Bachelor’s Degree Requirements

You must satisfy four groups of requirements before you can become eligible for candidacy for the bachelor’s degree; see Bachelor’s Degree Requirements, below. The four groups are:

  • University requirements, which apply to all colleges;
  • General Education requirement, which applies to all colleges;
  • College requirements; and
  • Major requirements.

Every student is responsible for seeing that all of their degree requirements are fulfilled.

See University requirements, General Education requirements, and College requirements.

Bachelor’s Degree Requirements

University Requirements

All students must fulfill the following University of California requirements:
Subject A
American History and Institutions
Unit Requirement
Residence Requirement
Scholarship Requirement

General Education Requirement

Students must complete three courses in the two areas of topical breadth outside the assigned area of their major. Students also must complete three writing experience courses and one social-cultural diversity course.

College Requirements

College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
College of Biological Sciences
College of Engineering
College of Letters and Science
  • Unit
  • Residence
  • Scholarship
  • English
  • Composition
  • Unit
  • Residence
  • Scholarship
  • English Composition
  • Foreign Language (only A.B. & B.A.S. degrees)
  • Breadth (only A.B. & B.A.S. degrees)
  • Unit
  • Residence
  • Scholarship
  • English Composition
  • Design
  • Engineering General Education
  • Current Catalog Curriculum
  • Unit
  • Residence
  • Scholarship
  • English Composition
  • Area (Breadth)
  • Foreign Language (A.B. and B.A.S. degrees)

Major Requirements

Course requirements for each major are listed in Programs.
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Updated: February 11, 2008 1:17 PM