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Catalog Sections

An invitation to academic exploration - pages 2
About This Catalog - pages 3
How to Obtain the Catalog - pages 3-8
Academic Distinctions - pages 8-9
Principles of Community - pages 9
Accreditations - pages 9
UC Riverside Resources at Your Fingertips - pages 9-10
Resources for Learning - pages 11-13
Educational Opportunities - pages 13-16
Research Opportunities - pages 16-22
Services for Students - pages 22-33
Application for Admission - pages 34
First-Year Student Admission - pages 34-37
Admission to Special Categories - pages 38
Notification of Admission - pages 38
Concurrent Enrollment - pages 38
Reapplication - pages 38
International Baccalaureate - pages 38-39
Advanced Placement - pages 40-43
Fees and Expenses - pages 43-44
Financial Support - pages 45-47
Registration and Enrollment - pages 47-50
Academic Policies - pages 51-53
Academic Integrity - pages 54
Undergraduate Students - pages 55-58
Regulations Specifically for Graduate Students - pages 58-61
Campus Policies and Regulations - pages 61-63
Goals of an Undergraduate Education - pages 65-73
Minimum Degree Requirements - pages 73
Special Programs - pages 73-75
Registration, Enrollment and Transfer of Credit - pages 75-77
College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences - pages 77-84
College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences - pages 85-91
The Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering - pages 92-96
School of Business - pages 97-101
The A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management - pages 101-102
The School of Education - pages 102-105
The School of Medicine - pages 105-108
Administrative Studies - pages 109
Anthropology (172 courses) - pages 109-121
Archive, Museum, Manuscript, and Print Designated Emphasis - pages 121
Art (64 courses) - pages 121-126
Art History (108 courses) - pages 126-134
Asian Studies (64 courses) - pages 134-138
Biochemistry (41 courses) - pages 138-143
Bioengineering (70 courses) - pages 143-149
Bioengineering Interdepartmental Graduate Program - pages 149-150
Biological Sciences - pages 151
Biology (107 courses) - pages 151-160
Biomedical Sciences (33 courses) - pages 160-163
Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program - pages 163-164
Biophysics (6 courses) - pages 164-166
Botany and Plant Sciences (58 courses) - pages 166-172
Business Administration (95 courses) - pages 172-178
Cell Biology and Neuroscience (28 courses) - pages 178-180
Cell, Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Designated Emphasis - pages 180-181
Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology - pages 181-183
Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology Graduate Program (22 courses) - pages 183-186
CHASS F1RST (27 courses) - pages 186-187
Chemical and Environmental Engineering (72 courses) - pages 187-195
Chemical Engineering (26 courses) - pages 195-197
Environmental Engineering (19 courses) - pages 197-201
Chemistry (151 courses) - pages 201-214
Chemistry Education Designated Emphasis - pages 214-215
The Chicano Bilingual- Bicultural Studies Minor - pages 215
Comparative Literature and Languages - pages 215-216
Arabic Minor - pages 216
Arabic Language (18 courses) - pages 216-217
Arabic Literatures and Cultures - pages 217-218
Cahuilla (4 courses) - pages 218
Chinese - pages 218-219
Chinese Courses (44 courses) - pages 219-221
European Studies (22 courses) - pages 221-222
Classical Studies - pages 222-223
Classics (33 courses) - pages 223-225
Greek Courses (11 courses) - pages 225
Latin Courses (8 courses) - pages 225-226
The UC Tri-Campus Graduate Program in Classics - pages 226-227
Comparative Ancient Civilizations (11 courses) - pages 227-229
Comparative Literature (111 courses) - pages 229-236
Filipino Courses (4 courses) - pages 236-237
French (40 courses) - pages 237-239
Germanic Studies (44 courses) - pages 239-241
Italian Studies Minor (28 courses) - pages 242-243
Japanese (30 courses) - pages 243-245
Korean Minor (13 courses) - pages 245-246
Languages (1 courses) - pages 246-247
Linguistics (16 courses) - pages 247-248
Russian Studies (18 courses) - pages 248-249
Southeast Asian Minor - pages 249
Vietnamese Courses (15 courses) - pages 249-250
Computer Engineering - pages 250-252
Computer Science and Engineering (134 courses) - pages 253-265
Conservation Biology (4 courses) - pages 265
Corporeality and Embodiment Designated Emphasis - pages 265-266
Creative Writing (47 courses) - pages 266-268
Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts (53 courses) - pages 269-272
Palm Desert Low Residency Program - pages 272-273
Dance (93 courses) - pages 274-281
Data Science - pages 281-283
Earth and Planetary Sciences (113 courses) - pages 283-293
Economics (133 courses) - pages 293-304
School of Education (254 courses) - pages 304-326
Electrical and Computer Engineering (146 courses) - pages 326-339
Engineering (27 courses) - pages 339-342
English (246 courses) - pages 342-357
Entomology (68 courses) - pages 357-363
Environmental Engineering (19 courses) - pages 363
Environmental Sciences - pages 363-365
Environmental Sciences Graduate Program (52 courses) - pages 365-370
Environmental Toxicology (21 courses) - pages 370-373
Ethnic Studies (148 courses) - pages 373-384
Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology - pages 384
Gender and Sexuality Studies - pages 384-385
Queer Studies Minor (131 courses) - pages 385-393
Genetics, Genomics, and Bioinformatics (17 courses) - pages 394-396
Global Studies (27 courses) - pages 396-398
HABLAMoS Medical Spanish, Designated Emphasis - pages 399
Healthcare Leadership Designated Emphasis - pages 399-400
Hispanic Studies (92 courses) - pages 400-406
History (266 courses) - pages 406-423
Honors Program - pages 423
Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (16 courses) - pages 423-425
Inflammation and Infectious Disease Designated Emphasis - pages 426
Interdisciplinary Studies - pages 426
International Relations Minor - pages 426
Journalism Minor - pages 426-427
Labor Studies Minor (2 courses) - pages 427
Latin American and Latino Studies Designated Emphasis - pages 427-428
Latin American Studies (31 courses) - pages 428-431
Law and Society (10 courses) - pages 431-432
Liberal Studies (3 courses) - pages 432-433
Management (118 courses) - pages 433-445
Marxist Studies Minor - pages 445
Materials Science and Engineering (73 courses) - pages 445-452
Mathematics (125 courses) - pages 452-460
Mechanical Engineering (100 courses) - pages 461-469
Mechanisms of Gene Expression and Regulation Studies Designated Emphasis - pages 469
Media and Cultural Studies (141 courses) - pages 469-478
Medical and Health Humanities Designated Emphasis - pages 478
Medical and Health Humanities Studies Minor (2 courses) - pages 478-479
Medicine (40 courses) - pages 479-484
Microbiology (35 courses) - pages 484-489
Middle East and Islamic Studies (7 courses) - pages 489-490
Middle East and Islamic Studies Designated Emphasis - pages 490
Molecular, Cell, and Systems Biology - pages 490
Music (149 courses) - pages 490-501
Natural and Agricultural Sciences (11 courses) - pages 501-502
Nematology (11 courses) - pages 502-503
Neuroscience Undergraduate Major - pages 503-505
Neuroscience Graduate Program (10 courses) - pages 505-507
Peace and Conflict Studies Minor (3 courses) - pages 509
Pest Management - pages 509
Philosophy (132 courses) - pages 509-518
Physical Sciences - pages 518
Physics and Astronomy (135 courses) - pages 518-529
Plant Biology - pages 529
Microbiology and Plant Pathology (30 courses) - pages 529-531
Political Science (206 courses) - pages 532-547
Population Biology - pages 547
Psychology (128 courses) - pages 548-557
Public Policy (72 courses) - pages 557-564
Public Policy Designated Emphasis - pages 564
Religious Studies (121 courses) - pages 564-574
Robotics Program - pages 574-575
Sociology (151 courses) - pages 575-587
Soil and Water Sciences - pages 587
Southeast Asian Studies Minor - pages 587-588
Southeast Asian Studies Graduate Program (42 courses) - pages 588-591
Southeast Asian Studies Designated Emphasis - pages 591
Speculative Fiction and Cultures of Science Minor (2 courses) - pages 591-592
Speculative Fiction and Cultures of Science Designated Emphasis - pages 592
Statistics (77 courses) - pages 592-600
Theatre, Film and Digital Production (99 courses) - pages 600-606
UC Riverside Washington Academic Internship Program (UCDC) (20 courses) - pages 606-608
University Honors (14 courses) - pages 608-609
Urban Studies Minor (12 courses) - pages 609-610
Visual Arts - pages 610
Western American Studies Minor - pages 610
Women’s Studies - pages 610
The Board of Regents - pages 611
Officers of the University of California - pages 611
University Chancellors - pages 611
UC Riverside Officers - pages 611-612
UC Riverside Deans - pages 612
Other UC Riverside Administrators - pages 613
Chief Campus Officers - pages 613