AA/AS in Chemistry

Chemistry is offered at Santa Barbara City College as an associate degree centered on a science the department describes as central to the modern world. Because chemistry reaches into so many parts of daily life, the program wants every student to understand its basic principles. Students work through mathematical problems in chemistry, explain how atoms bond and how trends repeat across the periodic table, write formulas and equations, calculate quantities in reactions, and predict outcomes. Laboratory training includes setting up glassware, using standard techniques and keeping careful experimental records. Prospective students can review the sample program map for chemistry on the college degree planning site, which lays out the course sequence and the units needed to graduate, and should confirm admission steps, costs and scheduling with the college before enrolling.