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UC Riverside is a major research university and one of the 10 - pages 6-7
Principles of Community The University of California, Riverside is committed to equitable treatment of all students, faculty, and staff. - pages 7
Accreditations UCR is a member of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). The - pages 7-8
Resources for Learning - pages 8-10
Educational Opportunities - pages 10-13
Research Opportunities - pages 13-16
Services for Students - pages 16-26
Application for Admission - pages 26
Freshman Student Admission - pages 26-28
Nontraditional Student Admission - pages 28
International Admission - pages 28
Transfer Student Admission - pages 28
Credits, Transcripts, and Test Scores - pages 28-30
Admission to Special Categories - pages 30
Notification of Admission - pages 30
Concurrent Enrollment - pages 30
Reapplication - pages 30-31
International Baccalaureate - pages 31-32
Advanced Placement - pages 32-35
Fees and Expenses - pages 35-36
Financial Support - pages 36-38
Registration and Enrollment - pages 38-43
Academic Policies - pages 43-45
Academic Integrity - pages 45-52
Campus Policies and Regulations - pages 52-53
Campus Policies and Regulations Applying to Students - pages 53-55
Goals of an Undergraduate Education - pages 55-56
College Breadth Requirements - pages 56-58
Application and Admission - pages 58-60
Minimum Degree Requirements - pages 60-61
Special Programs - pages 61
Fees and Financial Support - pages 61-62
Registration, Enrollment and Transfer of Credit - pages 62-64
College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences - pages 64-72
College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences - pages 72-79
The Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering - pages 79-83
The School of Business Administration - pages 83-89
The Graduate School of Education - pages 89-90
The School of Medicine - pages 90-91
The School of Public Policy - pages 91-94
Anthropology - pages 94-95
Graduate Program (2398 courses) - pages 95-102
Art - pages 102-103
Graduate Program (2398 courses) - pages 103-105
Art History - pages 105-107
Graduate Program (2398 courses) - pages 107-112
Asian Studies (61 courses) - pages 112-115
Biochemistry - pages 115-117
Graduate Program (2398 courses) - pages 117-119
Bioengineering (52 courses) - pages 119-123
Bioengineering Interdepartmental Graduate Program - pages 123-125
Biological Sciences - pages 125
Biology - pages 125-127
Graduate Program (2398 courses) - pages 127-132
Biomedical Sciences (22 courses) - pages 132-134
Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program - pages 134
Graduate Program (2398 courses) - pages 134-135
Book, Archive, and Manuscript Studies Designated Emphasis - pages 135
Botany and Plant Sciences - pages 135-137
Graduate Program (2398 courses) - pages 137-141
Business Administration (73 courses) - pages 141-146
Cell Biology and Neuroscience - pages 146
Undergraduate Curriculum - pages 146
Graduate Curriculum (16 courses) - pages 146-147
Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology - pages 147
Major - pages 147-149
Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology Graduate Program (11 courses) - pages 149-151
CHASS F1RST (6 courses) - pages 151
Chemical and Environmental Engineering - pages 151-152
Graduate Program (2398 courses) - pages 152-155
Chemical Engineering (25 courses) - pages 155-156
Environmental Engineering (44 courses) - pages 156-158
Chemistry - pages 158-161
Graduate Program (2398 courses) - pages 161-167
The Chicano Bilingual-Bicultural Studies Minor - pages 167
Comparative Literature and Foreign Languages - pages 167-168
Comparative and World Literature (90 courses) - pages 168-174
Languages and Literatures/Arabic Minor - pages 174
Arabic Language (10 courses) - pages 174-175
Arabic Literatures and Cultures (7 courses) - pages 175
Languages and Literatures / Southeast Asian Minor - pages 175
Chinese Courses (35 courses) - pages 175
Filipino Courses (4 courses) - pages 175
Japanese Courses (25 courses) - pages 175
Southeast Asian Studies Courses (31 courses) - pages 175-177
Vietnamese Courses (16 courses) - pages 177-178
Civilization (12 courses) - pages 178
Languages and Literatures/Italian Studies (20 courses) - pages 178-180
Languages and Literatures/Chinese - pages 180
Languages and Literatures/Chinese Minor - pages 180
Chinese Courses (35 courses) - pages 180-182
Languages and Literatures/Classical Studies - pages 182
Classics (26 courses) - pages 182-184
Greek Courses (5 courses) - pages 184
Latin Courses (7 courses) - pages 184
The UC Tri-Campus Graduate Program in Classics - pages 185-186
Languages and Literatures/Comparative Ancient Civilizations (8 courses) - pages 186-187
Languages and Literatures/French - pages 187-188
Graduate Programs (362 courses) - pages 188-189
Languages and Literatures/Germanic Studies - pages 189
Graduate Programs (362 courses) - pages 189-191
Languages and Literatures/Japanese - pages 191
Languages and Literatures/Japanese Minor - pages 191-192
Japanese Courses (25 courses) - pages 192-193
Languages and Literatures/Korean Minor - pages 193
Korean Courses (13 courses) - pages 193
Languages and Literatures/Languages - pages 193-194
Languages and Literatures/Russian (11 courses) - pages 194-195
Linguistics (10 courses) - pages 195-196
Literatures and Languages - pages 196
Computer Engineering - pages 196-197
Graduate Program (2398 courses) - pages 197-198
Computer Science and Engineering - pages 198-200
Graduate Program (2398 courses) - pages 200-207
Conservation Biology - pages 207
Creative Writing - pages 207-208
Graduate Program (2398 courses) - pages 208-210
Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts - pages 210
Graduate Program (2398 courses) - pages 210
Main Campus Traditional Program - pages 210-211
Creative Writing Program (38 courses) - pages 211-213
Palm Desert Low Residency Program (1 courses) - pages 213-214
Dance - pages 214
Graduate Program (2398 courses) - pages 214-219
Earth Sciences - pages 219-222
Graduate Programs (362 courses) - pages 222-226
Economics - pages 226-228
Graduate Program (2398 courses) - pages 228-234
Education Minor - pages 234
Education Graduate and Credential Programs - pages 234-235
Graduate Program (2398 courses) - pages 235-246
Education Abroad Program - pages 246-248
Electrical and Computer Engineering - pages 248-249
Graduate Program (2398 courses) - pages 249-256
Engineering - pages 256
Graduate Program (2398 courses) - pages 256-257
English - pages 257-259
Graduate Program (2398 courses) - pages 259
Basic Writing (144 courses) - pages 259-265
Entomology - pages 265-266
Graduate Program (2398 courses) - pages 266-269
Environmental Engineering (44 courses) - pages 269
Environmental Sciences - pages 269-271
Graduate Program (2398 courses) - pages 271-276
Environmental Toxicology - pages 276
Graduate Program (2398 courses) - pages 276-278
Ethnic Studies - pages 278-280
Graduate Program (2398 courses) - pages 280
Doctoral Degree (136 courses) - pages 280-288
Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology - pages 288
Gender and Sexuality Studies (72 courses) - pages 288-292
Genetics, Genomics, and Bioinformatics - pages 292-293
Graduate Program (2398 courses) - pages 293-294
Global Studies (12 courses) - pages 294-296
Graduate Division Courses - pages 296
Hispanic Studies - pages 296-297
Graduate Program (2398 courses) - pages 297-298
Spanish (68 courses) - pages 298-300
Portuguese (6 courses) - pages 300
History - pages 300-302
Graduate Program (2398 courses) - pages 302-310
History of the Americas (45 courses) - pages 310-311
History of Europe (44 courses) - pages 311-313
Honors Program - pages 313
Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (9 courses) - pages 313-314
Interdisciplinary Studies - pages 314
International Relations Minor - pages 314-315
Journalism Minor - pages 315
Labor Studies Minor (1 courses) - pages 315-316
Latin American and Latino Studies Designated Emphasis - pages 316
Latin American Studies (30 courses) - pages 316-319
Law and Society (8 courses) - pages 319-320
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Intersex, and Transgender Studies Minor (19 courses) - pages 320-321
Liberal Studies - pages 321-323
Management - pages 323
Graduate Programs (362 courses) - pages 323-329
Marxist Studies Minor - pages 329-330
Materials Science and Engineering - pages 330
Graduate Program (2398 courses) - pages 330-334
Mathematics - pages 334-336
Graduate Programs (362 courses) - pages 336-340
Mechanical Engineering - pages 340-341
Graduate Program (2398 courses) - pages 341-346
Media and Cultural Studies (87 courses) - pages 346-351
Medicine (10 courses) - pages 351-354
Microbiology (12 courses) - pages 354-357
Middle East and Islamic Studies (6 courses) - pages 357-358
Middle East and Islamic Studies Designated Emphasis - pages 358-359
Music - pages 359-361
Graduate Program (2398 courses) - pages 361-367
Natural and Agricultural Sciences (7 courses) - pages 367
Nematology (3 courses) - pages 367-368
Neuroscience Undergraduate Major - pages 368-370
Neuroscience Graduate Program - pages 370
Graduate Program (2398 courses) - pages 370-373
Peace and Conflict Studies Minor (1 courses) - pages 373
Pest Management - pages 373
Philosophy - pages 373-374
Graduate Program (2398 courses) - pages 374-380
Physical Sciences - pages 380
Physics and Astronomy - pages 380-381
Graduate Program (2398 courses) - pages 381-388
Plant Biology - pages 388
Plant Pathology and Microbiology - pages 388
Graduate Program (2398 courses) - pages 388-390
Political Science - pages 390-393
Graduate Program (2398 courses) - pages 393-402
Population Biology - pages 402
Psychology - pages 402-403
Graduate Program (2398 courses) - pages 403-409
Public Policy - pages 409-410
Graduate Program (2398 courses) - pages 410-411
Religious Studies - pages 411-412
Graduate Program (2398 courses) - pages 412-419
Science Fiction and Technoculture Studies Minor (2 courses) - pages 419
Science Fiction and Technoculture Studies Designated Emphasis - pages 419-420
Sociology - pages 420-423
Graduate Program (2398 courses) - pages 423-429
Soil and Water Sciences - pages 429-430
Graduate Program (2398 courses) - pages 430-431
Southeast Asian Studies Minor - pages 431
Southeast Asian Studies Graduate Program - pages 431
Graduate Program (2398 courses) - pages 431-434
Statistics - pages 434-435
Graduate Programs (362 courses) - pages 435-438
Theatre, Film and Digital Production - pages 438-439
Graduate Program (2398 courses) - pages 439-442
UC Riverside Washington Academic Internship Program (UCDC) (18 courses) - pages 442-443
University Honors Program (23 courses) - pages 443-445
Urban Studies Minor (9 courses) - pages 445-446
Visual Arts - pages 446
Western American Studies Minor - pages 446
Women’s Studies - pages 446-478