<p>When I looked at the website assist.org and looked up major prep course information for a computer science major, I saw that most UC campuses require taking biological or physical sciences courses such as chemistry and physics. Why is this? How does chemistry or physics relate to computers in any sense?</p>
<p>Typically, a degree in computer science is awarded as a Bachelors of Science. </p>
<p>Most BS degrees require classes in the core sciences, such as biology, physics or chem.</p>
<p>Almost half of your degree is made up of “general education” requirements. So there are plenty of classes that don’t apply directly to the computer science degree, but they are classes everyone needs to take. You’re never going to reach 120 credits taking only computer science oriented classes.</p>
<p>Physics (E&M) relates to more of the hardware side of computing… other than that, as said above, it’s mostly to expand your horizons into the hard sciences.</p>