STEM Foundation (STE)
2025-2026 STEM Foundation - Science and Math Pathway
Associate of Arts, STEM and Business Division
Recommended Course Selection Sequence
| CMP101 | Composition 1 | 3 |
MAT151-XXX
| Mathematics Elective MAT151 level or above | 3 |
| CHE103 | General Chemistry 1 | 4 |
| BIO105 or PHY201 or CPS101 | 4 |
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| PHI120 | Medical Ethics | 3 |
| OR | |
HUM-ELECTIVE
| Humanities Elective | 3 |
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MAT151-XXX
| Mathematics Elective MAT151 level or above | 3 |
CMP102-150
| Composition 2 Elective | 3 |
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| ECO103 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| OR | |
SS-ELECTIVE
| Social Science Elective | 3 |
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| CHE104 | General Chemistry 2 | 4 |
| BIO106 or PHY222 or CPS102 | 4 |
HUM-ELECTIVE
| Humanities Elective | 3 |
SS-ELECTIVE
| Social Science Elective | 3 |
| STEM Elective 20 | 20 |
As you are choosing your liberal arts electives, meet with a STEM Advisor to choose the best courses for your STEM interest and transfer options.
Total Credit Hours: 60
Program Notes
Campus Information
- Lynn or Danvers campus based
Additional Graduation Requirements
Advising Notes
The recommended courses listed above are designed upon degree completion to enable a student to be eligible to transfer to a public Massachusetts state university or UMASS system institution in a STEM related field with junior status. To determine best credit transfer options by field, seek advising from STEM advisors.
Courses are listed in the recommended order you should take them.
Many courses have prerequisite requirements that must be fulfilled to be eligible to enroll in the course.
If you intend to graduate with an associate degree in two years, you should enroll in 15 credits if taking only fall/spring courses.
Completing 30 credits each year helps students stay on track to timely graduation.
Taking classes in the winter intersession and summer can accelerate your time to degree completion.
All student degree audits for graduation purposes will be based off the official program of study the student is enrolled in.
For more information contact us at: STEMfoundation@northshore.edu or call (978)-762-4048
Program Student Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate Skills Necessary to communicate and present scientific information
- Critical Thinking and Information Literacy: demonstrate analytical reasoning and interpret evidence by identifying, locating, evaluating, and synthesizing information as well as effectively use evidence from various print and electronic sources across disciplines to support a claim.
- Communication: read, write, listen and speak effectively, using multiple modes of communication.
- Quantitative and Scientific Reasoning: use the scientific reasoning process, quantitative and qualitative reasoning, and data to solve problems.
- Intercultural Competency: identify their own cultural norms within a framework of other cultural perspectives. Graduates will be able to articulate their individual, social and civic responsibilities as members of a global community.
Occupational Skills Required
- Carry out responsible waste management and disposal techniques.
- Understand and comply with safety regulations
- Properly use personal protective equipment to minimize exposure to hazards
- Understand the categories of hazards associated with chemicals (health, physical, and environmental)
- Use safety data sheets (SDSs) and other standard printed and online safety reference materials
- Recognize chemical and physical hazards in laboratories, assess the risks from these hazards, know how to minimize the risks, and prepare for emergencies
- Define problems clearly, develop testable hypotheses, design and execute appropriate experiments, analyze data, and draw appropriate conclusions.
- Use appropriate laboratory skills and instrumentation to solve problems while understanding the fundamental uncertainties in experimental measurements.
- Use appropriate technology, such as poster preparation software, word-processing software, chemical structure drawing programs, and computerized presentations
- Write well-organized and concise scientific reports in a scientifically appropriate style
- Cite sources properly.
Experiential Learning Optional in Program
- BIO101 - Biology 1:The Basics of Life
- BIO102 -Biology 2: Diversity of Life
- BIO105 - Biology 1: General Biology 1
- BIO144 - Biology 2: Wetlands Ecology
- BIO202 - Molecular Biology
- CHE103 - General Chemistry 1
- BIO130 - Neotropical Ecology
- BIO144 - Biology 2: Wetlands Ecology
- BIO140 - Biology 2: Marine Biology
- BIO142 - Introduction to Ecology
- BIO202 - Molecular Biology