Science Courses

Science personnel provide the investigative research for ships and transmit that information back to Starfleet Command. Science personnel are also useful on landing parties and at Starbases.

Starfleet requires the Sciences Cadet to study at least two additional specializations. They may be from any science field, though they are usually non-Medical. If Sciences is chosen as a Minor, no specializations are needed.

Note that in the Trek era, "Sciences" are not limited merely to the so-called "hard" sciences. Social sciences are also considered important by Starfleet. Good examples of this kind of science officer in action are in the TOS episode "Who Mourns For Adonis", where we saw Carolyn Palamas acting as the "Archaeology & Anthropology" officer in the landing party. Another example was Marla McGivers, the Ship's Historian (and Khan's intended) from "Space Seed". Within these rather broad limitations, any science skills can be chosen for fields of specialization.

Courses include:

Year 1 Term 1 

Year 1 Term 2 
Administration *
Unarmed Combat (or specialised unarmed combat type) *
Computer Operation *
Pilot: Shuttlecraft *
Astronomy
Biology		 History: Federation *
Language: (Federation Standard) *
Mathematics *
Physics *
Chemistry
Geology
Year 2 Term 1   Year 2 Term 2
Weapons: Phasers *
First Aid *
Electronics Operations: Sensors *
Botany
Biochemistry
Ecology		 Computer Programming *
Law: Federation *
Astrophysics
Physiology: (Terran)
Zoology
Archaeology
Year 3 Term 1   Year 3 Term 2 
Vacc Suit Operations *
Xenobiology: General *
Genetics
Biochemistry (or Xenobiochemistry: (speciality)) 
Botany (or Xenobotany: (speciality))
Elective		 Xenology: General *
Electronics Operations: Transporters *
Physiology: (non-native -and- non-Terran)
Comparative Archaeology
Ecology (or Xenoecology)
Elective
Year 4 Term 1   Year 4 Term 2
Starfleet Protocol *
Zero-G Operations *
Subspace Mechanics
Genetics (or Xenogenetics)
Elective
Elective		 Language: (any non-native) *-
Zoology (or Xenology: (speciality))
Physiology: (speciality)
Elective
Elective
Elective

* Denotes core course