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UC Riverside is a major research university and one of the 10 - pages 8-9
Principles of Community The University of California, Riverside is committed to equitable treatment of all students, faculty, and staff. - pages 9
Accreditations UCR is a member of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). The - pages 9-10
Resources for Learning - pages 10-11
Educational Opportunities - pages 11-15
Research Opportunities - pages 15-19
Services for Students - pages 19-28
Application for Admission - pages 28
Freshman Student Admission - pages 28-30
Nontraditional Student Admission - pages 30
International Admission - pages 30
Transfer Student Admission - pages 30
Credits, Transcripts, and Test Scores - pages 30-32
Admission to Special Categories - pages 32
Notification of Admission - pages 32
Concurrent Enrollment - pages 32
Reapplication - pages 32
International Baccalaureate - pages 32-34
Advanced Placement - pages 34-37
Fees and Expenses - pages 37-38
Financial Support - pages 38-40
Registration and Enrollment - pages 40-45
Academic Policies - pages 45-47
Academic Integrity - pages 47-54
Campus Policies and Regulations - pages 54-55
Campus Policies and Regulations Applying to Students - pages 55-57
Goals of an Undergraduate Education - pages 57-58
College Breadth Requirements - pages 58-60
Application and Admission - pages 60-62
Minimum Degree Requirements - pages 62-63
Special Programs - pages 63
Fees and Financial Support - pages 63-64
Registration, Enrollment and Transfer of Credit - pages 64-66
College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences - pages 66-73
College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences - pages 73-80
The Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering - pages 80-84
The School of Business Administration - pages 84-89
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 (2487 courses) - pages 95-101
Art - pages 101-102
Graduate Program (2487 courses) - pages 102-104
Art History - pages 104-106
Graduate Program (2487 courses) - pages 106-111
Asian Studies (61 courses) - pages 111-115
Biochemistry - pages 115-116
Graduate Program (2487 courses) - pages 116-119
Bioengineering (52 courses) - pages 119-122
Bioengineering Interdepartmental Graduate Program - pages 122-124
Biological Sciences - pages 124
Biology - pages 124-126
Graduate Program (2487 courses) - pages 126-131
Biomedical Sciences (22 courses) - pages 131-133
Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program - pages 133
Graduate Program (2487 courses) - pages 133-135
Book, Archive, and Manuscript Studies Designated Emphasis - pages 135
Botany and Plant Sciences - pages 135-136
Graduate Program (2487 courses) - pages 136-140
Business Administration (75 courses) - pages 140-146
Cell Biology and Neuroscience - pages 146
Undergraduate - pages 146
Curriculum - pages 146
Graduate Curriculum (16 courses) - pages 146-147
Cell, Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Designated Emphasis - pages 147-148
Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology - pages 148
Major - pages 148-150
Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology Graduate Program (12 courses) - pages 150-152
CHASS F1RST (6 courses) - pages 152
Chemical and Environmental Engineering - pages 152-153
Graduate Program (2487 courses) - pages 153-156
Chemical Engineering (25 courses) - pages 156-157
Environmental Engineering (51 courses) - pages 157-160
Chemistry - pages 160-162
Graduate Program (2487 courses) - pages 162-168
The Chicano Bilingual-Bicultural Studies Minor - pages 168-169
Comparative Literature and Foreign Languages - pages 169-170
Comparative and World Literature (94 courses) - pages 170-176
Languages and Literatures/Arabic Minor - pages 176
Arabic Language (11 courses) - pages 176
Arabic Literatures and Cultures (7 courses) - pages 176-177
Languages and Literatures / Southeast Asian Minor - pages 177
Chinese Courses (37 courses) - pages 177
Filipino Courses (4 courses) - pages 177
Japanese Courses (25 courses) - pages 177
Southeast Asian Studies Courses - pages 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 (37 courses) - pages 180-182
Languages and Literatures/Classical Studies - pages 182-183
Classics (27 courses) - pages 183-184
Greek Courses (5 courses) - pages 184
Latin Courses (7 courses) - pages 184-185
The UC Tri-Campus Graduate Program in Classics - pages 185-186
Languages and Literatures/Comparative Ancient Civilizations (9 courses) - pages 186-187
Languages and Literatures/French - pages 187-188
Graduate Programs (370 courses) - pages 188-189
Languages and Literatures/Germanic Studies - pages 189-190
Graduate Programs (370 courses) - pages 190-191
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 (2487 courses) - pages 197-198
Computer Science and Engineering - pages 198-200
Graduate Program (2487 courses) - pages 200-206
Conservation Biology - pages 206-207
Creative Writing - pages 207-208
Graduate Program (2487 courses) - pages 208-209
Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts - pages 209-210
Graduate Program (2487 courses) - pages 210
Main Campus Traditional Program - pages 210-211
Creative Writing Program (38 courses) - pages 211-212
Palm Desert Low Residency Program (1 courses) - pages 212-214
Dance - pages 214
Graduate Program (2487 courses) - pages 214-219
Earth Sciences - pages 219-221
Graduate Programs (370 courses) - pages 221-226
Economics - pages 226-228
Graduate Program (2487 courses) - pages 228-233
Education Minor - pages 233-234
Education Graduate and Credential Programs - pages 234
Graduate Program (2487 courses) - pages 234-248
Education Abroad Program - pages 248-250
Electrical and Computer Engineering - pages 250-251
Graduate Program (2487 courses) - pages 251-257
Engineering - pages 257
Graduate Program (2487 courses) - pages 257-260
English - pages 260-261
Graduate Program (2487 courses) - pages 261
Basic Writing (146 courses) - pages 261-267
Entomology - pages 267-269
Graduate Program (2487 courses) - pages 269-272
Environmental Engineering (51 courses) - pages 272
Environmental Sciences - pages 272-274
Graduate Program (2487 courses) - pages 274-278
Environmental Toxicology - pages 278
Graduate Program (2487 courses) - pages 278-280
Ethnic Studies - pages 280-282
Graduate Program (2487 courses) - pages 282-283
Doctoral Degree (132 courses) - pages 283-290
Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology - pages 290-291
Gender and Sexuality Studies (79 courses) - pages 291-296
Genetics, Genomics, and Bioinformatics - pages 296
Graduate Program (2487 courses) - pages 296-298
Global Studies (14 courses) - pages 298-300
Hispanic Studies - pages 300-301
Graduate Program (2487 courses) - pages 301-302
Spanish (68 courses) - pages 302-304
Portuguese (6 courses) - pages 304-305
History - pages 305-306
Graduate Program (2487 courses) - pages 306-314
History of the Americas (47 courses) - pages 314-316
History of Europe (47 courses) - pages 316-318
Honors Program - pages 318
Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (8 courses) - pages 318-319
Inflammation and Infectious Disease Designated Emphasis - pages 319-320
Interdisciplinary Studies - pages 320
International Relations Minor - pages 320
Journalism Minor - pages 320
Labor Studies Minor (1 courses) - pages 320-321
Latin American and Latino Studies Designated Emphasis - pages 321
Latin American Studies (28 courses) - pages 321-324
Law and Society (8 courses) - pages 324-325
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Intersex, and Transgender Studies Minor (21 courses) - pages 325-327
Liberal Studies (1 courses) - pages 327-328
Management - pages 328
Graduate Programs (370 courses) - pages 328-335
Marxist Studies Minor - pages 335
Materials Science and Engineering - pages 335-336
Graduate Program (2487 courses) - pages 336-339
Mathematics - pages 339-342
Graduate Programs (370 courses) - pages 342-346
Mechanical Engineering - pages 346-347
Graduate Program (2487 courses) - pages 347-352
Mechanisms of Gene Expression and Regulation Studies Designated Emphasis - pages 352-353
Media and Cultural Studies (94 courses) - pages 353-358
Medical and Health Humanities Designated Emphasis - pages 358
Medicine (40 courses) - pages 358-364
Microbiology (10 courses) - pages 364-367
Middle East and Islamic Studies (6 courses) - pages 367-368
Middle East and Islamic Studies Designated Emphasis - pages 368-369
Music - pages 369-371
Graduate Program (2487 courses) - pages 371-377
Natural and Agricultural Sciences (8 courses) - pages 377
Nematology (3 courses) - pages 377-378
Neuroscience Undergraduate Major - pages 378-380
Neuroscience Graduate Program - pages 380-381
Graduate Program (2487 courses) - pages 381-383
Peace and Conflict Studies Minor (1 courses) - pages 383
Pest Management - pages 383
Philosophy - pages 383-384
Graduate Program (2487 courses) - pages 384-390
Physical Sciences - pages 390
Physics and Astronomy - pages 390-391
Graduate Program (2487 courses) - pages 391-398
Plant Biology - pages 398
Plant Pathology and Microbiology - pages 398
Graduate Program (2487 courses) - pages 398-400
Political Science - pages 400-403
Graduate Program (2487 courses) - pages 403-412
Population Biology - pages 412
Psychology - pages 412-414
Graduate Program (2487 courses) - pages 414-419
Public Policy - pages 419-420
Graduate Program (2487 courses) - pages 420-422
Public Policy Designated Emphasis - pages 422-423
Religious Studies - pages 423-424
Graduate Program (2487 courses) - pages 424-431
Science Fiction and Technoculture Studies Minor (2 courses) - pages 431
Sociology - pages 431-434
Graduate Program (2487 courses) - pages 434-441
Soil and Water Sciences - pages 441-442
Graduate Program (2487 courses) - pages 442-443
Southeast Asian Studies Minor - pages 443
Southeast Asian Studies Graduate Program - pages 443
Graduate Program (2487 courses) - pages 443-446
Speculative Fictions and Cultures of Science Designated Emphasis - pages 446
Statistics - pages 446-447
Graduate Programs (370 courses) - pages 447-451
Theatre, Film and Digital Production - pages 451-452
Graduate Program (2487 courses) - pages 452-455
UC Riverside Washington Academic Internship Program (UCDC) (19 courses) - pages 455-456
University Honors (19 courses) - pages 456-458
Urban Studies Minor (9 courses) - pages 458
Visual Arts - pages 458
Western American Studies Minor - pages 458-459
Women’s Studies - pages 459-484