Lang I
4) Western Culture I | 1) Biology 25(L)
2) Chem 32(L)
3) Modern Lang II
3) Western Culture II
| 1) PS 2 or Anth 3* 2)Chem 33 [for Pre-health]
3) Rel Studies 20-99
4) Free Elective |
| Junior | 1) Physics 11
2) Chem 141
3) UD CS Elective** | 1) Physics 12(L)
2) Third Writing
3) Fine Arts
4) UD CS Elective | 1) Physics 13 (L)
2) Organizations course
3) Technology |
| Senior | 1) Environmental course
2) UD CS Elective
3) Women's/Ethnic and U.S. | 1) UD CS Elective
2) Rel Studies 100-199
3) Ethics | 1) Free Elective
2) Demographics course
3) World Culture II |
* Either Political Science 2 or Anthropology 3 fulfill a world culture core requirement.
** A minimum of two of the five Combined Sciences upper division electives must be selected from the natural sciences.
