COLLEGE REQUIREMENTS
FOR THE BACHELOR'S DEGREE

College of Agricultural and
Environmental Sciences

Unit Requirements

Of the required 180 units counted toward a degree, 54 units must be upper division work. In addition, the following unit limitations apply to all majors:

Credit in University Extension Courses. Students in residence may apply a maximum of 9 units of credit earned in some University Extension courses toward the 180-unit requirement provided written approval has been obtained from the dean before registering. Units of credit allowed by the dean may be less than the number of unit s listed for a course. No grade points are assigned for courses completed through University Extension.

Residence Requirement

Thirty-five of the final 45 quarter units completed by each candidate must be earned while in residence on the Davis campus. Not more than 28 of these 35 quarter units may be completed in summer session courses at UC Davis.

Scholarship Requirement

Students in the College are required to attain a minimum grade point average of 2.0 for all courses specified as depth subject matter in their major. Each candidate must complete a program of study either as prescribed in (a) a major approved by the Undergraduate Majors and Courses Subcommittee and printed in this catalog, or (b) an individual major approved by the Individual Major Committee.

English Composition Requirement

The English Composition requirement can be met in one of two ways:

  1. by taking, before you have completed 120 units, either two courses emphasizing written expression or one course emphasizing written expression and one course emphasizing oral expression. The following UC Davis courses satisfy this requirement:

    OR

  2. by passing the English Composition Examination administered by the College of Letters and Science upon completion of 70 units of degree credit (the examination does not yield credit).

General Education

You should consult your Dean's Office or department adviser in advance to determine exactly how your General Education courses will apply toward your major.

Study Plan Approval

A Study Plan provides for attainment of specific long-term goals and should allow for the acquisition of prerequisite knowledge for courses to be taken in subsequent quarters; the fulfillment of College and major requirements; a proper balance between the demands of the courses and your ability to master the subject matter; and meeting the minimum progress regulation (see the Academic Information section).

In conjunction with a faculty adviser and/or staff adviser, you must plan and prepare a program that specifies your goals and shows how the graduation requirements will be met. It is a regulation that a written "study plan" be filed with your faculty adviser or staff adviser by the end of the second quarter of the junior year (having completed not more than 120 units either in residence and/or by transfer).

You may be denied registration for future quarters if you do not comply with this regulation. However, filing this study plan does not preclude a change of major or program modifications.

Major Degree Certification

A Major Certification is completed during the quarter you plan to graduate. At that time, you and your faculty adviser and/or staff adviser check to see that all major requirements have been completed. The Dean's Office completes the degree certification by verifying that all college and university requirements have been satisfied.

Degree Requirement Changes

On occasion, the faculty make changes in the requirements that students must satisfy to obtain the baccalaureate degree. So that you will not be penalized by changes that may work to your disadvantage and so that you will benefit by changes that assist you in completing your degree requirements, it is college policy that you may choose to fulfill the university, college and major requirements in effect at the time you were registered at UC Davis. If you have transferred to UC Davis from a community college, state college, or another university, you may follow the requirements as stated in any UC Davis catalog in effect either during the three years immediately preceding your transfer to Davis or at the time you first registered at that institution, whichever is most recent. Once you have chosen the year of the General Catalog under which you wish to be governed, you must satisfy all of the university, college and major requirements specified in that catalog.


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