Santa Cruz
Art
Transfer applicants: Junior-level applicants must pass a portfolio review (held in early April). Students must identify themselves as potential Art majors when applying to UC in order to receive details on the portfolio review. This information is sent mid-February. Admission to UC Santa Cruz does not guarantee that a student will pass the portfolio review, and passing the portfolio review does not guarantee UCSC admission. Visit the Art Department website for details.
Students are advised to complete all three of their lower-division studios at community college, in addition to studios in their area of interest, to be able to submit a high-level portfolio. Students who do not pass the portfolio review will not be eligible to take art classes at UC Santa Cruz during the academic year and must pursue another major. Applicants will know the results of the portfolio review before they have to submit their Statement of Intent to Register to the Admissions Office.
All junior transfer students will be required to take Art 160, Forms and Ideas, and one art seminar in their junior year at UC Santa Cruz in lieu of the freshman foundation program requirements.
Contact: Art Department, E-104 Baskin Visual Arts, (831) 459-3551.
Environmental Studies
Transfer applicants: Applicants are screened for completion of all prerequisite courses (refer to the general catalog) and are accepted in fall quarter only.
Contact: Environmental Studies Department, Interdisciplinary Sciences Building 405, (831) 459-2634.
Music
Freshman applicants: Fall-quarter applicants who wish to be considered for a music scholarship must submit an audition cassette or CD to the Music Department by Jan. 31, 2011. See the Music Department website for details.
Transfer applicants: Upon completion of Music 100A (Theory, Literature, and Musicianship II), B.A. students must perform on a musical instrument or in voice at an upper-intermediate level. Prospective Music majors are encouraged to take the Music Core Curriculum Placement Exam at the beginning of fall quarter.
Contact: Music Department, 244 Music Center, (831) 459-2292, music@ucsc.edu.
Physics
Transfer applicants: Students must complete courses equivalent to the Physics 5 series, Introduction to Physics, with a GPA of 2.7 or higher before they will be permitted to enter a physics major, effective with
Catalog year 2009-10. This will not necessarily affect students entering fall 2011, since they can elect catalog rights up to three years previous to their enrollment.
Contact: Physics Department, 211 Interdisciplinary Sciences Building, (831) 459-2329.
Psychology
Transfer applicants: Students are admitted as proposed Psychology majors. To be accepted to the major after enrolling at UC Santa Cruz, they must have a GPA of at least 3.0 in all UC-transferable coursework and a GPA of at least 3.1 in all psychology courses. Lower-division prerequisite courses must be completed by the end of the junior year.
Contact: Psychology Department, 273 Social Sciences II, (831) 459-2002.
The Jack Baskin School of Engineering
Freshman applicants: Applicants may apply directly to a Baskin School of Engineering (BSOE) major by indicating the major as their first or second choice on the UC application. Applicants will be granted direct acceptance based on their high school GPA, courses completed in mathematics and sciences, scores on standardized tests and/or their personal statement. Applicants who are not directly admitted may apply during their first year. Acceptance into the selected major will be based on BSOE GPA, high school GPA, courses completed in mathematics and sciences, and scores on standardized tests. The BSOE GPA is calculated on grades received for all BSOE and physical and biological sciences courses.
Transfer applicants: Acceptance will be based on completion of and grades earned in the individual department's foundation courses, in addition to the overall college academic record. IGETC is not recommended. The foundation courses required for admission are described at www.soe.ucsc.edu/admissions.
Applicants must submit a supplemental application. Prospective engineering majors should focus on completing the majority of their lower-division foundation courses in math, science and engineering prior to transfer.
Contact: Jack Baskin School of Engineering Undergraduate Student Affairs Office, Baskin Engineering Room 225/227, (831) 459-5840, soeadmissions@soe.ucsc.edu.