An invitation to academic exploration

We invite you to think of this catalog as your guide to a year of

adventure and exploration at the University of California, Riverside, part

of the world’s most prestigious public research university.

In these pages you will find information that will help you plot the

course of your academic journey at UCR, where you will meet and work

with outstanding faculty, dedicated staff and engaging students.

Many of the scientific and artistic accomplishments that are making

news today are built on the research and creative endeavors of

University of California faculty and students, past and present. UCR

faculty are conducting research that holds promise for improving

human eyesight, protecting California’s citrus industry and halting the

spread of deadly diseases. The achievements of these UCR faculty

members and the recognition they receive reflects on the quality of

the degree you will earn at our campus. Our history of providing a

quality education to our diverse student body helps ensure that you will

succeed during the time you spend with us.

Your education is important to you. It is to us, too. Even as our

campus has grown in recent years, our faculty has remained highly

accessible. UCR faculty involve you in their work, allowing you to

contribute to advances in research and innovative forms of expression.

UCR offers opportunities to help you reach your own academic

aspirations, whether those involve undergraduate research, specialized

study or mentorships.

Our standards are high, as are our expectations. We hope that during

your time here, you will grow intellectually, socially and personally,

becoming well-rounded citizens of the world. With your help, UCR will also continue to build its relationships with

the off-campus community, both down the street and across the globe.

UCR students have long been recognized for their contributions to

community service. You can be part of that, too.

So, please join us on this journey of adventure and exploration. We look

forward to seeing the contributions each of you will make to UCR, and

to the greater good.

Kim A. Wilcox

Chancellor 3 Table of Contents

Degrees...................................................................................... 5 Introducing UC Riverside............................................................. 7 Resources for Learning.........................................................................9 Educational Opportunities...................................................................10 Research Opportunities......................................................................14 Services for Students..........................................................................19 Prospective Undergraduates...................................................... 28 Undergraduate Admission.......................................................... 29 Application for Admission...................................................................29 UC Admission Requirements..............................................................29 Nontraditional Student Admission.......................................................31 International Admission......................................................................31 Transfer Student Admission................................................................31 International Baccalaureate ...............................................................33 Advanced Placement .........................................................................35 Finances and Registration.......................................................... 38 Fees and Expenses.............................................................................38 Financial Support...............................................................................39 Registration and Enrollment................................................................41 Policies and Regulations........................................................... 46 Academic Policies..............................................................................46 Campus Policies and Regulations ......................................................55 Campus Policies and Regulations Applying to Students ......................56 Undergraduate Studies.............................................................. 58 Goals of an Undergraduate Education.................................................58 College Breadth Requirements...........................................................59 Graduate Studies....................................................................... 61 Application and Admission.................................................................61 Fees and Financial Support................................................................64 Colleges and Academic Programs.............................................. 67 College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences................................67 College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences.......................................74 The Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering...................81 School of Business Administration......................................................85 Graduate School of Education.............................................................89 School of Medicine.............................................................................92 School of Public Policy.......................................................................93 Programs and Courses............................................................... 94 Anthropology......................................................................................95 Art....................................................................................................103 Art History........................................................................................106 Asian Studies...................................................................................112 Biochemistry....................................................................................116 Bioengineering.................................................................................121 Bioengineering Interdepartmental Graduate Program........................124 Biological Sciences...........................................................................126 Biology.............................................................................................126 Biomedical Sciences........................................................................133 Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program...........................................135 Book, Archive, and Manuscript Studies Designated Emphasis...........137 Botany and Plant Sciences...............................................................137 Business Administration...................................................................142. Cell Biology and Neuroscience .........................................................147 Cell, Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Designated Emphasis....................................................................149 Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology......................................149 CHASS F1RST..................................................................................154 Chemical and Environmental Engineering.........................................154 Chemistry.........................................................................................162 The Chicano Bilingual-Bicultural Studies Minor.................................171 Comparative Literature and Foreign Languages.................................171 Computer Engineering......................................................................199 Computer Science and Engineering..................................................201 Conservation Biology........................................................................209 Creative Writing................................................................................209 Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts..........................212 Dance..............................................................................................213 Earth Sciences.................................................................................219 Economics.......................................................................................226. Education Minor ..............................................................................235. Education Graduate and Credential Programs ..................................235 Education Abroad Program...............................................................250 Electrical and Computer Engineering................................................252

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Engineering......................................................................................259 English.............................................................................................261. Entomology ......................................................................................269 Environmental Engineering...............................................................274 Environmental Sciences....................................................................274 Environmental Sciences Graduate Program.......................................276 Environmental Toxicology..................................................................280 Ethnic Studies..................................................................................283 Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology.......................................293 Gender and Sexuality Studies...........................................................293 Genetics, Genomics, and Bioinformatics...........................................299 Global Studies..................................................................................301 Hispanic Studies..............................................................................303 History.............................................................................................308 Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences..............................................321 Inflammation and Infectious Disease Designated Emphasis...............323 Interdisciplinary Studies....................................................................323 International Relations Minor............................................................323 Journalism Minor..............................................................................323 Labor Studies Minor.........................................................................324 Latin American and Latino Studies Designated Emphasis..................324 Latin American Studies.....................................................................325 Law and Society...............................................................................328 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Intersex, and Transgender Studies Minor......329 Liberal Studies..................................................................................330 Management....................................................................................331 Marxist Studies Minor.......................................................................338 Materials Science and Engineering...................................................339 Mathematics....................................................................................343 Mechanical Engineering...................................................................350 Mechanisms of Gene Expression and Regulation Studies

Designated Emphasis....................................................................356 Media and Cultural Studies...............................................................356 Medical and Health Humanities Designated Emphasis......................362 Medicine..........................................................................................362 Microbiology.....................................................................................369 Middle East and Islamic Studies.......................................................372 Middle East and Islamic Studies Designated Emphasis......................374 Music...............................................................................................374 Natural and Agricultural Sciences.....................................................382 Nematology......................................................................................383 Neuroscience Undergraduate Major.................................................383 Neuroscience Graduate Program......................................................385 Peace and Conflict Studies Minor.....................................................387 Pest Management............................................................................388 Philosophy.......................................................................................388 Physical Sciences.............................................................................394 Physics and Astronomy....................................................................394 Plant Biology....................................................................................403 Plant Pathology and Microbiology.....................................................403 Political Science...............................................................................405 Population Biology............................................................................417 Psychology.......................................................................................416 Public Policy....................................................................................424 Public Policy Designated Emphasis...................................................428 Religious Studies..............................................................................428 Science Fiction and Technoculture Studies Minor.............................437 Sociology..........................................................................................437 Soil and Water Sciences...................................................................447 Southeast Asian Studies (Minor, Graduate Program).........................449 Speculative Fictions and Cultures of Science

Designated Emphasis....................................................................452 Statistics...........................................................................................453 Theatre, Film and Digital Production.................................................458 UC Riverside Washington Academic Program (UCDC)......................462 University Honors.............................................................................463 Urban Studies Minor........................................................................465 Visual Arts........................................................................................465 Western American Studies Minor......................................................465 Faculty.................................................................................... 467 Regents and Officers................................................................ 487 Campus Map........................................................................... 489 How to Get to UC Riverside...................................................... 491 Two-Year Academic Calendar................................................... 492 Directory................................................................................. 493 5 Degrees

Discipline B.A. B.S. M.A. M.S. Ph.D. Accounting, Auditing and Assurance M.P.Ac. Administrative Studies1 • • African American Studies • Anthropology • • • • • Anthropology/Law and Society • Art (Studio) • Art History • • • Art History/Administrative Studies • Art History/Religious Studies • Asian American Studies • Asian Studies • Biochemistry • • Biochemistry and Molecular Biology • • Biological Sciences2 • Biology • • Biomedical Sciences •3 •4 • Biomedical Sciences M.D.-Ph.D. Business Administration (see also Management) • Business Economics • Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology • • • • Chemistry • • • • Chicano Studies • Classics •4 • Comparative Literature • • Computer Science and Engineering5 • • • Computer Science with Business Applications • Creative Writing • Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts M.F.A. Critical Dance Studies •4 • Dance • Earth Sciences • Economics • •4 • Economics/Administrative Studies • Economics/Law and Society • Education6 • • Education M.Ed. Education, Society, and Human Development • Engineering Bioengineering5 • • • Chemical5 • Chemical and Environmental5 • • Computer5 • • Electrical5 • • • Engineering •7

Environmental5 • Materials Science and Engineering • • • Mechanical5 • • • English • •4 • Entomology • • • • Environmental Sciences • • Environmental Sciences2 (Joint degree program with CSU Fresno) •

Environmental Sciences (Interdepartmental Graduate Program) • •

Environmental Toxicology • • Ethnic Studies • • • Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology • • Experimental Choreography M.F.A. Finance M.Fin.

1 Administrative Studies, and Law and Society are only offered as a major combined with other programs. 2 New student registration in this program is not open at present. 3 Students who, in truly exceptional cases, matriculate into the Thomas Haider Program without a UCR baccalaureate degree are eligible to receive a B.S. degree in Biomedical Sciences upon satisfactory completion of the first year of the curriculum leading to the M.D. degree. 4 Applications are not accepted from students wishing to work toward the master’s degree only. 5 A combined B.S.+M.S. program is offered in this discipline (designed to lead to a B.S. degree as well as an M.S. degree in five years). Back to table of contents Degrees

6 See Graduate School of Education section for credential program information. 7 The Bourns College of Engineering offers an online Master of Science (M.S.) degree in Engineering. See Engineering section for more details.

8 New student registration in this program is not open at present. For further information, contact the Graduate Division. 9 Doctoral studies are available through the Ph.D. program in Comparative Literature. Discipline B.A. B.S. M.A. M.S. Ph.D. Geophysics • Global Studies • History • • • History/Administrative Studies • History/Law and Society • Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences Interdisciplinary • Interdisciplinary Studies2 • Languages and Literatures Chinese • Classical Studies • Comparative Ancient Civilizations • Comparative Literature • French • •8 •9

Germanic Studies • •8 •9

Japanese • Languages • Russian Studies • Latin American Studies • Law and Society1 • Liberal Studies • Linguistics •

Management Flex M.B.A., M.A.4, M.B.A., M.P.Ac., M.Fin. •

Mathematics • • • • • Mathematics, Applied • Mathematics for Secondary School Teachers • Media and Cultural Studies • Medicine M.D. Microbiology • • • • Middle East and Islamic Studies • Music • • • Music and Culture • Native American Studies • Neuroscience • • •4 • Pest Management •8

Philosophy • • • Philosophy/Law and Society • Physical Sciences2 • Physics • • • • • Plant Biology • • • • Plant Biology (Plant Genetics) •8

Plant Pathology • • Political Science • • • Political Science/Administrative Studies • Political Science/International Affairs • Political Science/Law and Society • Political Science/Public Service • Population Biology •8

Psychology • • •4 • Psychology/Law and Society •

Public Policy • M.P.P M.D. - M.P.P Religious Studies • • • Sociology • • •4 • Sociology/Administrative Studies • • Sociology/Law and Society • • Soil and Water Sciences •8 •8

Southeast Asian Studies • Spanish • • • Statistics • • • Statistics, Applied •

African American Studies Anthropology Art History Asian American Studies Asian Studies Business Administration Chemistry Chicano Bilingual-Bicultural Studies Chicano Studies Computer Science Creative Writing Dance Economics Education English Entomology Environmental Sciences Ethnic Studies Gender and Sexuality Studies Geology Global Climate Change Global Studies History International Relations Journalism Labor Studies Languages and Literatures/ Arabic Chinese Classical Studies French Germanic Studies Italian Studies Japanese Korean Russian Studies Southeast Asian Law and Society Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Intersex, and Transgender Studies Marxist Studies Mathematics Media and Cultural Studies Middle East and Islamic Studies Music Native American Studies Neuroscience Peace and Conflict Studies Philosophy Physics Plant Biology Political Science Psychology Public Policy Religious Studies Science Fiction and Technoculture Studies Sociology Southeast Asian Studies Spanish Statistics (Applied) Theatre, Film and Digital Production Urban Studies Western American Studies

Book, Archive, and Manuscript Studies Cell, Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Inflammation and Infectious Disease Latin American and Latino Studies Mechanisms of Gene Expression and Regulation Studies Medical and Health Humanities Middle East and Islamic Studies Public Policy Southeast Asian Studies Speculative Fictions and Cultures of Studies 6 7 access to state-of-the-art tools for advanced studies in genomics, gene expression, proteomics, microscopy, and bioinformatics. Visit cnas.ucr.edu.

The Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering Researchers excel in study of alternative-fueled engines and vehicles, conversion of biomass to vehicle fuel, and air pollution. Majors include bioengineering; computer science and engineering; computer science with business applications; chemical, computer, electrical, environmental, and mechanical engineering; as well as materials science and engineering. Visit engr.ucr.edu.

The School of Business Administration offers the UC’s oldest and most comprehensive undergraduate Business Administration major in Southern California. The School of Business Administration houses The A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management, which offers the Master of Business Administration program (M.B.A.), the FLEX M.B.A. program, the Master of Professional Accountancy (M.P.Ac.) program, the Master of Finance (M.Fin.) program, and the Ph.D. program in Management. SoBA is accredited by AACSB International – The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Visit soba.ucr.edu.

The School of Medicine builds on UCR’s long-standing medical education partnership with the UCLA medical school. The Thomas Haider Program at the UCR School of Medicine continues the tradition of providing a unique pathway into medical school for UCR students, with up to 24 of the available medical school seats filled by students who attend UCR for at least six consecutive quarters and complete their bachelor’s degree at UCR. The School also offers a Ph.D. degree in Biomedical Sciences. Visit medschool.ucr.edu.

Graduate School of Education The breadth and depth of the programs offered at the GSOE is extraordinary, reflecting faculty expertise and research in such areas as autism; culture and language; higher education; issues of diversity; intervention for children with reading difficulties; policy; and qualitative and quantitative methods. The school offers an undergraduate major in Education, Society, and Human Development, a minor in Education, research-focused M.A. and Ph.D. programs, M.Ed. professional programs, and teacher credential programs. Visit education. ucr.edu.

School of Public Policy The mission of the UCR School of Public Policy is to train a new generation of forward-thinking public policy leaders equipped to address the complex, interrelated challenges of poverty, disease, illiteracy, climate change, energy security, pollution and more. Their training will be informed by (i) a diverse, interdisciplinary curriculum that emphasizes evidence-based policy research as well as cross-learning from both international and domestic problem-solving experiences, and (ii) a rich internship program that emphasizes experiential learning. The mainstay of the school is the Master of Public Policy (MPP) program, which will equip students with the analytical and management tools needed for formulating, implementing and evaluating public policies. Visit spp.ucr.edu.