The following introductory-level courses without prerequisites enable students to fulfill the area requirement in science (Sc) through study in a wide range of disciplines. In addition, there are a multitude of Sc courses with prerequisites (such as single-variable calculus or introductory work in a natural or social science) that can be fulfilled through introductory-level course work or advanced placement. Students may view the complete list of Sc courses or search for Sc courses in specific departments using the Yale Course Search web site. Please note, not all course are offered every semester.
First-year STEM Seminars 2025-2026
*Limited enrollment. Pre-registration is required for all First-Year Seminars. Information regarding application procedures may be found on the program website.
- ANTH 0418 – Scientific Thinking and Reasoning
- APHY 0500/ENAS 0500/PHYS 0500 - Science of Modern Technology & Public Policy Instructor Permission Required.
- APHY 0800/ENAS 0800/EPS 0800/EVST 0800/PHYS 0800 - Energy, Environment and Public Policy - Instructor Permission Required
- ASTR 0300 - Search for Extraterestrial Life
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ASTR 0400/PHYS 0400 - Expanding Ideas of Time &Space - Instructor Permission Required
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ENAS 0500/APHY 0500/PHYS 0500 – Science of Modern Technology and Public Policy - Instructor Permission Required
- EVST 0400 - Collections of the Peabody Museum - Instructor Permission Required
- MB&B 0500 - Topics in Cancer Biology - Instructor Permission Required
- PHYS 0400 - Expanding Ideas of Time and Space
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PHYS 0500/ENAS 0500/APHY 0500 – Science of Modern Technology and Public Policy - Instructor Permission Required
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PHYS 0600 - What’s the Universe made of? From Quarks to the Cosmos
- PHYS 0700 - Nuclear Physics: The Good, The Bad, and the Misunderstood
- Other Courses Without Prerequisites
- ANTH 1400 - Intro to Biological Anthropology
- ANTH 2442 - Human Evolutionary Biology and Life History Instructor Permission Required
- ANTH 2504 - Molecular Anthropology
- ANTH 2530/WGSS 2230 - Evolutionary Biology of Female Bodies Instructor Permission Required
- ANTH 2660 - Being Human: The Neanderthal Dilemma Instructor Permission Required
- ANTH 3116L/ARCG 3116L - Introduction to Archaeological Laboratory Sciences Instructor Permission Required
- ANTH 3594 - Methods and Research in Molecular Anthropology I Instructor Permission Required
- ANTH 4564/ARCG 4564/EEB 3464 - Human Osteology Instructor Permission Required
- ANTH 3136/ARCG 3136/EPS 3360 - Geoarchaeology Instructor Permission Required
- ANTH 3684/ARCG 3684 - Zooarchaeology
- APHY 1000/EPS 1050/EVST 1000/ PHYS 1000 - Energy, Environment, and Public Policy Instructor Permission Required
- APHY 1100 - The Technological World
- ASTR 1100 - Planets and Stars
- ASTR 1200 - Galaxies and the Universe
- ASTR 1550 - Introduction to Astronomical Observing
- ASTR 1700 - Introduction to Cosmology
- ASTR 1800 - Introduction to Relativity and Black Holes
- ASTR 2550/PHYS 3950 - Research Methods in Astrophysics - Instructor Permission Required
- ASTR 2100 - Stars and Their Evolution
- CGSC 1750 - The Mystery of Sleep
- CHEM 1610 - General Chemistry I
- CHEM 1700 - Quantitative Foundations of General Chemistry I
- CHEM 1740 - Organic Chemistry for First Year Students I - Attendance at a weekly discussion section required. Normally accompanied by CHEM 222L. Enrollment by placement only.
- CHEM 4200 - Chemical Biology of Nucleic Acids
- EEB 1106/MCDB 1060 - Biology of Malaria, Lyme, and other Vector-Borne Disease - Instructor Permission Required
- EEB 1115 – Conservation Biology
- EEB 1145 - Plants and People
- EEB 2223L - Laboratory for Principles of Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and the Tree of Life
- EEB 2225 - Evolutionary Biology
- EEB 2275/EVST 3400 – Biological Oceanography - Instructor Permission Required
- EEB 2290 - Comparative Development Anatomy of Vertebrates
- EEB 2291L - Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates Laboratory - To be taken with EEB 290.
- EEB 3464/ANTH 4564/ARCG 4564 - Human Osteology - Instructor Permission Required
- ENAS 1118 – Introduction to Engineering, Innovation, and Design - Instructor Permission Required
- ENAS 1200/ENVE 1200/CENG 1200 - Introduction to Environmental Engineering Prerequisites: high school calculus and chemistry or CHEM 161, 165 or CHEM 163, 167 (may be taken concurrently) or permission of instructor.
- ENAS 2170 – Disruptive Technologies and Responsible Innovation
- ENAS 3450/CENG - Principles and Applications of Interfacial Phenomena
- ESP 1020 - Understanding Climate Change Solutions
- ESP 1050/APHY 1000/EVST 1000/PHYS 1000 - Energy, Environment, and Public Policy
- EPS 1100 - Dynamic Earth
- EPS 1110L - Dynamic Earth Laboratory and Field Methods - After or concurrently with EPS 1100, or after EPS 115.
- EPS 1400 – Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate Change
- EPS 2120 – Global Tectonics
- EPS 2160 – Global Warming: Climate Physics
- EPS 2200 – Minerology
- EPS 2400 - Forensic Geoscience - EPS 1100 - Dynamic Earth is recommended (but not required) as a prerequisite.
- EPS 3120 – Structural Geology
- EPS 3360 - Geoarchaeology Instructor Permission Required
- EPS 3550 – Extraordinary Glimpses of Past Life
- EVST 1000/APHY 1000/EPS 1050/PHYS 1000- Energy, Environment, and Public Policy - Instructor Permission Required
- EVST 2234L - Field Science: Environment and Sustainability - Instructor Permission Required
- EVST 3323 - Wetlands Ecology Conservation & Management - Instructor Permission Required
- EVST 3400/EEB 2275 - Biological Oceanography
- EVST 3431 - The Physical Science of Climate Change
- EVST 3650 - Biochemistry and Our Changing Climate
- EVST 4500 - Carbon Containment Instructor Permission Required
- MB&B 1050 – Biology, the World and Us
- MB&B 1210 L - Introduction to Physics in Living Systems I: Observation and Analysis - Instructor Permission Required
- MB&B 1240L - Introduction to Physics in Living Systems Laboratory IV: Electricity, Magnetism and Radiation There are no prerequisites to this ½ credit class and it is helpful to take it in the same semester as MB&B 123L. May not be taken after PHYS 166L. Instructor Permission Required
- MCDB 1030 - Cancer Instructor Permission Required
- MCDB 1050 - Biology, the World, and Us
- MCDB 1060/E&EB 1106 - Biology of Malaria, Lyme, and Other Vector-Borne Diseases Instructor Permission Required
- MCDB 1090 - Immunity, Microbes and Pandemics
- MCDB 3030L – Advanced Molecular Biology Laboratory
Instructor Permission Required - MCDB 3200/NSCI 3200 - Neurobiology
- MCDB 4150 - Cellular and Molecular Physiology
- MCDB 4820 – Advanced Seminar in Cell Biology: Intracellular signal Transduction - Instructor Permission Required
- NSCI 1600/PSYC 1600 - The Human Brain
- NSCI 3200/MCDB 3200 - Neurobiology
- PHYS 1000/APHY 1000/EPS 1050/EVST 1000 - Energy, Environment, and Public Policy - Intructor Permission Required
- PHYS 1060/EVST 2206/HIST 1727/HSHM 2010/HUMS 1060 - Sustainable Energy: Physics and History
- PHYS 1200 - Quantum Physics and Beyond
- PHYS 1210L/MB&B 1210L - Introduction to Physics in Living Systems I: Observation and Analysis - There are no prerequisites to this ½ credit class and it is helpful to take it in the same semester as MB&B 124L.
- PHYS 1240L - Introduction to Physics in Living Systems IV: Electricity, Magnetism, and Radiation - Instructor Permission Required. There are no prerequisites to this ½ credit class and it is helpful to take it in the same semester asMB&B 123L. May not be taken after PHYS 1660L.
- PHYS 1650L - General Physics Laboratory
- PHYS 1660L - General Physics Laboratory
- PHYS 2050L – Modern Physical Measurement
- PHYS 2060L – Modern Physical Measurement
- PHYS 2950 - Research Methods in Astrophysics
- PHYS 3450 - Introduction to Quantum Information Processing and Communication
- PHYS 4490/APHY 4489 - Solid State Physics II
- PSYC 1600/NSCI 1600 - The Human Brain
- PSYC 2610/CGSC 2740/NSCI 3610 - Algorithms of the Mind - Instructor Permission Required.
- PSYC 2670/NSCI 2700 - Research Methods in Cognitive Neuroscience Instructor Permission Required.
- PSYC 4280 - Neuroscience of Decision-Making Instructor Permission Required.