
BASIC REQUIREMENTS |
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ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS |
Claire Trevor School of the Arts
All majors must:
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- Complete 60 transferable semester units prior to the start of the
intended quarter
- Meet all course requirements for UC admission
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- Have a minimum overall grade point average of 2.7
- No specific course requirements
Note: Dance and Music majors admitted by audition only.
New students are not admitted directly to the Arts and Humanities major;
transfer students should apply for a major in the Claire Trevor School of
the Arts.
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School of Biological Sciences
All majors must:
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- Complete 60 transferable semester units prior to the start of the
intended quarter
- Meet all course requirements for UC admission
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- Have a minimum overall grade point average of 3.0
- Complete one year of general chemistry with laboratory with a B or better in both semesters
Note: Entry to Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Developmental and Cell
Biology, Genetics, Neurobiology or Plant Biology requires department approval
for enrollment.
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The Henry Samueli School of Engineering
Aerospace Engineering and Mechanical Engineering majors must:
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- Complete 60 transferable semester units prior to the start of the
intended quarter
- Meet all course requirements for UC admission
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- Have a minimum overall GPA of 2.8 and a minimum GPA of 2.8 in required courses
- Complete one year of calculus
- Complete one year of calculus-based physics with laboratory
- Complete one course of general chemistry with laboratory
- Complete two additional approved courses for the major
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Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering: Premedical, Chemical
Engineering, and Materials Science Engineering majors must:
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- Complete 60 transferable semester units prior to the start of the
intended quarter
- Meet all course requirements for UC admission
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- Have a minimum overall GPA of 2.8 and a minimum GPA of 2.8 in required courses
- Complete one year of calculus
- Complete one year of calculus-based physics with laboratory
- Complete one course of general chemistry with laboratory
- Complete one additional approved course for the major
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Civil Engineering majors must: |
- Complete 60 transferable semester units prior to the start of the
intended quarter
- Meet all course requirements for UC admission
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- Have a minimum overall GPA of 2.8 and a minimum GPA of 2.8 in required courses
- Complete one year of calculus
- Complete one year of calculus-based physics with laboratory AND one
semester of general chemistry with laboratory OR complete one year of general
chemistry with laboratory AND one semester of calculus-based physics with
laboratory
- Complete two additional approved courses for the major
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Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Engineering (General)
majors must:
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- Complete 60 transferable semester units prior to the start of the
intended quarter
- Meet all course requirements for UC admission
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- Have a minimum overall GPA of 2.8 and a minimum GPA of 2.8 in required courses
- Complete one year of calculus
- Complete one year of calculus-based physics with laboratory (including electromagnetism)
- Complete one course in computational methods (C, C++)
- Complete two additional approved courses for the major
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Computer Science & Engineering (offered jointly with Donald Bren School of
Information and Computer Sciences) majors must:
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- Complete 60 transferable semester units prior to the start of the
intended quarter
- Meet all course requirements for UC admission
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- Have a minimum overall GPA of 2.8 and a minimum GPA of 2.8 in required courses
- Complete one year of calculus
- Complete one year of calculus-based physics with laboratory (including electromagnetism)
- Complete one year of programming with at least one course in object-oriented programming (Java recommended)
- Complete one additional approved course for the major
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Environmental Engineering majors must: |
- Complete 60 transferable semester units prior to the start of the
intended quarter
- Meet all course requirements for UC admission
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- Have a minimum overall GPA of 2.8 and a minimum GPA of 2.8 in required courses
- Complete one year of calculus
- Complete one semester of calculus-based physics with laboratory
- Complete one year of general chemistry with laboratory
- Complete one additional approved course for the major
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School of Humanities
All majors must:
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- Complete 60 transferable semester units prior to the start of the
intended quarter
- Meet all course requirements for UC admission
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- Have a minimum overall GPA of 2.7
- No specific course requirements
Note: Entry to the Humanities (Interdisciplinary) major requires department
approval after student has enrolled. New students are not admitted directly
into the Humanities and Arts major. Transfer students should apply for a
major in the School of Humanities.
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Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences
Computer Science and Information and Computer Science majors must:
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- Complete 60 transferable semester units prior to the start of the
intended quarter
- Meet all course requirements for UC admission
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- Have a minimum overall GPA of 2.8 and a minimum GPA of 2.8 in required courses
- Complete one year of college mathematics equivalent to discrete
mathematics if available; if not, first-year calculus; Note: a semester
of pre-calculus and a semester of calculus may not be used to fulfill
this requirement.
- Complete one year of transferable computer science courses involving
concepts such as those found in C++, Java, Eiffel, or another object-oriented,
high-level language; Note: Programming only courses are not acceptable.
- Knowledge of Java is strongly recommended
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Computer Science & Engineering (offered jointly with The Henry Samueli School of Engineering) majors must:
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- Complete 60 transferable semester units prior to the start of the
intended quarter
- Meet all course requirements for UC admission
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- Have a minimum overall GPA of 2.8 and a minimum GPA of 2.8 in required courses
- Complete one year of calculus
- Complete one year of calculus-based physics with laboratory (including electromagnetism)
- Complete one year of programming with at least one course in object-oriented programming (Java recommended)
- Complete one additional approved course for the major
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Informatics majors must:
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- Complete 60 transferable semester units prior to the start of the
intended quarter
- Meet all course requirements for UC admission
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- Have a minimum overall GPA of 2.8 and a minimum GPA of 2.8 in required courses
- Complete one year of approved college mathematics; courses equivalent to
discrete mathematics, statistics, or symbolic logic are strongly preferred;
Note: a semester of pre-calculus and a semester of calculus may not be used
to fulfill this requirement.
- Complete one year of transferable computer science courses involving
concepts such as those found in C++, Java, Eiffel, or another object-oriented,
high-level language; Note: Programming only courses are not acceptable.
- Complete one year of a college level course in English composition with a minimum GPA of 3.0
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Interdisciplinary Studies
Chicano/Latino majors must:
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- Complete 60 transferable semester units prior to the start of the
intended quarter
- Meet all course requirements for UC admission
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- Have a minimum overall GPA of 2.7
- No specific course requirements
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School of Physical Sciences
Chemistry majors must:
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- Complete 60 transferable semester units prior to the start of the
intended quarter
- Meet all course requirements for UC admission
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- Have a minimum overall GPA of 2.8 and a minimum GPA of 3.0 in required courses
- Complete one year of general chemistry with laboratory
- Complete one year of approved calculus
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Earth and Environmental Science majors must:
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- Complete 60 transferable semester units prior to the start of the
intended quarter
- Meet all course requirements for UC admission
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- Have a minimum overall GPA of 2.8 and a minimum GPA of 3.0 in required courses
- Complete one year of general chemistry with laboratory OR one year of calculus-based physics with laboratory
- Complete one year of approved calculus
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Mathematics majors must:
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- Complete 60 transferable semester units prior to the start of the
intended quarter
- Meet all course requirements for UC admission
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- Have a minimum overall GPA of 2.8 and a minimum GPA of 3.0 in required courses
- Complete one year of approved calculus
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Physics majors must:
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- Complete 60 transferable semester units prior to the start of the
intended quarter
- Meet all course requirements for UC admission
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- Have a minimum overall GPA of 2.8 and a minimum GPA of 3.0 in required courses
- Complete one year of calculus-based physics with laboratory
- Complete one year of approved calculus
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School of Social Ecology
Applied Ecology (offered jointly with the School of Biological Sciences-admission not available in fall 2006) majors must:
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- Complete 60 transferable semester units prior to the start of the
intended quarter
- Meet all course requirements for UC admission
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- Have a minimum overall GPA of 3.0
- Complete one year of general chemistry with laboratory with a B or better in both semesters
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Environmental Analysis and Design (admission not available in fall 2006) and Social Ecology majors must:
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- Complete 60 transferable semester units prior to the start of the
intended quarter
- Meet all course requirements for UC admission
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- Have a minimum overall GPA of 2.7
- No specific course requirements
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Criminology, Law and Society and Psychology and Social Behavior majors must:
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- Complete 60 transferable semester units prior to the start of the
intended quarter
- Meet all course requirements for UC admission
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- Have a minimum overall GPA of 3.0
- No specific course requirements
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Public Health Sciences majors must:
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- Complete 60 transferable semester units prior to the start of the intended quarter
- Meet all course requirements for UC admission
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- Have a minimum overall GPA of 3.0
- Complete one year of general biology and one year of general chemistry with laboratory
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Public Health Policy majors must:
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- Complete 60 transferable semester units prior to the start of the intended quarter
- Meet all course requirements for UC admission
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- Have a minimum overall GPA of 3.0
- Complete one year of courses in anthropology, economics, sociology, and/or psychology
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School of Social Sciences
Economics majors must:
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- Complete 60 transferable semester units prior to the start of the
intended quarter
- Meet all course requirements for UC admission
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- Have a minimum overall GPA of 2.8
- Complete one year of micro- and macro-economics with a B average
- Complete one semester or two quarters of approved calculus with a B average
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All majors must: (except Economics - see above)
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- Complete 60 transferable semester units prior to the start of the
intended quarter
- Meet all course requirements for UC admission
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- Have a minimum overall GPA of 2.7
- No specific course requirements
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