Hello @ucbalumnus! Yes, my pre-calc class include trigonometry. But, it does not fulfill the requirement for those classes. For physics specifically, they do allow high school trigonometry to count as a pre-req instead of College Trig, but not pre-calc.
But that is interesting to know! I always found calculus to be so far away from the social sciences, but it is cool to see that it even indirectly applies to non-STEM majors!