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UCI Curriculum Capsules is published annually by the University of California, Irvine Office of Admissions and Relations with Schools and the Division of Undergraduate Education to highlight important curricular changes effective fall 1997. Please use it in tandem with the 1997-98 UCI General Catalogue. For additional information, call the Office of Admissions and Relations with Schools at (949) 824-6703. This bulletin may be duplicated as necessary.
Effective fall 1997, the School of Social Sciences will offer a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Studies providing students with an interdisciplinary perspective on global issues, societies, and cultures. Students completing the major will receive training in twenty-first-century analytical skills and gain an understanding of the rapidly evolving global community. The degree provides preparation for careers and graduate study in international affairs, public policy, and business and international finance. The core curriculum includes lower-division course work in economics, political science, and anthropology or sociology. At the upper-division level, students must focus on one of four modules: Global Issues and Institutions; Global Conflict and Negotiation; Global Role of United States and California; or Global Society and Culture. Students will also complete School requirements in mathematics (calculus or social science statistics) and computer science and must be competent in an approved modern international language other than English.
Exceptional students who choose to complete the Honors Program in International Studies will engage in research leading to the completion of an honors thesis and will complete additional course work in language, literature, or culture in their chosen international language. Complete degree requirements can be found on pages 341-342 of the 1997-98 UCI General Catalogue.
The new Digital Arts minor is geared toward students with computer skills who want a grounding in the arts. The program allows students to acquire a working knowledge of digital imaging and related technological skills within an arts context and provides the tools necessary to understand the basic aesthetic components of the new digital media, relating digital arts to traditional art forms. These tools range from a basic understanding of art to sophisticated applications of state-of-the-art computer software in various forms of art production including CD-ROM, digital video and photography, website and other network applications, and installations. The lower-division curriculum includes an overview of the central themes and practice of the arts, along with course work chosen from dance performance, studio art, drama, or music. Students in any major may enter the minor and must demonstrate their ability to use e-mail, surf the net, and use productivity tools such as word processing or spreadsheets. Additional information is available on the World Wide Web at http://www.arts.uci.edu/artsminor and on page 99 in the 1997-98 UCI General Catalogue.
The new minor in Information and Computer Science (ICS) contributes to students' competence in computing and proficiency in computer programming and exposes them to the fundamentals of computer science. Students minoring in ICS will complete many of the same lower-division courses required of ICS majors, including a year-long series in the introduction to computer science, with the opportunity to choose courses that complement their major field of study or specific interests. The minor is available to all students regardless of major and provided preparation for careers, professions, or academic pursuits where computing is an integral component but not the primary focus. Requirements for the minor can be found on page 238 of the 1997-98 UCI General Catalogue.
A distinguishing feature of the UCI School of Social Sciences is the year-long mathematics requirement that can be fulfilled with either a year of calculus or a year of social science statistics. Recognizing that most community colleges do not offer a year-long statistics series, the School will consider semester community college statistics courses toward partial fulfillment of the year-long Social Science Probability and Statistics sequence (Anthropology/Economics/ Psychology/Social Science/Sociology 10A-B-C), provided that the courses adequately cover specific topics. UCI faculty have identified the following as critical course contents: descriptive statistics, normal curves and central tendency; probability; and sampling, experimental design or estimation.
In most cases, community college transfer students will receive credit for the first quarter of the series and will be required to complete two additional quarters of statistics courses, at UCI. Students should consult with a Social Sciences Academic Counselor to determine appropriate course work to complete the mathematics requirement.
Complete requirements for the School of Social Science can be found on page 321 of the 1997-98 UCI General Catalogue.
New admission-eligibility requirements for transfer students go into effect beginning with students who will transfer to the University of California in fall 1998. The changes are intended to strengthen the overall preparation of transfer students for University course work with emphasis on preparation in English and mathematics. A minimum of two transferable college courses in English composition and one transferable college course in mathematical concepts and quantitative reasoning must be taken, and UCI requires that they be completed by the term indicated below:
Applicant for: Courses must be completed by: Fall Spring term Winter Summer term Spring Fall termComplete admission requirements for transfer students can be found in the UC publications Answers for Transfers or Introducing the University, which are available in community college transfer centers and counseling offices.
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