Undergraduate Majors and Minors at UC Irvine
Consult the
UCI General Catalogue for available degrees and
definitions of majors, minors, concentrations, specializations, and emphases.
CLAIRE TREVOR SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
- Arts and Humanities (Not open for entering students)
- Dance
- Specializations (B.F.A. only): Choreography, Performance
- Drama
- Music
- Emphases (B.A. only): Analysis; History; Jazz; Performance
- Specializations (B.Mus. only): Bassoon; Clarinet; Composition;
Contrabass;
Flute; French Horn; Harp; Jazz Instrumental; Lute and Guitar; Oboe;
Percussion; Piano; Saxophone; Trombone; Trumpet; Tuba; Viola; Violin;
Violoncello; Voice
- Special String Performance
- Studio Art
- Specialization: Game Culture and Technology
- Minors: Digital Arts; Drama; Studio Art
- Concentration: Medieval Studies (in combination with any major
in the Claire Trevor School of the Arts or the School of Humanities)
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SCHOOL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Biological Sciences
- Developmental and Cell Biology
- Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
- Genetics
- Microbiology and Immunology (Not open for entering students)
- Microbiology, Immunology, Virology
- Neurobiology
- Plant Biology
- Minor: Biological Sciences
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
- Minor: Educational Studies
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THE HENRY SAMUELI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
- Aerospace Engineering
- Biomedical Engineering
- Specialization: Biophotonics
- Biomedical Engineering: Premedical
- Chemical Engineering
- Specializations: Biochemical Engineering; Environmental Engineering;
Materials Science
- Civil Engineering
- Concentrations: Computer Applications; Engineering Management;
Infrastructure Planning; Mathematical Methods
- Specializations: General Civil Engineering; Environmental Hydrology
and Water Resources; Structural Engineering; Transportation Information
and Control Systems
- Computer Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Specializations: Electro-optics and Solid-State Devices; Power
Electronics and Power Systems; Systems and Signal Processing
- Engineering
- Environmental Engineering
- Materials Science Engineering
- Specialization: Electronics Processing and Materials
- Mechanical Engineering
- Specializations: Aerospace Engineering; Energy Systems and Environmental
Engineering; Flow Physics and Propulsion Systems; Mechanical Systems, Design,
and Computation
- Minor: Biomedical Engineering; Materials Sciences Engineering
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COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES
- Nursing Science
- Pharmaceutical Sciences (Not open for entering students)
- Public Health Policy
- Public Health Sciences
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SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES
- African American Studies
- Art History
- Asian American Studies
- Chinese Language and Literature
- Classical Civilization
- Classics
- Comparative Literature
- East Asian Cultures
- English
- Emphases: Creative Writing
- European Studies
- Emphases: British Studies; Early Modern Europe;
Encounters with the Non-European World; French Studies; German Studies;
Italian Studies; Medieval Studies; The Mediterranean World: Past and Present;
Modern Europe (1789 - Present); Russian Studies; Spanish/Portuguese Studies
- Film and Media Studies
- French
- German Studies
- Global Cultures
- Emphases: (Atlantic Rim, Hispanic, U.S. Latino/Latina and Luse-Brazilian Culture,
Locating Africas [Nation, Culture, and Diaspora], Locating Asias [Nation,
Culture, and Diaspora], Locating Europes and European Colonies, Pacific Rim,
Inter-Area Studies)
- History
- Humanities (Interdisciplinary) (Not open for entering students)
- Humanities and Arts (Not open for entering students)
- Japanese Language and Literature
- Korean Literature and Culture
- Latin
- Literary Journalism
- Philosophy
- Religious Studies
- Spanish
- Emphases: Literature and Culture; Spanish, Latin American
and U.S. Latino Cinema, Spanish for Future Teachers
- Women's Studies
- Minors: African American Studies; Archaeology; Art History; Asian American
Studies; Chinese Language and Literature; Classical Civilization;
Comparative Literature; English; European Studies; Film and Media Studies;
French; German Studies; Global Cultures; Greek; History; Humanities and Law;
Italian Studies; Japanese Language and Literature; Jewish Studies; Korean Literature and Culture; Latin; Latin American
Studies; Philosophy; Portuguese; Queer Studies; Russian Studies; Spanish;
Women's Studies
- Concentration: Medieval Studies (in combination with any major
in the Claire Trevor School of the Arts or the School of Humanities)
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DONALD BREN SCHOOL OF INFORMATION AND COMPUTER SCIENCE
- Business Information Management Open to transfers 2009
(Offered jointly with The Paul Merage School of Business)
- Computer Science
- Informatics
- Information and Computer Science
- Specializations: Artificial Intelligence; Computer Systems;
Implementation and Analysis of Algorithms; Information Systems;
Networks and Distributed Systems; Software Systems
- Minors: Informatics; Information and Computer Science
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INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES
- Computer Science and Engineering
- Minors:Global Sustainability;
History and Philosophy of Science; Native American Studies
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THE PAUL MERAGE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
- Business Administration Open to transfers 2010
- Business Information Management Open to transfers 2009 (Offered jointly
with Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences)
- Minors: Accounting; Management
- 3-2 Program: Available to outstanding undergraduates in all
majors*
*School of Engineering majors should contact their academic counselor.
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SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES
- Chemistry
- Concentrations: Biochemistry; Chemistry Education
- Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Mathematics
- Concentration: Mathematics for Economics
- Specializations: Applied and Computational Mathematics;
Mathematics for High School Teaching; Statistics
- Physics
- Concentrations: Applied Physics; Biomedical Physics; Computational Physics;
Philosophy of Physics; Physics Education
- Specialization: Astrophysics
- Minors: Earth and Atmospheric Sciences; Mathematics
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SCHOOL OF SOCIAL ECOLOGY
- Criminology, Law and Society
- Psychology and Social Behavior
- Social Ecology
- Minors: Criminology, Law and Society;
Environmental Design; Epidemiology and Public Health;
Psychology and Social Behavior; Urban and Regional Planning
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SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
- Anthropology
- Business Economics
- Chicano/Latino Studies
- Economics
- International Studies
- Linguistics (Admission not available 2008-2009)
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Quantitative Economics
- Social Science
- Specializations: Multicultural Studies; Public and Community Service;
Research and Social Policy; Social Sciences for Secondary School Education
- Sociology
- Minors: Anthropology; Archaeology; Chicano/Latino Studies; Conflict Resolution;
Linguistics; Medical Anthropology; Political Science; Psychology; Sociology
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