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Catalog Sections

Charting Your Academic Path at UC Riverside & Beyond - 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 72-75
Application and Admission - pages 75-77
Minimum Degree Requirements - pages 77-79
Special Programs - pages 79-80
Registration, Enrollment and Transfer of Credit - pages 81-83
College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences - pages 83-91
College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences - pages 92-99
The Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering - pages 99-104
School of Business - pages 104-109
The A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management - pages 109-110
The School of Education - pages 110-113
The School of Medicine - pages 113-114
The School of Public Policy - pages 114-116
Actuarial Science - pages 117
Administrative Studies - pages 117
Anthropology (173 courses) - pages 118-129
Archive, Museum, Manuscript, and Print Designated Emphasis - pages 130
Art (65 courses) - pages 130-134
Art History (107 courses) - pages 135-143
Asian Studies (68 courses) - pages 143-148
Biochemistry (48 courses) - pages 148-154
Bioengineering (74 courses) - pages 154-159
Bioengineering Interdepartmental Graduate Program - pages 160-162
Biological Sciences - pages 162
Biology (114 courses) - pages 162-172
Biomedical Sciences (36 courses) - pages 172-174
Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program - pages 175-177
Biophysics (6 courses) - pages 177-178
Black Study (42 courses) - pages 178-181
Botany and Plant Sciences (71 courses) - pages 182-189
Business Administration (99 courses) - pages 189-196
Business Analytics - pages 196
Capital Internships (20 courses) - pages 197-198
Cell Biology and Neuroscience (31 courses) - pages 198-200
Cell, Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Designated Emphasis - pages 201
Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology - pages 201-202
Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology Graduate Program (23 courses) - pages 203-205
CHASS F1RST (27 courses) - pages 206-207
Chemical and Environmental Engineering (73 courses) - pages 207-215
Engineering (73 courses) - pages 215-221
Chemistry (152 courses) - pages 222-235
Chemistry Education Designated Emphasis - pages 235
The Chicano Bilingual- Bicultural Studies Minor - pages 235
Comparative Literature and Languages - pages 236-237
Arabic Minor - pages 237
Arabic Language (17 courses) - pages 237-238
Arabic Literatures and Cultures - pages 238-239
Cahuilla (4 courses) - pages 239
Chinese - pages 239
Chinese Courses (41 courses) - pages 240-242
European Studies (22 courses) - pages 242-243
Classical Studies - pages 243-244
Classics (32 courses) - pages 244-245
Greek Courses (11 courses) - pages 245-246
Latin Courses (8 courses) - pages 246
The UC Tri-Campus Graduate Program in Classics - pages 246-248
Comparative Ancient Civilizations (11 courses) - pages 248-249
Comparative Literature (102 courses) - pages 249-257
Filipino Courses (4 courses) - pages 257
French (37 courses) - pages 257-259
Germanic Studies (44 courses) - pages 259-261
Italian Studies Minor (24 courses) - pages 262-263
Japanese (28 courses) - pages 263-265
Korean Minor (13 courses) - pages 265-266
Languages (1 courses) - pages 266
Linguistics (17 courses) - pages 267-268
Russian Studies (18 courses) - pages 268-269
Southeast Asian Minor - pages 270
Vietnamese Courses (14 courses) - pages 270-271
Computer Engineering - pages 271-273
Computer Science and Engineering (140 courses) - pages 273-286
Conservation Biology (4 courses) - pages 286-287
Corporeality and Embodiment Designated Emphasis - pages 287
Creative Writing (43 courses) - pages 287-290
Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts (41 courses) - pages 290-293
Palm Desert Low Residency Program (7 courses) - pages 293
Dance (94 courses) - pages 294-301
Data Science - pages 302-303
Data Science, Computational - pages 303-304
Earth and Planetary Sciences (120 courses) - pages 304-314
Economics (135 courses) - pages 315-326
School of Education (239 courses) - pages 326-348
Electrical and Computer Engineering (158 courses) - pages 348-361
Engineering (73 courses) - pages 362-365
English (157 courses) - pages 365-375
Entomology (77 courses) - pages 375-382
Environmental Engineering - pages 382
Environmental Sciences - pages 382-384
Environmental Sciences Graduate Program (54 courses) - pages 384-389
Environmental Toxicology (23 courses) - pages 389-392
Ethnic Studies (133 courses) - pages 393-403
Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology - pages 403
Gender and Sexuality Studies - pages 404-405
Queer Studies Minor (108 courses) - pages 405-412
Genetics, Genomics, and Bioinformatics (17 courses) - pages 412-414
Global Studies (30 courses) - pages 415-417
HABLAMoS Medical Spanish, Designated Emphasis - pages 418
Healthcare Leadership Designated Emphasis - pages 418-419
Hispanic Studies (94 courses) - pages 419-425
History (267 courses) - pages 426-443
Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (16 courses) - pages 443-444
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 (8 courses) - pages 447-448
Latin American and Latino Studies Designated Emphasis - pages 448
Latin American Studies (36 courses) - pages 448-452
Law and Society (10 courses) - pages 452-453
Liberal Studies (4 courses) - pages 453-454
Management (124 courses) - pages 454-467
Marxist Studies Minor - pages 467
Materials Science and Engineering (81 courses) - pages 467-475
Mathematics (126 courses) - pages 475-484
Mechanical Engineering (106 courses) - pages 484-493
Mechanisms of Gene Expression and Regulation Studies Designated Emphasis - pages 493-494
Media and Cultural Studies (132 courses) - pages 494-502
Medical and Health Humanities Designated Emphasis - pages 502
Medical and Health Humanities Studies Minor (4 courses) - pages 502-503
Medicine (37 courses) - pages 504-509
Microbiology (34 courses) - pages 509-514
Middle East and Islamic Studies (8 courses) - pages 514-515
Middle East and Islamic Studies Designated Emphasis - pages 515-516
Molecular, Cell, and Systems Biology - pages 516
Music (147 courses) - pages 516-527
Natural and Agricultural Sciences (14 courses) - pages 527-528
Nematology (10 courses) - pages 528-529
Neuroscience Undergraduate Major - pages 529-531
Neuroscience Graduate Program (10 courses) - pages 531-533
Peace and Conflict Studies Minor (3 courses) - pages 534
Pest Management - pages 534
Philosophy (115 courses) - pages 534-543
Physical Sciences - pages 543
Physics and Astronomy (142 courses) - pages 543-556
Plant Biology - pages 556
Microbiology and Plant Pathology (30 courses) - pages 556-558
Political Science (213 courses) - pages 558-575
Population Biology - pages 575
Psychology (132 courses) - pages 575-586
Public Health Graduate Program (16 courses) - pages 586-587
Public Policy (88 courses) - pages 588-594
Public Policy Designated Emphasis - pages 594
Robotics Program - pages 594-596
Society, Environment, and Health Equity (57 courses) - pages 596-602
Sociology (146 courses) - pages 602-614
Soil and Water Sciences - pages 614
Southeast Asian Studies Minor - pages 614
Southeast Asian Studies Graduate Program (39 courses) - pages 614-617
Southeast Asian Studies Designated Emphasis - pages 618
Speculative Fiction and Cultures of Science Minor (3 courses) - pages 618-619
Speculative Fiction and Cultures of Science Designated Emphasis - pages 619
Statistics (82 courses) - pages 619-628
Study of Religion (133 courses) - pages 628-638
Theatre, Film, and Digital Production (99 courses) - pages 639-644
University Honors (16 courses) - pages 645-646
Urban Studies Minor (9 courses) - pages 646
Visual Arts - pages 647
Western American Studies Minor - pages 647
Women’s Studies - pages 647
Division of Undergraduate Education (8 courses) - pages 648
University Writing Program (21 courses) - pages 649-652
The Board of Regents - pages 652
Officers of the University of California - pages 652
University Chancellors - pages 652
UC Riverside Officers - pages 652-653
UC Riverside Deans - pages 653
Other UC Riverside Administrators - pages 654
Chief Campus Officers - pages 654