Undergraduate requirements: Planetary Science option

1. Ge 11 abc, Ge 13, Ge 109.
2. ACM 95 abc.
3. Twenty-seven units of advanced science courses selected from Ae/APh/CE/ME 101 abc, Ae/Ge/ME 160 ab, Ch 21 abc, Ph 101, Ph 106 abc, Ph 125 abc, which must include two consecutive terms of one of the multi-term courses.
4. Sixty-three units selected from Ge 102, Ge/Ch 128, Ge 131, Ge/Ay 132, Ge/Ay 133, ESE 101-103, ESE 130, Ge 150, Ge 151, ESE/Ge 139,  Ge 225 abc.
5. Twenty-seven units of additional science and engineering courses (selected in consultation with adviser and planetary science option representative), appropriate Ge courses, any of the courses listed above, or any of the following: ACM 101 abc, ACM/ESE 118, ME 35 abc, APh 17 abc, Ay 20, Ay 21, Ay 101, Ay 102, ChE 63 ab, Ch 6 ab, CS 1, CS 2, CS 3, Ma 112 ab, ME 18 ab, ME 19 ab, ME 65, ME 66, AM 125 abc.

Typical course schedules are given for information only; in many cases is it possible to take courses in different years or in a different order.

For students beginning their junior year, it is possible to complete the requirements for the planetary science option within two years, but there are benefits from starting with Ge 11 abc in the sophomore year.

Passing grades must be earned in a total of 486 units, including courses listed above. Any student whose grade-point average in science and mathematics courses is less than 1.9 at the end of an academic year may be refused permission to register in the geological and planetary science options.

For more information