2006-07 UCI Catalogue: Information for Admitted Students

REQUIREMENTS FOR A BACHELOR'S DEGREE

There are four groups of requirements that must be met to earn a baccalaureate degree from UCI: general UC requirements, UCI requirements, school or program requirements, and degree-specific requirements. UC and UCI requirements are described below. School or program and major-specific requirements are described in full in the academic unit sections.

Students with identified learning and/or physical disabilities, including language-acquisition problems, are eligible to receive support through the Disability Services Center; telephone (949) 824-7494 (voice), 824-6272 (TDD). Staff can assist students from the time they are admitted to UCI until they graduate.

Catalogue Rights

Students enrolled at UCI from their freshman year may elect to meet as graduation requirements (UC, UCI, school, and major): (a) those in effect at the time of entrance; or (b) those subsequently established after entrance.

A readmitted student who has not been enrolled at UCI for three or more consecutive quarters (excluding summer sessions) must adhere to the graduation requirements: (a) in effect for the quarter in which the student is readmitted; or (b) those subsequently established.

Students transferring from other collegiate institutions may elect to meet as graduation requirements either: (a) those in effect at the time of enrollment at UCI; (b) those subsequently established; or (c) those in effect at UCI when the student first entered a previous, accredited collegiate institution, provided that the student has been continuously enrolled in a collegiate institution and that entry was not more than four years prior to the time of enrollment at UCI.

A transfer student who has had a break of enrollment of two consecutive semesters or three consecutive quarters (excluding summer sessions) may follow the requirements in effect at UCI: (a) at the time of enrollment at UCI; (b) those subsequently established; or (c) those in effect at the time of reentry into a previous, accredited collegiate institution, provided that reentry was not more than four years prior to enrollment at UCI.

A transfer student who has been continuously enrolled in college for more than four years prior to transfer may use: (a) the requirements in effect at the time of enrollment at UCI; (b) those subsequently established; or (c) those in effect at UCI four years prior to enrollment at UCI.

Transfer students who complete one of the following options will be considered to have met the total UCI breadth requirement except the upper-division writing requirement: (a) students who transfer from a four-year institution and who have completed the general education requirements of that college, upon approval of petition; (b) students who transfer from another UC campus and provide official documentation that they have met the general education requirements of that campus; (c) students who transfer from another UC campus and are in the process of completing the general education requirements of that campus, upon approval of petition, and who subsequently complete the remaining requirements of that campus at UCI; or (d) California community college transfer students who have completed the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum prior to transfer.

Transfer students may also elect to complete the UCI breadth requirement.

University Requirements

ENGLISH (UC ENTRY LEVEL WRITING)

Every undergraduate must demonstrate upon entrance to the University a proficiency in writing. The Entry Level Writing Requirement (previously known as the Subject A Requirement), may be satisfied before entrance in any of the following ways:

1. Score 3 or higher on the College Board Advanced Placement Examination in English (Language or Literature); or

2. Score 5 or higher on the International Baccalaureate Higher Level Examination in English (Language A only), or score 6 or higher on the IB Standard Level Examination in English (Language A only); or

3. Score 680 or higher on the Writing section of the SAT Reasoning Test, or score 30 or higher on the ACT Combined English/Writing test; or

4. Prior to enrolling in the University, complete with a grade of C or better a transferable college course in English composition worth four quarter or three semester units. (Once a student enrolls at a UC campus, courses from institutions other than UC may not be used to satisfy the Entry Level Writing Requirement.) Students who meet the University's basic requirements for minimal transfer eligibility, which include two transferable college courses in English composition, satisfy the Entry Level Writing Requirement; or

5. Achieve a passing score on the UC Analytical Writing Placement Examination (previously called the Subject A Examination).

Those students who have not met the requirement before entrance must satisfy the requirement before the beginning of their fourth quarter at UCI. Students who have not satisfied the requirement by that time will be ineligible to enroll for a fourth quarter.

Students enrolled in Essentials of Academic Writing (Humanities 20A-B-C-D) must enroll in Fundamentals of Composition with Computer Lab (English WR 39AP and Lab) immediately after they are authorized to do so by the Academic English/English as a Second Language Program. Students with a score of 2, 3, or 4 from the UC Analytical Writing Placement Examination are also required to enroll in WR 39AP with Computer Lab.

The UC Entry Level Writing requirement may be met after admission by one of the following options:

1. Passing the UC Analytical Writing Placement Examination given in mid-May (and on subsequent dates) to all entering freshmen admitted for fall quarter, 2006 (see Placement Testing). Transfer students who have not satisfied the UC Entry Level Writing requirement should contact the UCI Composition Program Office, 420 Humanities Instructional Building; telephone (949) 824-6717.

2. Enrolling in sections of the Humanities Core Course designated "S/A." (NOTE: Students held for UC Entry Level Writing and enrolled in the Humanities Core must enroll in a S/A section of the Core Course during their first quarter. Successful completion of the writing component of these sections of this course with a letter grade of C or better will satisfy the requirement. Students who do not receive a letter grade of C or better in Humanities 1A S/A in fall quarter and who continue to be held for UC Entry Level Writing must enroll in Humanities 1B S/A during the winter quarter and satisfy the requirement by earning a letter grade of C or better.)

3. Taking English WR 37, WR 39A, or WR 39AP with Computer Lab and receiving a letter grade of C or better in that course.

The Pass/Not Pass grade option may not be used to satisfy the UC Entry Level Writing requirement.

Students enrolled at UCI may take only UCI courses in satisfaction of the UC Entry Level Writing requirement. Continuing UCI students may not take summer courses at another institution to satisfy this requirement.

AMERICAN HISTORY AND INSTITUTIONS

This requirement may be met by one of the following options:

1. Completion in high school of one year of United States history with grades of C or better, or one semester of United States history and one semester of United States government with grades of C or better; or

2. Achieving a score of 3, 4, or 5 on the College Board Advanced Placement Examination in United States History; or

3. Achieving a score of 550 or better on the SAT Subject Test in United States history; or

4. Presentation of a certificate of completion of the requirement at another California institution; or

5. Completion at UCI or another U.S. institution of one year of college-level United States history with grades of C or better, or one course in United States history and one in United States government with grades of C or better. Acceptable UCI courses: United States history—History 40A, 40B, 40C; United States government—Political Science 21A.

UCI Requirements

UNIT REQUIREMENT

Credit for a minimum of 180 quarter units, earned by examination, by other evaluation, or course work is required. A course normally offers four quarter units of credit.

GRADE REQUIREMENT

A minimum grade average of at least C (2.0) is required (1) overall, (2) in all of the courses required for the major program, and (3) in the upper-division courses required for the major program. Higher averages than this may be required only in honors programs. Students who fail to attain a C (2.0) average in courses required in the major program may, at the option of the major unit, be denied the privilege of pursuing a major program in that unit. In this context, "the courses required in the major program" are defined as the courses required for the major and offered by the program of the student's major (or programs, in the case of an interdisciplinary or interdepartmental major). A major can include additional courses required for the major in this set, with the approval of the Council on Education Policy. In this case, the list of additional courses is published in the Catalogue with the requirements for the major.

RESIDENCE REQUIREMENT

At least 36 of the final 45 units completed by a student for the bachelor's degree must be earned in residence at the UCI campus. Exceptions to this rule may be allowed, with prior departmental approval, to students enrolled in the Education Abroad Program, the UCDC Academic Internship Program, the UC Center Sacramento Scholar Intern Program, or the International Opportunities Program with International Study Advance Contract.

BREADTH REQUIREMENT

Among the many possible purposes for breadth requirements, the one that stands out at UCI is that of introducing students to the basic modes of thought that characterize academic disciplines. In order to know ourselves and the world, we need to know first the ways these can and have been known. Thus the breadth requirement at UCI requires students to devote a substantial amount of their course work, especially in their first years, to connected series of courses which provide a coherent experience within such areas as the natural and social sciences, humanistic inquiry and the arts, and the nature of symbolic systems.

Several other aims that UCI regards as especially desirable are consistent with this chief purpose and are embodied to varying degrees in the UCI breadth requirement: to cultivate a historical consciousness of society and culture; to acquaint students with fundamental ways of thinking different from their own or that of their gender, class, and culture with a view to expanding their sense of human possibilities and awakening an awareness of the conditioned nature of their own assumptions about the world; to equip students with a broad understanding of the contemporary world and its cultural, political, scientific, and technological problems; to equip students with the skills essential to understanding and grappling with these problems; to establish bridges and to understand relationships between academic disciplines; and to provide students with some intellectual experiences which virtually all can be assumed to have had in common and thus to introduce them to what, after all, a university has traditionally been supposed first and foremost to be, an intellectual community.

The breadth requirement is a graduation requirement and, with the exception of the lower-division writing requirement, need not be satisfied during only the lower-division years. To satisfy the breadth requirement, courses are required in each of the following categories:

   I.   Writing
   II.   Natural Sciences
   III.   Social and Behavioral Sciences
   IV.   Humanistic Inquiry
   V.   Mathematics and Symbolic Systems
   VI.   Language Other Than English
   VII.   Multicultural Studies and International/Global Issues

The specific course combinations and sequences in each area which may be used by students to satisfy the requirement are listed below. A number of the courses listed are available in more than one academic unit. When a breadth course is cross-listed with another course, that course also is available for fulfillment of the breadth requirement. Students should refer to the actual descriptions of the courses to determine which are cross-listed.

These course combinations were selected to ensure that students, in meeting the requirement, be exposed to subject matter, problems, and techniques which would serve as a first introduction to an academic area, as well as to a connected set of courses which provide a coherent experience in that academic area.

With the exception of categories I and VII, a student may count toward breadth no more than a year of work taken within the discipline of the major. For example, a student majoring in Philosophy may count no more than three quarter courses in Philosophy toward breadth categories II, III, IV, V, or VI.

Students fulfill the UCI breadth requirement by completing courses from the list which follows. Students can select from among a variety of courses, depending upon their area of interest. Some of the course combinations available consist of multiple-quarter courses (such as Chemistry 1A-B-C under the Chemistry subsection of "category II. Natural Sciences"). Multiple-quarter courses are referred to as being "sequential," meaning that the course work in the earlier courses is prerequisite to the later course work. Students must take each part of a sequential course in alphabetical order (e.g., students must take Chemistry 1A before either 1B or 1C). Sequential courses are separated by hyphens. Other course combinations consist of single-quarter courses (e.g., Anthropology 2A, 2B, 2C under the Anthropology subsection of "category III. Social and Behavioral Sciences") which are related to one another but for which no course in the combination is preparatory to any other course in the combination. Single-quarter course combinations may be taken in any order. Single-quarter courses are separated by commas. Semicolons separate complete course combinations.

BREADTH CATEGORIES

I. Writing Requirement. Because of the importance of writing in every academic discipline, the University is committed to developing the writing skills of its students at all levels and in all areas. The Writing Requirement expresses this commitment, but the concern for and attention to clear, accurate writing is expected in all courses.

The UCI Writing Requirement consists of three courses beyond the UC Entry Level Writing requirement. Except where otherwise noted below, students must satisfy the UC requirement prior to fulfilling the UCI Writing Requirement.

Two of the three courses required must be lower-division courses. Students who have not completed the lower-division writing requirement before the beginning of their seventh quarter at UCI will be subject to probation. Students transferring to UCI normally should have satisfied the lower-division writing requirement before entering UCI; if, however, they have not, they must complete it within their first three quarters of enrollment or they will be subject to probation. Academic English/English as a Second Language students must complete the lower-division writing requirement before the beginning of the seventh quarter following the completion of their AE/ESL courses or they will be subject to probation.

The third course must be an upper-division writing course, and it must be taken only after the successful completion of the lower-division requirement.

Students enrolled at UCI may take only UCI courses in satisfaction of the lower-division and upper-division writing requirements. Continuing UCI students may not take summer courses at another institution to satisfy lower-division or upper-division writing requirements.

Lower-Division Requirement: The two courses taken to fulfill the lower-division requirement must be completed with a minimum grade of C (or a Pass or Credit grade equivalent to C). Students may select from the courses specified below:

1. English WR 39B (Critical Reading and Rhetoric) and WR 39C (Argument and Research).

2. English WR 37 (Intensive Writing) and WR 39C (Argument and Research). Recommended students only.

3. Two quarters of the writing component of the Humanities Core Course (Humanities 1A-B-C) beyond satisfaction of the UC Entry Level Writing requirement. NOTE: Students held for the UC Entry Level Writing requirement and enrolled in the Humanities Core must enroll in a section of the Core Course designated S/A during their first quarter. Successful completion of the writing component of these sections of this course with a letter grade of C or better will satisfy the UC Entry Level Writing requirement. (The Pass/Not Pass grade option may not be used to satisfy it.) For these students, the UCI lower-division writing requirement may be satisfied only in the second and third quarters of the Humanities Core Course. Students who do not receive a C or better in Humanities 1A S/A in fall quarter and continue to be held for the UC Entry Level Writing requirement must enroll in Humanities 1B S/A during the winter quarter and satisfy the requirement by earning a letter grade of C or better. The lower-division writing requirement will be satisfied in the second and third quarters of the Humanities Core Course for these students.

4. Students who complete English WR 37 or WR 39B with a grade of B (3.0) or better may substitute as the second course of the lower-division writing requirement one of the following courses in creative writing or nonfiction and journalism: English WR 30, WR 31, or WR 38.

5. English WR 39B and University Studies 11A-B-C or 12A-B-C, with a grade of C (or Pass) or better in 11C or 12C.

Upper-Division Requirement: The course taken to fulfill the upper-division requirement must be completed with a minimum grade of C (or a Pass or Credit grade equivalent to C). The requirement may be satisfied by completing any one of the following:

1. An upper-division course designated on a list of approved courses in the quarterly WebSOC, Searchable Schedule of Classes (http://www.reg.uci.edu) as approved for satisfaction of the requirement. NOTE: All courses approved to fulfill the upper-division writing requirement should have a "W" suffix. Students are encouraged to consult the Searchable Schedule of Classes or their advisor to determine the current upper-division writing requirement course offerings. If a course on the approved list is offered without the "W" suffix, it does not satisfy the upper-division writing requirement.

2. English WR 139W.

3. English WR 109, WR 110, WR 111, or WR 113. Consent of instructor is required. Students may not use such a course to satisfy the requirement unless they have attained a B or better in both courses taken to satisfy the lower-division writing requirement.

Students who fail to attain the required grades in the courses taken in fulfillment of the writing requirement should refer to the Academic Regulations and Procedures section for further information.

II. Natural Sciences. Students must select a three-course combination from one of the following areas:

Biological Sciences: Any three courses from Biological Sciences 1A, 1B, 5, 6, 8A, 9A, 9B, 9C, 9D, 9E, 9F, 9G, 9J, 9K, 9M, 10, 11, 12A, 12B, 12C, 12D, 15, 16, 20, 35, 36, 37, 38, 45, 55, 65, 75, 93, 94 (NOTE: the prerequisite for 1B is 1A.)

Chemistry: Chemistry 1A-B-C and 1LB-LC or 1LA-LB; H2A-B-C and 1LB-LC

Earth System Science: Any three courses from Earth System Science 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, Physics 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20A, 20B, 20C, 20D, 21, Engineering 5

Interdisciplinary: Any three courses from Biological Sciences H90, Chemistry H90, Earth System Science H90, Physics H90

Physics: Physics 3A-B-C and 3LB-LC; Physics 7A-B and 7LA-LB plus either Physics 7D and 7LD or Physics 7E; any three courses from Physics 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20A, 20B, 20C, 20D, 21, Earth System Science 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, Engineering 5

Social Ecology: Environmental Analysis and Design E1, E3, E5

III. Social and Behavioral Sciences. Students must complete three courses from the list below. At least two courses must be in the same area (indicated by italics). At least one course must be an introductory course (indicated by an asterisk).

Anthropology: Anthropology 2A*, 2B*, 2C*, 2D*

Economics: Economics 1*, 17, 20A*-B*

Geography: Social Science 5A*, 5B*, 5C*, 5D*, 18A, 18D

Interdisciplinary:
Asian American Studies 60A*, 60B*, 60C*
Chicano/Latino Studies 61*, 62*, 63*, 64
Social Science 1A*, H1E*-F*-G*, 70A*, 70B*, 70C*
Women's Studies 60A*, 60B*, 60C*

Linguistics: Linguistics 3*, 10, 20, 51, 68, 80 (NOTE: Linguistics 3, 10, 20 may be counted toward either category III or V but not both.)

Logic and Philosophy of Science: Logic and Philosophy of Science 4A*, 4B*

Political Science: Political Science 6A*, 6B*, 6C*, 21A, 31A, 41A, 51A, 61A, 71A

Psychology:
Psychology 7A*, 9A*-B-C, 13T, 21A, 23A, 46A, 56L, 78A
Psychology and Social Behavior P9*

Social Ecology:
Criminology, Law and Society C7*
Environmental Analysis and Design E8*
Psychology and Social Behavior P9*
Social Ecology H20A*-B*-C*

Sociology: Sociology 1*, 2*, 3*, 23, 31, 62

IV. Humanistic Inquiry. Students must select a three-course series or group from one of the following areas:

Arts:
Arts Interdisciplinary 1A-B, C
Dance 90A-B-C
Drama 40A, 40B, 40C
Music 14A-B-C; 40B-C-D
Studio Art 1A-B-C; 9A, 9B, 9C or 11A

Humanities:
Art History 40A, 40B, 40C; 42A, 42B, 42C
Classics 36A, 36B, 36C; 37A, 37B, 37C; 45A-B-C
East Asian Languages and Literatures 55 (three different topics)
Film and Media Studies 85A-B-C
French 50 (three different topics)
German 50 (three different topics)
History 21A, 21B, 21C; 36A, 36B, 36C; 37A, 37B, 37C; 40A, 40B, 40C; any three courses from 70A, 70B, 70C, 70D, 70E, 70F
Humanities 1A-B-C; 3A, 3B, 3C; H3A, H3B, H3C
Philosophy 1, 4, and either 5 or 9; 10, 12, and either 11 or 13; any three courses from 20, 21, 22, 23
Religious Studies 5A, 5B, 5C
Russian 50 (three different topics)
Spanish 50 (three different topics)

Interdisciplinary:
African American Studies 40A, 40B, 40C
Women's Studies 50A, 50B, 50C

Literature:
Any three courses from Comparative Literature CL 50A,
CL 50B, CL 50C, English E 28A or E 28D, E 28B, E 28C
or 28E; any three courses from English E 6, E 7, E 8, Comparative Literature CL 8; Comparative Literature CL 40A, 40B, 40C

V. Mathematics and Symbolic Systems. Students must select one of the following three-course combinations:

Anthropology 10A-B-C
Computer Science and Engineering 21, 22, 23
Informatics 41, 42, and Information and Computer Science 23
Information and Computer Science 10A-B-C; 21, 22, 23
Linguistics 3, 10, 20 (NOTE: Linguistics 3, 10, 20 may be counted toward either category V or III but not both.)
Logic and Philosophy of Science 29, 30, 31
Mathematics 2A-B plus one course from 2D, H2D, 2J, 4, 6A, 7/Statistics 7, or Biological Sciences 7; 2A, 6A, 7/Statistics 7; 6A-B plus one course from 2A, 6C, or 7/Statistics 7
Philosophy 29, 30, 31
Psychology 10A-B-C
Social Ecology 166A-B-C
Social Science 9A-B-C; 10A-B-C; 100A-B-C
Sociology 10A-B-C
Statistics 100A-B-C

VI. Language Other Than English. Students must demonstrate competency in a language other than English by completing one of the following options:

A. College-level course work equivalent to UCI's third quarter of study in a language other than English. UCI courses approved to satisfy this requirement are:

Arabic 1C; Chinese 1C, S1BC; French 1C, S1BC; German 1C, S1BC; Greek 1C, S1BC; Hebrew 1C; Italian 1C; Japanese 1C, S1BC; Korean 1C, S1BC; Latin 1C, S1BC; Persian 1C; Portuguese 1C; Russian 1C; Spanish 1C, S1BC; Tagalog 1C; Vietnamese 1C, S1BC

For information on UCI's prerequisites, course placement policies, and the grade required to advance to the next level of instruction, consult the School of Humanities (Foreign Language Placement and Progression) section in this Catalogue.

B. Credit for three years of high school study or its equivalent in a single language other than English with a C average or better in the third year.

C. A score of 3, 4, or 5 on a College Board Advanced Placement Examination in a language other than English.

D. A score of 570 or better on a College Board SAT Subject Test in a language other than English, with the exception of the test in Modern Hebrew for which a score of 500 or better is required.

E. Completion of an approved course of study through the Education Abroad Program (EAP). Careful planning is required to ensure that this requirement is fulfilled. Check with an EAP counselor at the Center for International Education to determine the programs in countries that fulfill this requirement.

F. The equivalent as determined by an appropriate and available means of evaluation. For information on availability of such examinations and testing schedules, consult the Testing Office, Student Services II, (949) 824-6207. If an appropriate means of evaluating competence in a non-English language of instruction does not exist, satisfactory completion, with a C average or better, of one year of formal schooling at the sixth grade level or higher in an institution where the language of instruction is not English will meet the requirement. Appropriate documentation must be presented to substantiate that the course work was completed.

VII. Multicultural Studies and International/Global Issues. Students must complete three courses; one course must be from the Multicultural Studies (VII-A) list, and two courses must be from the International/Global Issues (VII-B) list. In fulfilling category VII, students may use courses which are also being used in fulfillment of other breadth categories. For example, Anthropology 2A simultaneously satisfies category VII-B and a portion of category III. In addition, one course toward category VII-B may be satisfied by one quarter's participation in the Education Abroad Program (EAP), and two courses toward category VII-B may be satisfied by two quarters' participation in EAP.

Multicultural Studies (VII-A):

African American Studies 40A, 40B, 40C, 151
Anthropology 85A, 125X, 125Z, 128B, 133A, 136K, 138R, 161T, 162B
Art History 163, 164A, 164B
Asian American Studies 60A, 60B, 60C, 101, 110, 111, 132, 133, 135, 141, 142, 150, 151, 151C, 151D, 151E, 151H, 151J, 151K, 161, 162, 164, 165
Chicano/Latino Studies 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 102, 103, 104, 110A, 110B, 111A, 111B, 113, 114, 117, 119, 132A, 132B, 134, 135, 141, 143, 147, 151, 152, 154, 155, 158, 160, 161, 163, 170, 171, 173, 174, 175, 176, 180, 182
Classics 175
Comparative Literature CL 9, CL 105
Criminology, Law and Society C172
Education 104E, 124, 155, 160
Environmental Analysis and Design E15, E131U, E190U
Film and Media Studies 130
History 15A, 15B, 15C, 146D, 146E, 146F, 146G, 146H, 148B, 150, 151A, 151B, 151C, 152, 155
Humanities 1C
Linguistics 2
Music 78A, 78B
Philosophy 131E
Political Science 61A, 124A, 124B, 124C, 124D, 126A, 126C
Psychology 174A, 174B, 174E, 174F, 174G
Social Science 70A, 70B, 70C, 70T, 78A, 78B, 78C, 167, 170B, 170E, 170F, 171F, 172B, 172C, 172E, 173G, 173H, 173I, 173J, 173K, 173L, 175A, 175B, 177A, 177B, 177C, 177D, 178C, 178D, 178E, 178H, 178J, 178K, 179
Sociology 63, 65, 68A, 161
Spanish 100E, 110C, 140A, 140B, 142
Studio Art 149
Women's Studies 20, 50A, 50B, 50C, 120B, 139, 156A, 156B, 157A, 158A, 158B, 168A, 197

International/Global Issues (VII-B):

Anthropology 2A, 41A, 121A, 121D, 121E, 121H, 121J, 125A, 125B, 125F, 125P-Q, 127A, 134A, 134G, 135A, 135H, 136D, 138O, 138P, 138Q, 162A, 163A, 163I, 163K, 164P, 174A
Arabic S2BC
Art History 40A, 40B, 40C, 42A, 42B, 42C, 162A, 162B, 162C, 167
Asian American Studies 171A
Chicano/Latino Studies 115A, 115C, 133A, 133B, 162, 164, 165
Chinese 2B-C, 3A-B-C, 100A-B-C, 101A, 101B, 101C, 115, 180
Classics 176
Comparative Literature CL 40A, CL 40B, CL 40C
Criminology, Law and Society C191
Dance 80, 81, 82, 90A-B-C
Drama 40A, 40B, 40C, 120A, 120B, 120C
East Asian Languages and Literatures 20, 55, 110, 116, 117, 120, 130, 150, 155, 160, 170, 190, 192
Economics 13, 152A, 152P-Q
Environmental Analysis and Design E113, E125, E127, E143U, E190C
Film and Media Studies 160, 161
French 2B-C, S2BC, 50, 101A-B-C, 110, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 125, 127, 139, 150, 160
German 2B-C, S2BC, 50, 100A, 100B, 100C, 101, 102A, 102B, 117, 118, 119, 120, 160
Greek 103, 104
History 11, 21A, 21B, 21C, 50, 70A, 70B, 70D, 70E, 70F, 100C, 101, 102A, 102B, 103A, 110A, 110B, 110C, 112C, 112D, 114, 115A, 115B, 115C, 116A, 116B, 117A, 117B, 118A, 118B, 118C, 120A, 120B, 120C, 120D, 120E, 122A, 122B, 122C, 123A, 123B, 123C, 123D, 124A, 124B, 126A, 126B, 126C, 127A, 127B, 127C, 128A, 128B, 128C, 130A, 130B, 130C, 131, 132, 133A, 133B, 134A, 134B, 134C, 134D, 158A, 158B, 158C, 161A, 161B, 161C, 163, 168A, 168B, 168C, 169, 170D, 170E, 170F, 170G, 171D, 171E, 171F, 171G, 172D, 172E, 172F, 172G, 173D, 173E, 173F, 173G, 174E, 174G, 175D, 175E, 175F, 175G
Humanities 100, 103A-B, 183B
International Studies 11, 12, 13, 111A, 121, 122, 179, 189
Italian 2B-C, 100A-B, 101A, 101B, 101C
Japanese 2B-C, S2BC, 3A-B-C, 100A-B, 101A, 101B, 101C, 115, 180
Korean 2B-C, 3A-B-C, 101A, 101B, 101C, 115, 180
Latin 103, 104
Linguistics 1
Music 40B-C-D
Persian S2BC
Philosophy 117
Political Science 6A, 41A, 42A, 43D, 44A, 141B, 141C, 141D, 141E, 143E, 145B, 146A, 147A, 147B, 148B, 151A, 151B, 151C, 151D, 151F, 152B, 152C, 152D, 152F, 153A, 153B, 153E, 153F, 154C, 154F, 154G, 155F, 155G, 156A, 157A, 172A, 173A
Portuguese 120B, 120C, 121, 122
Religious Studies 5A, 5B, 5C
Russian 2B-C, 50, 140, 150
Social Ecology 183B
Social Science 170C, 170P, 172F, 176A, 183B
Sociology 2, 44, 77, 165A, 175A, 175B
Spanish 2B-C, S2BC, 10A-B, 44, 50, 100A, 100B, 100C, 100D, 110A, 110B, 116, 119, 121, 130A, 130B, 130C, 150, 160, 185
Vietnamese 2B-C, 3A-B-C, 115
Women's Studies 110A, 110C, 120C, 165B, 165D, 166A, 167A, 167B

One of the following fourth-quarter language options:

A. Arabic S2AB; Chinese 2A; French 2A, S2AB; German 2A, S2AB; Greek 100A, 100B; Italian 2A; Japanese 2A, S2AB; Korean 2A; Latin 100A, 100B; Persian S2AB; Portuguese 2A, 120A; Russian 2A; Spanish 2A, S2AB, 5; Vietnamese 2A

B. Credit for four years of high school study or its equivalent in a single language other than English with a C average or better in the fourth year.

C. A score of 4 or 5 on a College Board Advanced Placement Examination in a language other than English.

D. A score of 620 or better on a College Board SAT Subject Test in a language other than English, with the exception of the test in Modern Hebrew for which a score of 540 or better is required.

E. The equivalent as determined by an appropriate and available mean of evaluation. For information on availability of such examinations and testing schedules, consult the Testing Office, Student Services II, (949) 824-6207. If an appropriate means of evaluating competence in a non-English language of instruction does not exist, satisfactory completion, with a C average or better, of two years of formal schooling at the sixth grade level or higher in an institution where the language of instruction is not English will meet the requirement. Appropriate documentation must be presented to substantiate that the course work was completed.

First-Year Integrated Program (FIP)

University Studies 11 and 12 are three-quarter multidisciplinary sequences for freshmen only. These integrated courses are designed to introduce students to the ways different disciplines approach similar problems and to provide a freshman learning community experience. Successful completion of all three quarters will satisfy four courses toward partial fulfillment of different breadth requirement categories. These courses are designed to have a capstone research writing component in the third quarter which will satisfy the second quarter of the lower-division writing requirement—one of the four courses toward partial fulfillment of breadth categories. Students must concurrently enroll in Writing 39B either the fall or winter quarter and pass it with a grade of C or better.

NOTE: Undecided/Undecided students enrolling in an FIP sequence are not required to take University Studies 2.

University Studies 11A-B-C Persuasion and Social Change I, II, III (4-4-4). F, W, S. Introduces students to the history and theory of the "art of persuasion," rhetoric, as a tool for analysis of the way human beings use language to bring about change. Students will become better skilled in the constructing and interpreting of political speeches and actions, literary texts, and media representations for whatever discipline and career they choose to pursue. Additionally, helps students to become critical consumers of rhetoric and learn how to recognize the tools of persuasion as practiced upon them. Approaches the issue of effective speech from the disciplines of the Humanities and Social Sciences, as well as from both a historical and contemporary perspective. Prerequisites: for 11A: satisfaction of the UC Entry Level Writing requirement; for 11B: 11A and completion of Writing 39B with a minimum grade of C (or a Pass or Credit grade equivalent to C) or concurrent enrollment in Writing 39B; for 11C: 11B and completion of Writing 39B with a minimum grade of C (or a Pass or Credit grade equivalent to C). (I, III, and two courses toward IV)

University Studies 12A-B-C Computer Games as Art, Culture, and Technology I, II, III (4-4-4) F, W, S. An introduction to the study of computer games as art objects, cultural artifacts, gateways to alternate realities, and complex software. Students learn vocabularies, perspectives, tools, and skills from multiple disciplines necessary to create and critique computer games. Exposure to contemporary art practices utilizing game metaphors, design principles, and technologies is emphasized. Students design and create games by programming and utilizing content creation software. Prerequisites: for 12A: satisfaction of the UC Entry Level Writing requirement; for 12B: 12A and completion of Writing 39B with a minimum grade of C (or a Pass or Credit grade equivalent to C) or concurrent enrollment in Writing 39B; for 12C: 12B and completion of Writing 39B with a minimum grade of C (or a Pass or Credit grade equivalent to C). (I, III, IV, V)

School, Departmental, and Major Requirements

In addition to the University and UCI requirements listed above, each undergraduate student must satisfy the degree requirements for the major and, if applicable, the minor or concentration selected. UCI, school, and departmental or major and minor requirements may overlap; courses taken to fulfill a school or departmental requirement may also help fulfill the UCI breadth requirement. Students are urged to make sure that they understand how many courses are permitted to satisfy more than one requirement. Information on specific degree requirements and courses is available in the academic unit sections of this Catalogue.

Students must declare a major by the time they reach junior status (90 units excluding college work completed prior to high school graduation), and should make certain that the background and the preparation prerequisite to junior and senior work in the major have been accomplished. Transfer students should read the section on Information for Transfer Students: Fulfilling Requirements for a Bachelor's Degree.

Students should note that with the exception of courses designated Pass/Not Pass Only, courses taken Pass/Not Pass may not be used to satisfy specific course requirements of the student's school and major, unless authorized by the appropriate dean. Additional information on grading is located in the Academic Regulations and Procedures section.

Minor Programs

For certification in a minor, a student must obtain a minimum overall grade point average of at least C (2.0) in all courses required for the minor program. No more than two courses applied to a minor may be taken Pass/Not Pass. Completion of the minor is noted on a student's transcript. (Students are not required to minor in a program in order to graduate from UCI.)

Application for Graduation

In order to receive a degree, an undergraduate student must submit an online Application for Graduation via the Student Access link at http://www.reg.uci.edu no later than the published deadline. Specific deadline dates for filing are established quarterly so that candidates' academic records can be reviewed to verify that all graduation requirements have been met. These dates vary among academic units. Students should contact their academic counseling office for deadline and degree audit information.