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Catalog Sections

An invitation to academic exploration - pages 2
About This 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 17-23
Services for Students - pages 23-36
Application for Admission - pages 36
First-Year Student Admission - pages 36-39
Admission to Special Categories - pages 40
Notification of Admission - pages 40
Concurrent Enrollment - pages 40
Reapplication - pages 40
International Baccalaureate - pages 40-41
Advanced Placement - pages 42-45
Fees and Expenses - pages 45-46
Financial Support - pages 47-49
Registration and Enrollment - pages 49-53
Academic Policies - pages 53-55
Academic Integrity - pages 56
Undergraduate Students - pages 57-60
Regulations Specifically for Graduate Students - pages 60-63
Campus Policies and Regulations - pages 63-67
Goals of an Undergraduate Education - pages 67-71
Academic Programs - pages 71
Center for Undergraduate Research and Engaged Learning (CUREL) - pages 71-72
Student Success - pages 72-78
Minimum Degree Requirements - pages 79
Special Programs - pages 79-81
Registration, Enrollment and Transfer of Credit - pages 81-83
College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences - pages 83-90
College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences - pages 91-97
The Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering - pages 98-102
School of Business - pages 103-107
The A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management - pages 107-108
The School of Education - pages 108-111
The School of Medicine - pages 111-112
The School of Public Policy - pages 112-114
Actuarial Science - pages 115
Administrative Studies - pages 115
Anthropology (173 courses) - pages 116-127
Archive, Museum, Manuscript, and Print Designated Emphasis - pages 127-128
Art (65 courses) - pages 128-132
Art History (105 courses) - pages 132-141
Asian Studies (68 courses) - pages 141-145
Biochemistry (46 courses) - pages 145-151
Bioengineering (71 courses) - pages 151-156
Bioengineering Interdepartmental Graduate Program - pages 156-158
Biological Sciences - pages 159
Biology (111 courses) - pages 159-169
Biomedical Sciences (33 courses) - pages 169-171
Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program - pages 171-173
Biophysics (6 courses) - pages 173-174
Black Study (26 courses) - pages 174-176
Botany and Plant Sciences (66 courses) - pages 176-183
Business Administration (97 courses) - pages 183-190
Capital Internships (20 courses) - pages 190-191
Cell Biology and Neuroscience (29 courses) - pages 191-193
Cell, Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Designated Emphasis - pages 194
Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology - pages 194-196
Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology Graduate Program (23 courses) - pages 197-199
CHASS F1RST (27 courses) - pages 200-201
Chemical and Environmental Engineering (71 courses) - pages 201-209
Chemical Engineering (26 courses) - pages 209-210
Environmental Engineering (20 courses) - pages 211-215
Chemistry (150 courses) - pages 215-229
Chemistry Education Designated Emphasis - pages 229
The Chicano Bilingual- Bicultural Studies Minor - pages 229
Comparative Literature and Languages - pages 229-230
Arabic Minor - pages 231
Arabic Language (17 courses) - pages 231-232
Arabic Literatures and Cultures - pages 232
Cahuilla (4 courses) - pages 233
Chinese - pages 233
Chinese Courses (41 courses) - pages 233-235
European Studies (22 courses) - pages 236-237
Classical Studies - pages 237
Classics (32 courses) - pages 237-239
Greek Courses (11 courses) - pages 239-240
Latin Courses (8 courses) - pages 240
The UC Tri-Campus Graduate Program in Classics - pages 240-241
Comparative Ancient Civilizations (11 courses) - pages 242-243
Comparative Literature (102 courses) - pages 243-250
Filipino Courses (4 courses) - pages 250-251
French (37 courses) - pages 251-253
Germanic Studies (44 courses) - pages 253-255
Italian Studies Minor (24 courses) - pages 256-257
Japanese (28 courses) - pages 257-259
Korean Minor (13 courses) - pages 259-260
Languages (1 courses) - pages 260
Linguistics (16 courses) - pages 261-262
Russian Studies (18 courses) - pages 262-263
Southeast Asian Minor - pages 264
Vietnamese Courses (14 courses) - pages 264-265
Computer Engineering - pages 265-267
Computer Science and Engineering (136 courses) - pages 267-280
Conservation Biology (4 courses) - pages 280
Corporeality and Embodiment Designated Emphasis - pages 280-281
Creative Writing (49 courses) - pages 281-284
Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts (51 courses) - pages 284-288
Palm Desert Low Residency Program (2 courses) - pages 288
Dance (94 courses) - pages 290-297
Data Science - pages 298-299
Data Science, Computational - pages 299-300
Earth and Planetary Sciences (117 courses) - pages 300-310
Economics (135 courses) - pages 311-322
School of Education (246 courses) - pages 322-345
Electrical and Computer Engineering (152 courses) - pages 345-359
Engineering (27 courses) - pages 359-362
English (178 courses) - pages 362-374
Entomology (76 courses) - pages 374-381
Environmental Engineering (20 courses) - pages 381
Environmental Sciences - pages 381-383
Environmental Sciences Graduate Program (54 courses) - pages 383-388
Environmental Toxicology (23 courses) - pages 388-391
Ethnic Studies (149 courses) - pages 392-403
Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology - pages 403
Gender and Sexuality Studies - pages 403-405
Queer Studies Minor (129 courses) - pages 405-413
Genetics, Genomics, and Bioinformatics (17 courses) - pages 413-415
Global Studies (29 courses) - pages 416-418
HABLAMoS Medical Spanish, Designated Emphasis - pages 418
Healthcare Leadership Designated Emphasis - pages 419
Hispanic Studies (94 courses) - pages 419-426
History (267 courses) - pages 426-444
Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (16 courses) - pages 444-445
Inflammation and Infectious Disease Designated Emphasis - pages 446
Interdisciplinary Studies - pages 446
International Relations Minor - pages 446
Journalism Minor - pages 446-447
Labor Studies Minor (2 courses) - pages 447
Latin American and Latino Studies Designated Emphasis - pages 448
Latin American Studies (36 courses) - pages 448-451
Law and Society (10 courses) - pages 452-453
Liberal Studies (4 courses) - pages 453
Management (119 courses) - pages 454-467
Marxist Studies Minor - pages 467
Materials Science and Engineering (75 courses) - pages 467-474
Mathematics (126 courses) - pages 474-484
Mechanical Engineering (103 courses) - pages 484-492
Mechanisms of Gene Expression and Regulation Studies Designated Emphasis - pages 493
Media and Cultural Studies (139 courses) - pages 493-501
Medical and Health Humanities Designated Emphasis - pages 502
Medical and Health Humanities Studies Minor (4 courses) - pages 502-503
Medicine (27 courses) - pages 503-507
Microbiology (36 courses) - pages 508-513
Middle East and Islamic Studies (8 courses) - pages 513-514
Middle East and Islamic Studies Designated Emphasis - pages 515
Molecular, Cell, and Systems Biology - pages 515
Music (144 courses) - pages 515-526
Natural and Agricultural Sciences (14 courses) - pages 526-527
Nematology (11 courses) - pages 527-528
Neuroscience Undergraduate Major - pages 528-531
Neuroscience Graduate Program (10 courses) - pages 531-532
Peace and Conflict Studies Minor (3 courses) - pages 533
Pest Management - pages 533
Philosophy (115 courses) - pages 533-542
Physical Sciences - pages 542
Physics and Astronomy (142 courses) - pages 542-555
Plant Biology - pages 555
Microbiology and Plant Pathology (30 courses) - pages 555-557
Political Science (211 courses) - pages 558-574
Population Biology - pages 575
Psychology (129 courses) - pages 575-585
Public Health Graduate Program (10 courses) - pages 585-586
Public Policy (81 courses) - pages 587-592
Public Policy Designated Emphasis - pages 593
Robotics Program - pages 593-595
Society, Environment, and Health Equity (43 courses) - pages 595-599
Sociology (155 courses) - pages 600-612
Soil and Water Sciences - pages 612
Southeast Asian Studies Minor - pages 612
Southeast Asian Studies Graduate Program (39 courses) - pages 613-616
Southeast Asian Studies Designated Emphasis - pages 616
Speculative Fiction and Cultures of Science Minor (3 courses) - pages 616-617
Speculative Fiction and Cultures of Science Designated Emphasis - pages 617
Statistics (81 courses) - pages 617-626
Study of Religion (133 courses) - pages 626-637
Theatre, Film, and Digital Production (98 courses) - pages 637-643
University Honors (16 courses) - pages 643-644
Urban Studies Minor (9 courses) - pages 644-645
Visual Arts - pages 645
Western American Studies Minor - pages 645
Women’s Studies - pages 645-646
The Board of Regents - pages 646
Officers of the University of California - pages 646
University Chancellors - pages 646
UC Riverside Officers - pages 646-647
UC Riverside Deans - pages 647
Other UC Riverside Administrators - pages 648
Chief Campus Officers - pages 648