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Catalog Sections

Charting Your Academic and Career Paths 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 10-12
Educational Opportunities - pages 12-16
Research Opportunities - pages 16-23
Services for Students - pages 23-35
Application for Admission - pages 35
First-Year Student Admission - pages 35-38
Admission to Special Categories - pages 39
Notification of Admission - pages 39
Concurrent Enrollment - pages 39
Reapplication - pages 39
International Baccalaureate - pages 39-44
Fees and Expenses - pages 44-45
Financial Support - pages 46-48
Registration and Enrollment - pages 48-52
Academic Policies - pages 52-54
Academic Integrity - pages 55
Undergraduate Students - pages 55-58
Regulations Specifically for Graduate Students - pages 59-61
Campus Policies and Regulations - pages 62-66
Goals of an Undergraduate Education - pages 66-70
Academic Programs - pages 70
Center for Undergraduate Research and Engaged Learning (CUREL) - pages 70-71
Student Success - pages 71-74
Application and Admission - pages 74-76
Minimum Degree Requirements - pages 76-77
Special Programs - pages 77-79
Registration, Enrollment and Transfer of Credit - pages 79-82
College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences - pages 82-88
College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences - pages 89-95
The Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering - pages 96-104
The A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management - pages 105
The School of Education - pages 105-108
The School of Medicine - pages 109-110
The School of Public Policy - pages 110-112
Actuarial Science - pages 113
Administrative Studies - pages 113
Anthropology (176 courses) - pages 113-125
Archive, Museum, Manuscript, and Print Designated Emphasis - pages 125-126
Art (65 courses) - pages 126-130
Art History (107 courses) - pages 130-139
Asian Studies (64 courses) - pages 139-143
Biochemistry (49 courses) - pages 143-149
Bioengineering (76 courses) - pages 149-155
Bioengineering Interdepartmental Graduate Program - pages 155-157
Biological Sciences - pages 157
Biology (114 courses) - pages 157-167
Biomedical Sciences (36 courses) - pages 167-169
Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program - pages 170-172
Biophysics (6 courses) - pages 172-173
Black Study (42 courses) - pages 173-176
Botany and Plant Sciences - pages 176-179
Genetics and Molecular Biotechnology (71 courses) - pages 179-184
Business Administration (109 courses) - pages 184-191
Business Analytics - pages 191-192
Capital Internships (21 courses) - pages 192-194
Cell Biology and Neuroscience (34 courses) - pages 194-196
Cell, Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Designated Emphasis - pages 196-197
Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology - pages 197-198
Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology Graduate Program (23 courses) - pages 198-201
CHASS F1RST (27 courses) - pages 201-202
Chemical and Environmental Engineering (73 courses) - pages 202-211
Engineering (73 courses) - pages 211-216
Chemistry (152 courses) - pages 217-230
Chemistry Education Designated Emphasis - pages 230
The Chicano Bilingual- Bicultural Studies Minor - pages 230
Comparative Literature and Languages - pages 231-232
Arabic Minor - pages 232
Arabic Language (17 courses) - pages 232-233
Arabic Literatures and Cultures - pages 233-234
Cahuilla (4 courses) - pages 234
Chinese - pages 234
Chinese Courses (40 courses) - pages 234-237
European Studies (23 courses) - pages 237-238
Classical Studies - pages 238
Classics (20 courses) - pages 238-239
Greek Courses (11 courses) - pages 239-240
Latin Courses (8 courses) - pages 240
The UC Tri-Campus Graduate Program in Classics (1 courses) - pages 240-242
Comparative Ancient Civilizations (12 courses) - pages 242-243
Comparative Literature (107 courses) - pages 243-253
Filipino Courses (4 courses) - pages 253
French (38 courses) - pages 253-255
Germanic Studies (44 courses) - pages 255-258
Italian Studies Minor (24 courses) - pages 258-259
Japanese (28 courses) - pages 259-261
Korean Minor (13 courses) - pages 261-262
Languages (1 courses) - pages 262
Linguistics (18 courses) - pages 262-264
Russian Studies (18 courses) - pages 264-265
Southeast Asian Minor - pages 265
Vietnamese Courses (14 courses) - pages 265-266
Computer Engineering - pages 266-269
Computer Science and Engineering (139 courses) - pages 269-282
Conservation Biology (4 courses) - pages 282
Corporeality and Embodiment Designated Emphasis - pages 283
Creative Writing (43 courses) - pages 283-286
Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts (48 courses) - pages 286-289
Palm Desert Low Residency Program - pages 290
Dance (89 courses) - pages 291-298
Data Science - pages 298-300
Data Science, Computational - pages 300
Earth and Planetary Sciences (125 courses) - pages 301-312
Economics (137 courses) - pages 312-323
School of Education (242 courses) - pages 323-347
Electrical and Computer Engineering (150 courses) - pages 347-359
Engineering (73 courses) - pages 360-363
English (166 courses) - pages 363-373
Entomology (77 courses) - pages 374-381
Environmental Engineering - pages 381
Environmental Sciences - pages 381-383
Environmental Sciences Graduate Program (55 courses) - pages 383-388
Environmental Toxicology (21 courses) - pages 388-391
Ethnic Studies (135 courses) - pages 391-402
Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology - pages 402
Gender and Sexuality Studies - pages 402-403
Queer Studies Minor (107 courses) - pages 403-410
Genetics, Genomics, and Bioinformatics (17 courses) - pages 410-413
Global Studies (30 courses) - pages 413-415
HABLAMoS Medical Spanish, Designated Emphasis - pages 416
Healthcare Leadership Designated Emphasis - pages 416-417
Hispanic Studies (96 courses) - pages 417-424
History (269 courses) - pages 424-441
Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (16 courses) - pages 442-443
Inflammation and Infectious Disease Designated Emphasis - pages 444
Interdisciplinary Studies - pages 444
International Relations Minor - pages 444
Journalism Minor - pages 444-445
Labor Studies Minor (8 courses) - pages 445-446
Latin American and Latino Studies Designated Emphasis - pages 446
Latin American Studies (38 courses) - pages 446-450
Law and Society (10 courses) - pages 450-451
Liberal Studies (4 courses) - pages 451-452
Management (123 courses) - pages 452-466
Marxist Studies Minor - pages 466
Materials Science and Engineering (81 courses) - pages 466-473
Mathematics (129 courses) - pages 473-483
Mechanical Engineering (106 courses) - pages 483-492
Mechanisms of Gene Expression and Regulation Studies Designated Emphasis - pages 492
Media and Cultural Studies (130 courses) - pages 492-500
Medical and Health Humanities Designated Emphasis - pages 500-501
Medical and Health Humanities Studies Minor (4 courses) - pages 501
Medicine (38 courses) - pages 502-507
Microbiology Graduate Program (15 courses) - pages 507-510
Middle East and Islamic Studies (9 courses) - pages 510-511
Middle East and Islamic Studies Designated Emphasis - pages 511
Molecular, Cell, and Systems Biology - pages 511
Music (148 courses) - pages 511-522
Natural and Agricultural Sciences (14 courses) - pages 523
Nematology (11 courses) - pages 523-524
Neuroscience Undergraduate Major - pages 524-527
Neuroscience Graduate Program (10 courses) - pages 527-529
Peace and Conflict Studies Minor (3 courses) - pages 530
Pest Management - pages 530
Philosophy (121 courses) - pages 530-539
Physical Sciences - pages 539
Physics and Astronomy (142 courses) - pages 540-552
Plant Biology - pages 552
Microbiology and Plant Pathology (50 courses) - pages 552-557
Political Science (220 courses) - pages 557-574
Population Biology - pages 574
Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences (134 courses) - pages 574-585
Public Health Graduate Program (17 courses) - pages 585-587
Public Policy (100 courses) - pages 587-594
Public Policy Designated Emphasis - pages 594-595
Robotics Program - pages 595-596
Society, Environment, and Health Equity (66 courses) - pages 597-602
Sociology (131 courses) - pages 603-614
Soil and Water Sciences - pages 614
Southeast Asian Studies Minor - pages 614
Southeast Asian Studies Graduate Program (40 courses) - pages 614-617
Southeast Asian Studies Designated Emphasis - pages 617-618
Speculative Fiction and Cultures of Science Minor - pages 618
Speculative Fiction and Cultures of Science Designated Emphasis - pages 618-619
Statistics (83 courses) - pages 619-627
Study of Religion (134 courses) - pages 627-638
Theatre, Film, and Digital Production (99 courses) - pages 638-644
University Honors (17 courses) - pages 644-645
Urban Studies Minor (9 courses) - pages 645-646
Visual Arts - pages 646
Western American Studies Minor - pages 646
Women’s Studies - pages 646
Division of Undergraduate Education (13 courses) - pages 647
University Writing Program (21 courses) - pages 647-651
The Board of Regents - pages 651
Officers of the University of California - pages 651
University Chancellors - pages 651
UC Riverside Officers - pages 651-652
UC Riverside Deans - pages 652
Other UC Riverside Administrators - pages 653
Chief Campus Officers - pages 653