Santa Clara University

Combined Sciences - Academic Program

Combined Sciences program

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.

Related links

2007 Combined Sciences Major Checksheet

2005 Combined Sciences Major Checksheet Go

2004 Combined Sciences Major Checksheet Go