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Catalog Sections

ABOUT THIS CATALOG - pages 3
HOW TO OBTAIN THE CATALOG - pages 3-8
ACADEMIC DISTINCTIONS - pages 8
PRINCIPLES OF COMMUNITY - pages 9
ACCREDITATIONS - pages 9
UC RIVERSIDE RESOURCES AT YOUR FINGERTIPS - pages 9
RESOURCES FOR LEARNING - pages 10-11
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES - pages 12-15
RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES - pages 15-19
SERVICES FOR STUDENTS - pages 20-29
APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION - pages 30
FRESHMAN STUDENT ADMISSION - pages 30-33
ADMISSION TO SPECIAL CATEGORIES - pages 34
NOTIFICATION OF ADMISSION - pages 34
CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT - pages 34
REAPPLICATION - pages 34
INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE - pages 34-35
ADVANCED PLACEMENT - pages 36-40
FINANCIAL SUPPORT - pages 40-46
ACADEMIC POLICIES - pages 47-49
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY - pages 49-50
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS - pages 50-53
REGULATIONS SPECIFICALLY FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS - pages 53-56
CAMPUS POLICIES AND REGULATIONS - pages 56-57
CAMPUS POLICIES AND REGULATIONS APPLYING TO STUDENTS - pages 57-58
GOALS OF AN UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION - pages 59-64
MINIMUM DEGREE REQUIREMENTS - pages 64-65
SPECIAL PROGRAMS - pages 65-66
REGISTRATION, ENROLLMENT AND TRANSFER OF CREDIT - pages 66-67
COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, ARTS, AND SOCIAL SCIENCES - pages 68-75
COLLEGE OF NATURAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES - pages 76-82
THE MARLAN AND ROSEMARY BOURNS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING - pages 83-87
THE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS - pages 88-92
THE A. GARY ANDERSON GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT - pages 93
THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION - pages 93-96
THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE - pages 96-97
THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY - pages 97-99
ANTHROPOLOGY (156 courses) - pages 100-109
ART (60 courses) - pages 109-113
ART HISTORY (102 courses) - pages 113-121
ASIAN STUDIES (66 courses) - pages 121-125
BIOCHEMISTRY (40 courses) - pages 125-130
BIOENGINEERING (60 courses) - pages 130-135
BIOENGINEERING INTERDEPARTMENTAL GRADUATE PROGRAM - pages 135-137
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES (4 courses) - pages 137
BIOLOGY (102 courses) - pages 137-145
BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES (33 courses) - pages 145-148
BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES GRADUATE PROGRAM - pages 148-149
BOOK, ARCHIVE, AND MANUSCRIPT STUDIES DESIGNATED EMPHASIS - pages 149-150
BOTANY AND PLANT SCIENCES (59 courses) - pages 150-155
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (90 courses) - pages 156-162
CELL BIOLOGY AND NEUROSCIENCE (25 courses) - pages 162-164
CELL, MOLECULAR AND BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE DESIGNATED EMPHASIS - pages 164
CELL, MOLECULAR, AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY - pages 164-166
CELL, MOLECULAR, AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY GRADUATE PROGRAM (25 courses) - pages 167-169
CHASS F1RST (7 courses) - pages 169-170
CHEMICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING (11 courses) - pages 170-173
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING (26 courses) - pages 174-175
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING (62 courses) - pages 175-179
CHEMISTRY (125 courses) - pages 179-189
THE CHICANO BILINGUAL- BICULTURAL STUDIES MINOR - pages 190
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE AND LANGUAGES - pages 190-191
ARABIC MINOR - pages 191
ARABIC LANGUAGE (18 courses) - pages 191-192
ARABIC LITERATURES AND CULTURES - pages 192-193
CHINESE - pages 193
CHINESE COURSES (40 courses) - pages 193-195
CIVILIZATION (12 courses) - pages 195-196
CLASSICAL STUDIES - pages 196
CLASSICS (32 courses) - pages 196-198
GREEK COURSES (10 courses) - pages 198
LATIN COURSES (9 courses) - pages 199
THE UC TRI-CAMPUS GRADUATE PROGRAM IN CLASSICS - pages 199-200
COMPARATIVE ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS (9 courses) - pages 200-202
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE (104 courses) - pages 202-209
FILIPINO COURSES (4 courses) - pages 209
FRENCH (38 courses) - pages 209-211
GERMANIC STUDIES (40 courses) - pages 211-213
ITALIAN STUDIES MINOR (23 courses) - pages 213-215
JAPANESE (30 courses) - pages 215-217
KOREAN MINOR (13 courses) - pages 217
LANGUAGES (1 courses) - pages 217-218
LINGUISTICS (15 courses) - pages 218-219
RUSSIAN STUDIES (18 courses) - pages 219-220
SOUTHEAST ASIAN MINOR - pages 220
VIETNAMESE COURSES (16 courses) - pages 221
COMPUTER ENGINEERING - pages 222-223
COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (110 courses) - pages 223-233
CONSERVATION BIOLOGY (4 courses) - pages 233
CREATIVE WRITING (47 courses) - pages 233-236
CREATIVE WRITING AND WRITING FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS (44 courses) - pages 236-239
PALM DESERT LOW RESIDENCY PROGRAM (7 courses) - pages 240
DANCE (84 courses) - pages 241-247
EARTH SCIENCES (88 courses) - pages 247-255
ECONOMICS (110 courses) - pages 256-264
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION (261 courses) - pages 264-284
EDUCATION ABROAD PROGRAM - pages 284-285
ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING (115 courses) - pages 285-295
ENGINEERING (23 courses) - pages 295-297
ENGLISH (167 courses) - pages 298-307
ENTOMOLOGY (61 courses) - pages 307-312
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING (62 courses) - pages 312
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES (57 courses) - pages 312-319
ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY (21 courses) - pages 319-322
ETHNIC STUDIES (142 courses) - pages 322-333
EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY, AND ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY - pages 334
GENDER AND SEXUALITY STUDIES (97 courses) - pages 334-341
GENETICS, GENOMICS, AND BIOINFORMATICS (19 courses) - pages 341-344
GLOBAL STUDIES (21 courses) - pages 344-346
HISPANIC STUDIES (75 courses) - pages 346-351
PORTUGUESE (8 courses) - pages 351
HISTORY (265 courses) - pages 351-368
HONORS PROGRAM - pages 368
HUMANITIES, ARTS, AND SOCIAL SCIENCES (13 courses) - pages 368-369
INFLAMMATION AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE DESIGNATED EMPHASIS - pages 370
INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES - pages 370
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS MINOR - pages 370
JOURNALISM MINOR - pages 370-371
LABOR STUDIES MINOR (2 courses) - pages 371
LATIN AMERICAN AND LATINO STUDIES DESIGNATED EMPHASIS - pages 372
LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES (31 courses) - pages 372-375
LAW AND SOCIETY (9 courses) - pages 375-376
LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, INTERSEX, AND TRANSGENDER STUDIES MINOR (24 courses) - pages 376-378
LIBERAL STUDIES (2 courses) - pages 378-379
MANAGEMENT (110 courses) - pages 379-388
MARXIST STUDIES MINOR - pages 388
MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (52 courses) - pages 388-393
MATHEMATICS (116 courses) - pages 393-401
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING (89 courses) - pages 401-407
MECHANISMS OF GENE EXPRESSION AND REGULATION STUDIES DESIGNATED EMPHASIS - pages 408
MEDIA AND CULTURAL STUDIES (108 courses) - pages 408-415
MEDICAL AND HEALTH HUMANITIES DESIGNATED EMPHASIS - pages 416
MEDICINE (9 courses) - pages 416-424
MICROBIOLOGY (28 courses) - pages 424-428
MIDDLE EAST AND ISLAMIC STUDIES (6 courses) - pages 428-429
MIDDLE EAST AND ISLAMIC STUDIES DESIGNATED EMPHASIS - pages 429
MOLECULAR, CELL, AND SYSTEMS BIOLOGY - pages 429
MUSIC (138 courses) - pages 429-439
NATURAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES (10 courses) - pages 439-440
NEMATOLOGY (11 courses) - pages 440-441
NEUROSCIENCE UNDERGRADUATE MAJOR - pages 441-443
NEUROSCIENCE GRADUATE PROGRAM (10 courses) - pages 443-445
PEACE AND CONFLICT STUDIES MINOR (3 courses) - pages 446
PEST MANAGEMENT - pages 446
PHILOSOPHY (128 courses) - pages 446-454
PHYSICAL SCIENCES - pages 455
PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY (126 courses) - pages 455-465
PLANT BIOLOGY - pages 465
MICROBIOLOGY AND PLANT PATHOLOGY (32 courses) - pages 465-467
POLITICAL SCIENCE (193 courses) - pages 467-481
POPULATION BIOLOGY - pages 481
PSYCHOLOGY (122 courses) - pages 482-490
PUBLIC POLICY (58 courses) - pages 490-494
PUBLIC POLICY DESIGNATED EMPHASIS - pages 495
RELIGIOUS STUDIES (136 courses) - pages 495-505
SOCIOLOGY (139 courses) - pages 505-515
SOIL AND WATER SCIENCES (2 courses) - pages 516-517
SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES MINOR - pages 517
SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES GRADUATE PROGRAM (46 courses) - pages 517-520
SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES DESIGNATED EMPHASIS - pages 521
SPECULATIVE FICTION AND CULTURES OF SCIENCE MINOR (2 courses) - pages 521-522
SPECULATIVE FICTION AND CULTURES OF SCIENCE DESIGNATED EMPHASIS - pages 522
STATISTICS (62 courses) - pages 522-527
THEATRE, FILM AND DIGITAL PRODUCTION (87 courses) - pages 528-532
UC RIVERSIDE WASHINGTON ACADEMIC INTERNSHIP PROGRAM (UCDC) (20 courses) - pages 533-534
UNIVERSITY HONORS (26 courses) - pages 534-536
URBAN STUDIES MINOR (9 courses) - pages 536-537
VISUAL ARTS - pages 537
WESTERN AMERICAN STUDIES MINOR - pages 537
WOMEN’S STUDIES - pages 537
THE BOARD OF REGENTS - pages 538
OFFICERS OF THE UNIVERSITY - pages 538
UNIVERSITY CHANCELLORS - pages 538
UC RIVERSIDE OFFICERS - pages 538
UC RIVERSIDE DEANS - pages 539
OTHER UC RIVERSIDE ADMINISTRATORS - pages 539
CHIEF CAMPUS OFFICERS - pages 539