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 2026-2027
*Limited enrollment. Pre-registration is required for all First-Year Seminars. Information regarding application procedures may be found on the program website.
- 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
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ASTR 0400/PHYS 0400 - Expanding Ideas of Time &Space - Instructor Permission Required.
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EEB 0035 - The Ecology of Food Instructor Permission Required.
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EEB 0040 - Collections of the Peabody Museum Instructor Permission Required.
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EEB 0106/MCDB 0600/HLTH 0155 - Biology of Malaria, Lyme, and Other Vector-Borne Diseases Instructor Permission Required.
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EPS 0800/APHY 0800/ENAS 0800/EVST 0080/PHYS 0800 - Energy, Environment, and Public Policy
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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
- EVST 0080/APHY 0800/ENAS 0800/EPS 0800/PHYS 0800 - Energy, Environment, and Public Policy
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HLTH 0155/MCDB 0600/EEB 0106 - Biology of Malaria, Lyme, and Other Vector-Borne Diseases Instructor Permission Required.
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MB&B 0500 - Topics in Cancer Biology - Instructor Permission Required.
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MCDB 0200 - Genetics in Modern Medicine Instructor Permission Required.
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MCDB 0300 - Cancer Instructor Permission Required.
- MCDB 0500 - Immunity and Microbes Instructor Permission Required.
- MCDB 0600 - Biology of Malaria, Lyme, and Other Vector-Borne Diseases 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
- 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
- ANTH 2504 - Molecular Anthropology Instructor Permission Required.
- ANTH 2530/WGSS 2230 - Evolutionary Biology of Female Bodies Instructor Permission Required
- ANTH 2660 - Being Human: The Neanderthal Dilemma
- ANTH 2667 - Human Evolution Knowledge of introductory biological anthropology or biology are helpful.
- ANTH 3116L/ARCG 3116L - Introduction to Archaeological Laboratory Sciences Instructor Permission Required
- ANTH 3476 - Observing and Measuring Behavior, Park I: Study Design
- 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
- ASTR 1100 - Planets and Stars
- ASTR 1200 - Galaxies and the Universe
- ASTR 1300 - Origins and the Search for Life in the Universe
- ASTR 1550 - Introduction to Astronomical Observing
- ASTR 1700 - Introduction to Cosmology
- ASTR 1800 - Introduction to Relativity and Black Holes
- ASTR 2100 - Stars and Their Evolution
- ASTR 2200 - Galaxies and Cosmology
- ASTR 2550/PHYS 3950 - Research Methods in Astrophysics - Instructor Permission Required.
- CHEM 1700 - Quantitative Foundations of General Chemistry I
- CHEM 1740 - Organic Chemistry for First Year Students I - Enrollment by placement only.
- CPSC 2265/AMST 2265 - Topics in Critical Computing
- ECE 4081 - Electrochemical Energy Storage Devices and Engineering (Lecture & Lab)
- EEB 1115 – Conservation Biology
- EEB 1125 - History of Life
- EEB 1145 - Plants and People
- EEB 2223L - Laboratory for Principles of Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and the Tree of Life
- EEB 2225 - Evolutionary Biology
- EEB 2255/EVST 2255 - Invertebrates Instructor Permission Required.
- EEB 2256L - Laboratory for Invertebrates Instructor Permission Required.
- EEB 2262 - The Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives Instructor Permission Required.
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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 3360/EVST 3335 - Global Human-Wildlife Interactions
- EEB 3464/ANTH 4564/ARCG 4564 - Human Osteology - Instructor Permission Required.
- ECE 4081 - Electrochemical Energy Storage Devices and Engineering (Lecture & Lab)
- ENAS 1000/APHY 1000/EPS 1050/EVST 1000/PHYS 1000 Energy, Environment, and Public Policy
- ENAS 1180 - Introduction to Engineering, Innovation, and Design
- ENAS 2170 – Disruptive Technologies and Responsible Innovation
- ENAS 3450/CENG - Principles and Applications of Interfacial Phenomena
- EPS 1000 - Natural Disasters
- EPS 1010 - Climate Change
- EPS 1500 - Our Solar System
- ESP 1050/APHY 1000/EVST 1000/PHYS 1000 - Energy, Environment, and Public Policy
- EPS 1250 - History of Life
- EPS 1260L - Laboratory for the History of Life To be taken concurrently with or following EPS 1250.
- EPS 2120 – Global Tectonics (EPS 1100 Dynamic Earth is recommended (but not required) as a prerequisite.)
- EPS 2400 - Forensic Geoscience - EPS 1100 - Dynamic Earth is recommended (but not required) as a prerequisite.
- EPS 2740 - Fossil Fuels and World Energy
- EVST 1000/APHY 1000/EPS 1050/PHYS 1000 - Energy, Environment, and Public Policy - Instructor Permission Required.
- EVST 1001 / EPS 1000 - Natural Disasters
- EVST 1010 / EPS 1010 - Climate Change
- EVST 1145 - Plants and People
- EVST 1260L - Laboratory for the History of Life (To be taken concurrently with or following EPS 1250.
- EVST 2225 - Evolutionary Biology
- EVST 2234L - Field Science: Environment and Sustainability - Instructor Permission Required.
- EVST 3307 - Toxic Organic Chemicals in the Environment (Previous knowledge of organic chemistry is not required (but is welcome.)
- EVST 3323 - Wetlands Ecology Conservation & Management - Instructor Permission Required.
- EVST 3386 - Fisheries and Aquaculture (Students are expected to have some basic ecological knowledge (e.g., ENV 511, ENV 602, E&EB 220) and a strong interest in aquatic ecosystems.) Instructor Permission Reqired.
- EVST 3400 - Biological Oceanography
- EVST 3431 - The Physical Science of Climate Change
- EVST 3476 - Observing and Measuring Behavior, Part I: Study Design
- 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
- MB&B 3650 - Biochemistry and Our Changing Climate 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 - The Human Brain
- MCDB 3500 - Epigenetics Introductory courses (BIOL 101-104) and two MCDB 200-level courses (strongly recommended: MCDB 202 and MCDB 200 or MCDB 210) or instructor permission.
- 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 2700 - Research Methods in Cognitive Neuroscience Instructor Permission Required.
- NSCI 3200/MCDB 3200 - Neurobiology
- PHYS 1000/APHY 1000/EPS 1050/EVST 1000 - Energy, Environment, and Public Policy - Intructor Permission Required.
- PHYS 1210L - Introduction to Physics in Living Systems I: Observation and Analysis
- PHYS 1220L - Introduction to Physics in Living Systems: Observation and Analysis II
- PHYS 1240L - Introduction to Physics in Living Systems IV: Electricity, Magnetism, and Radiation - Instructor Permission Required.
- PHYS 1650L - General Physics Laboratory
- PHYS 1660L - General Physics Laboratory
- PHYS 1710 - University Physics for the Life Sciences
- PHYS 1800 - University Physics Concurrently with MATH 1150 and 1200 or equivalents. See comparison of introductory sequences and laboratories in the YCPS. May not be taken for credit after PHYS 1700, 1710.
- PHYS 1810 - University Physics Concurrently with MATH 1150 and 1200 or equivalents. See comparison of introductory sequences and laboratories in the YCPS. May not be taken for credit after PHYS 1700, 1710.
- PHYS 2050L – Modern Physical Measurement
- PHYS 2060L – Modern Physical Measurement
- PHYS 2600 - Intensive Introductory Physics Concurrently with MATH 1200, ENAS 1510, PHYS 1510, or PHYS 4000, or equivalent. Students considering an alternative MATH course should check with the DUS in Physics.
- PHYS 2610 Intensive Introductory Physics Concurrently with MATH 1200, ENAS 1501, PHYS 1510, or PHYS 4000, or equivalent. Students considering an alternative MATH course should check with the DUS in Physics.
- PHYS 3450 - Introduction to Quantum Information Processing and Communication
- PHYS 3950 - Research Methods in Astrophysics Instructor Permission Required.
- PHYS 4490/APHY 4489 - Solid State Physics II
- PSYC 1600/NSCI 1600 - The Human Brain
- PSYC 2670/NSCI 2700 - Research Methods in Cognitive Neuroscience Instructor Permission Required.