Science Management

What You'll Learn

In addition to the basic science skills you’ll learn as a student in the Department of Natural Sciences, the Science Management major will teach you:

1. How to use the principles of the science you specialize in to solve problems and answer research questions.
2. How to apply the fundamental principles of economics and accounting.
3. How to gain real–world experience outside the classroom.

Core Program

• CHEM 014L KS, CHEM 015L KS - Basic Principles of Chemistry, or CHEM 029L KS - Accelerated General Chemistry,  or CHEM 042L KS -Integrated Biology & Chemistry .
• BIOL 043L KS and BIOL 044L KS - Introductory Biology, or BIOL 042L KS -Integrated Biology & Chemistry  andBIOL 044L KS -Introductory Biology.  * Students who wish to specialize in the Physics sequence have the option of taking PHYS 033L KS - PHYS 034L KS,  PHYS 030L KS -PHYS 031L KS in lieu of Biology for their Core Program.
• MATH 030 PZ -Calculus I 
• Computer Science CS5 HM or CSCI051 PO. Introduction to Computer Science
• CSCI 051 CM Introduction to Computer Science 
• ECON 052 PZ Principles of Microeconomics  - Principles of Microeconomics
• ECON 086 CM Accounting for Decision Making  - Accounting and Decision Making
• ECON 105 PZ Microeconomic Theory  - Microeconomic Theory
• ECON 091 PZ Statistics  - or other statistics course, preferably with R ( e.g., BIOL 175 KS Applied Biostatistics  )
• ECON 151 CM Strategic Cost Management 
• ECON 134 CM - Corporate Finance 
• ORST 135 PZ Organizational Behavior 
• A course in Ethics (e.g., PHIL 125 HM-01, CSCI 181R JT-01, BIOL 053 PO, PHIL 198 CM, PHIL 189 CM, ECON 156 CM) 
• Project Management Fundamentals. This requirement can be met by taking one of the following:
  • E183 HM. Management of Technical Enterprise (offered in FA)
  • ECON165 CMC. Industrial Organization  (offered annually; cannot be double-counted for the corporate finance requirement)
  • ECON150 PO. Industrial Organization (offered in SP; note that course is impacted)
  • ALS403 KGI. Team Master’s Project (taken in conjunction with a TMP senior thesis)
• Senior Thesis. Majors must complete a thesis as the capstone requirement to the major. Options include either a 2-semester Team Master’s Project (TMP) or a one- or two-semester science thesis in Biology, Chemistry, or Physics (191, 188L/190L, 189L/190L). 

Areas of Concentration

All majors must complete an area of concentration track with a minimum of five courses. Representative examples are below.

a. Chemistry Track

• Chemistry 116L-117L. Organic Chemistry
• Chemistry 126L or Chem127L. Advanced Laboratory in Chemistry
• 2 additional upper-division chemistry courses

b. Physics Track

• MATH 032 PZ Calculus III 
• PHYS 035 KS Mdrn Physics Computational Appls 
• At least 3 additional upper-division physics courses from the following: 
• ​PHYS 101 KS Classical Mechns Computal Appls 
• PHYS 102 KS Electromagnetism 
• PHYS 114 KS Quantum Mechanics Computal Appls 
• PHYS 115 KS Statistical Physics Computal App.
  
  Please note that MATH 111 CM Differential Equations is a prerequisite for most upper-division physics courses. MATH 111 CM is equivalent to MATH 102 at Pitzer, Pomona, or Scripps.

c. Biophysics Track

• Physics 30L-31L, 33L-34L
• PHYS 035 KS Mdrn Physics Computational Appls 
• MATH 032 PZ Calculus III 
• PHYS 178 KS Biophysics 
• PHYS 115 KS Statistical Physics Computal App 

d. Biotechnology Track

• Chemistry 116L-117L. Organic Chemistry
• 3 additional upper-division biology classes (at least one with lab). Recommendations include:
  • BIOL 131L KS Vertebrate Physiology w/Lab 
  • BIOL 132L KS Comparative Physiology 
  • BIOL 133L KS Dynamical Diseases: Introduction to Computational Neuroscience 
  • BIOL 141L KS Vertebrate Anatomy 
  • BIOL 143 KS Genetics 
  • BIOL 150AL KS Anat & Biomech:Limbs & Movement or BIOL 150BL KS Anat & Biomech:Bck/Core Stabliza 
  • BIOL 156L KS Genomics and Bioinformatics 
  • BIOL 157L KS Cell Biology 
  • BIOL 158 KS Cell Cycle Diseases & Aging 
  • BIOL 164 KS Virology 
  • BIOL 170L KS Molecular Biology 
  • BIOL 177 KS Biochemistry 

e. Neuroscience Track

• NEUR 095L JT -Foundations of Neuroscience (or comparable equivalent)
• BIOL 148L KS Neuroscience 1: Cell, Molecular 
• BIOL 149 KS Neuroscience 2: Systems 
• 2 additional neuroscience-related courses

f. Environmental Management Track

At least 2 courses in this sequence must have an associated laboratory component

• BIOL 138L KS Appl Ecol + Conservation Lab or BIOL 138 KS Applied Ecology & Conservation (with or without lab)
• BIOL 165 KS Adv Topics: Environmental Biol 
• EA 100L KS Global Climate Change w/Lab or 100. Climate Change (with or without lab)
• CHEM 139 KS Environmental Chemistry 
• 1 additional course in environmental analysis. Recommendations include:
   
  • BIOL 147 KS Biogeography 
  • BIOL 146L KS Ecology with Lab 
  • BIOL 135L KS Field Biology 
  • BIOL 169L KS Marine Ecology 
  • EA 104 KS Oceanography 
  • EA 103 KS Soils and Society 
  • BIOL 176 KS Tropical Ecology 

g. Public Health Track

Courses must be selected from 3 of the 5 fields listed below. Please note that some of these courses have prerequisites outside of the GE/Core program of this major.

• Science (e.g., Chemistry 116L-117L Organic Chemistry and/or Physics 30L-31L General Physics for the Life Sciences)
• Economics (e.g., 109 CM, 129 PO, 187 CM, PHIL180 CM)
• Psychology (e.g., 81 CM, 103 PZ, 107 CM, 111 PZ, 155 CM, 176 PO, 185 CM, 152 SC, 188 PZ, 193 PZ)
• Sociology (e.g., 86 PZ, 120 PZ, 170 PZ, ONT101 PZ, CHLT110 PZ, CHLT153 PZ, ANTH002 PZ/SC, PHIL155 SC)
• Government (e.g., 105 CM, 106 CM, 114 CM, POLI151 SC)