Undergraduate requirements: Planetary Science option

1. Ma 2, Ma 3.
2. Ph 2 a or Ph 12 a, Ph2 b or Ph12 b, and one of the following:  Ph 2 c, Ph 12 c, APh 17 a, Ch 21 c, Ch 25, ME 18 a.
3. Ge 11 ab, Ge/Ay 11 c, Ge 13, Ge 109.
4. ACM 95 abc.
5. Forty-five units of advanced science courses selected in consultation with adviser and planetary science option representatives.  Appropriate choices include (but are not limited to): Ae/APh/CE/ME 101 abc, Ae/Ge/ME 160 ab, Ch 21 abc, Ph 101, Ph 106 abc, Ph 125 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.
6. Sixty-three units selected from Ge 11 d, Ge 102, Ge/Ay 117, Ge/Ch 128, Ge 131, Ge/Ay 132, Ge/Ay 133, ESE 101-103, Ge 137, Ge 150, Ge 151, Ge 157 c, ESE 130, ESE/Ge 139.

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.

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