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Accreditations UCR is a member of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). The
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Resources for Learning
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Educational Opportunities
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Research Opportunities
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Services for Students
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Application for Admission
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UC Admission Requirements
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Nontraditional Student Admission
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International Admission
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Transfer Student Admission
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Admission to Special Categories
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Notification of Admission
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Concurrent Enrollment
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Reapplication
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International Baccalaureate
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Advanced Placement
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Fees and Expenses
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Financial Support
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Registration and Enrollment
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Academic Policies
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Campus Policies and Regulations
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Campus Policies and Regulations Applying to Students
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Goals of an Undergraduate Education
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College Breadth Requirements
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Application and Admission
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Special Programs
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Fees and Expenses
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Financial Support
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College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
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College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
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The Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering
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The School of Business Administration
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The Graduate School of Education
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Anthropology
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Graduate Program
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Art
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Graduate Program
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Art History
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Graduate Program
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Asian Studies
(58 courses)
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Biochemistry
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Graduate Program
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Bioengineering
(30 courses)
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Bioengineering Interdepartmental Graduate Program
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Biological Sciences
(2 courses)
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Biology
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Graduate Program
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Biomedical Sciences
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Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program
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Graduate Program
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Botany and Plant Sciences
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Graduate Program
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Business Administration
(72 courses)
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Cell Biology and Neuroscience
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Undergraduate Curriculum
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Graduate Curriculum
(17 courses)
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Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology
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Graduate Program
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CHASS F1RST
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Chemical and Environ mental Engineering
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Graduate Program
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Chemical Engin eer ing
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Environmental Engin eer ing
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Chemistry
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Graduate Program
(2190 courses)
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The Chicano Bilingual-Bicultural Studies Minor
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Comparative Literature and Foreign Languages
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Arabic Minor
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Arabic Language
(9 courses)
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Arabic Literatures and Cultures
(7 courses)
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Asian Literatures and Cultures
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Chinese Courses
(21 courses)
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Japanese Courses
(26 courses)
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Korean Courses
(13 courses)
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Southeast Asian Studies Courses
(12 courses)
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Tagalog Courses
(4 courses)
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Vietnamese Courses
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Civilization
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Classical Studies
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Classics
(24 courses)
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Greek Courses
(6 courses)
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Latin Courses
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The UC Tri-Campus Grad uate Program in Classics
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Comparative Ancient Civilizations
(10 courses)
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Comparative and World Literature
(95 courses)
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French
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Graduate Programs
(269 courses)
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Germanic Studies
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Graduate Programs
(269 courses)
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Italian Studies
(19 courses)
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Russian Studies
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Language Major
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Literatures and Languages
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Linguistics
(10 courses)
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Computer Engineering
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Computer Science and Engineering
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Graduate Program
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Conservation Biology
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Creative Writing
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Graduate Program
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Creative Writing and Writing for the Per form ing Arts
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Graduate Program
(2190 courses)
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Creative Writing Program
(35 courses)
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Palm Desert Low Residency Program
(6 courses)
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Dance
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Graduate Program
(2190 courses)
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Earth Sciences
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Graduate Programs
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Economics
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Graduate Program
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Education
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Graduate Program
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Education Abroad Program
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Electrical Engineering
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Graduate Program
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Engineering
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English
(130 courses)
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Graduate Program
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Basic Writing
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English
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Entomology
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Graduate Program
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Environmental Engineering
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Environmental Sciences
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Graduate Program
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Environmental Toxicology
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Graduate Program
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Ethnic Studies
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Graduate Program
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Doctoral Degree
(132 courses)
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Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology
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Genetics, Genomics, and Bioinformatics
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Graduate Program
(2190 courses)
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Global Studies
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Hispanic Studies
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Graduate Program
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Spanish
(68 courses)
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Portuguese
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History
(138 courses)
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Graduate Program
(2190 courses)
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History
(138 courses)
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History of the Americas
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History of Europe
(45 courses)
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Honors Program
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Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
(25 courses)
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Interdisciplinary Studies
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International Relations Minor
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Journalism Minor
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Labor Studies Minor
(1 courses)
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Latin American Studies
(26 courses)
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Law and Society
(8 courses)
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Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Intersexual, and Transgender Studies Minor
(9 courses)
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Liberal Studies
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Management
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Graduate Program
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Marxist Studies Minor
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Materials Science and Engineering
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Graduate Program
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Mathematics
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Graduate Programs
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Mechanical Engineering
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Graduate Program
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Media and Cultural Studies
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Microbiology
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Middle East and Islamic Studies Minor
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Music
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Graduate Program
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Natural and Agricultural Sciences
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Nematology
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Neuroscience Undergraduate Major
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Neuroscience Graduate Program
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Graduate Program
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Peace and Conflict Studies Minor
(1 courses)
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Pest Management
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Philosophy
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Graduate Program
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Physical Sciences
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Physics and Astronomy
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Graduate Program
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Plant Biology
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Plant Pathology and Microbiology
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Graduate Program
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Political Science
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Graduate Program
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Population Biology
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Psychology
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Graduate Program
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Public Policy
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Religious Studies
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Graduate Program
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Sociology
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Graduate Program
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Soil and Water Sciences
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Graduate Program
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Southeast Asian Studies Graduate Program
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Graduate Program
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Statistics
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Graduate Programs
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Theatre
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Graduate Program
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UC Riverside Washington Academic Internship Program (UCDC)
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University Honors Program
(23 courses)
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Urban Studies Minor
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Visual Arts
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Western American Studies Minor
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Women’s Studies
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University of California, Riverside
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