Science Management Major

Requirements for the Major

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Learning Outcomes for the Program in Science Management

The Science Management major aims to prepare students to be leaders at the interface of science and business and in related fields.

In addition to the general departmental goals, students completing a major in Science Management should demonstrate the ability to:

1. Master the principles in their specific sequence/track (molecular biology, environmental biology, chemistry, physics, or other fields) and acquire the ability to apply them to solving problems including research questions.
2. Master the fundamental principles of economics and accounting.
3. Gain experience in the world outside the classroom.

Courses required for the Science Management major:

1. Core Program (minimum of 17 courses):

• CHEM 014L KS , CHEM 015L KS  - Basic Principles of Chemistry, or CHEM 029L KS  - Accelerated General Chemistry, or CHEM 040L KS  and CHEM 015L KS  - Introduction to Biological Chemistry, or both semesters AISS.
• BIOL 040L KS  - Introduction to Biological Chemistry, or  BIOL 043L KS  BIOL 044L KS  - Introductory Biology, or both semesters of the AISS course.  * 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  , or both semesters of the AISS course in lieu of Biology for their Core Program.

• MATH 031 PZ   - Calculus II

• Computer Science CS5 HM or CSCI051 PO. Introduction to Computer Science

• CSCI 051 CM  - Introduction to Computer Science

• Writing Course ( FYS does not count towards this requirement ) 
• ECON 051 PZ  - Principles of Macroeconomics
• ECON 052 PZ  - Principles of Microeconomics
• ECON 086 CM  - Accounting and Decision Making 
• ECON 105 PZ  - Microeconomic Theory
• ECON 091 PZ  - Statistics or other statistics course, preferably with R ( e.g., Biol175 ) 
• ECON 151 CM  - Strategice Cost Management 
• ECON 134 CM - Corporate Finance 

• ORST 135 PZ  - Organizational Behavior 

• Organizational Studies 135. Organizational Behavior 

• 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 every year)

  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 majorl. 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). 

2. Sequences: 

All majors must complete a sequence with a minimum of five courses. Representative examples are below.

  a. Chemistry Sequence

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

  b. Physics Sequence    

• Mathematics 32. Calculus III
• Physics 35. Modern Physics with Computational Applications
• At least 3 additional upper-division physics courses from the following:Physics 101, 102, 114, and 115. Please note that Mathematics 111 (Differential Equations) is a prerequisite for most upper-division physics courses.

c. Biophysics Sequence

• Physics 30L-31L, 33L-34L, or both semesters of the AISS course
• Physics 35. Modern Physics with Computational Applications
• Mathematics 32. Calculus III
• Physics 178. Biophysics
• Physics 115. Statistical Mechanics

d. Biotechnology Sequence 

• Chemistry 116L-117L. Organic Chemistry
• 3 additional upper-division biology classes (at least one with lab). Recommendations include: Biology 131L (Vertebrate Phys.), Biology 132L (Comparative Phys.), Biology 133L (Introduction to Computational Neuroscience), Biology 141L (Vertebrate Anatomy), Biology 143 (Genetics), Biology 150ALKS or 150 BLKS (Functional Human Anatomy and Biomechanics), Biology 156L (Genomics and Bioinformatics), Biology 157L (Cell Biology), Biology 158 KS (Cell Cycle, Diseases, and Aging), Biology 164 (Virology), Biology 170L (Molecular Biology), & Biology 177 (Biochemistry)

e. Neuroscience Sequence 

• Neuro 95. Foundations of Neuroscience  (or comparable equivalent)
• Biology 148L. Neuroscience 1
• Biology 149. Neuroscience 2
• 2 additional neuroscience-related courses

f. Environmental Management Sequence

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

•  Biology 138L or 139. Applied Ecology and Conservation (with or without lab)
• Biology 165. Advanced Topics in Environmental Biology
• Environmental Analysis 100L or 100. Climate Change (with or without lab)
•  Chemistry 139. Environmental Chemistry
• 1 additional course in environmental analysis. Recommendations include: Biology 147 (Biogeography), Biology 146L (Ecology), Biology 135L (Field Biology), Biology 169L (Marine Ecology), Environmental Analysis 104 (Oceanography), Environmental Analysis 103 (Soils and Society), and Biology 176 (Tropical Ecology)

g. Public Health Sequence

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)