Departmental Requirements — UC Berkeley

Transfer students must complete at least 60 semester (90 quarter) units prior to transfer. Transfers to the Haas School of Business and the Colleges of Letters and Science, Engineering, Environmental Design and Chemistry, must complete all required units and prerequisites by the end of the preceding spring term.

HAAS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

Students are admitted to the Business Administration major at the junior level only. Transfer students are screened for completion of at least 60 transferable semester units, including all lower division prerequisites, the foreign language requirement and seven of nine breadth requirements. Applicants are selected on the basis of academic performance (particularly in prerequisite courses), writing skill, interest in the degree program and knowledge of contemporary business issues (assessed through essays), and extracurricular activities and/or work experience demonstrating leadership ability (assessed through a required résumé).

CONTACT: Haas Undergraduate Program, S450 Student Services Bldg., #1900, Berkeley, CA 94720-1900.

COLLEGE OF CHEMISTRY

Transfer applicants are screened for completion of courses equivalent to Chemistry 1A-1B, Mathematics 1A-1B, Physics 7A (choice of 7A or 8A for Chemical Biology majors) and English 1A (plus English 1B for Chemistry and Chemical Biology majors), plus two additional courses toward the major. For applicants to all majors in the College of Chemistry, completion of additional chemistry, mathematics, calculus-based physics and some biology is encouraged.

CONTACT: Undergraduate Majors Office, College of Chemistry, 420 Latimer Hall #1460, (510) 642-3452.

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Transfer applicants are screened for completion of all prerequisite courses and required units by the end of the preceding spring term. CONTACT: Student Affairs Office, College of Engineering, 308 McLaughlin Hall, (510) 642-7594.

COLLEGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN

Transfer applicants must complete all prerequisite coursework prior to transfer. The College accepts no more than 18 units in transferable design, architecture, landscape architecture or urban studies courses toward the 60 semester unit minimum for junior transfer eligibility.

CONTACT: Undergraduate Office, College of Environmental Design, 232 Wurster Hall, (510) 642-0832.

COLLEGE OF LETTERS AND SCIENCE

Students are not admitted directly into majors in the College. They are admitted with pre-major status and must formally apply for admission to the major after enrolling at Berkeley and satisfying other requirements as specified by the department.

Transfer applicants are screened for completion of lower division general education requirements and major preparation.

CONTACT: Office of Undergraduate Advising, College of Letters and Science, 113 Campbell Hall, (510) 642-1483.

COLLEGE OF NATURAL RESOURCES

Transfer applicants are screened for completion of major prerequisites and content of the personal statement. Applicants should use the personal statement to discuss their educational and career objectives in relation to their intended major.

Though IGETC does not fully satisfy lower-division requirements for College of Natural Resources (CNR) majors, students may use a completed IGETC to satisfy Berkeley’s Reading and Composition requirement and certain breadth requirements for some majors (Conservation and Resource Studies, Environmental Economics and Policy, and Environmental Sciences). Students may find they can take fewer courses overall if they focus on fulfilling the lower-division
requirements for their CNR major. Most of the relevant articulated course listings can
be found at ASSIST. Students should complete the courses approved for Berkeley’s
Reading and Composition requirement if they do not complete IGETC.

CONTACT:

Conservation and Resource Studies/Molecular Environmental Biology: Maire Lanigan, (510) 642-4249, mlanigan@nature.berkeley.edu

Environmental Sciences: Siska Phlips, (510) 643-9479, es-help@nature.berkeley.edu

Environmental Economics and Policy: Gail Vawter, (510) 642-3347, gail@are.berkeley.edu

Forestry and Natural Resources/Society and Environment: Shandrika Combs, (510) 642-6730, scombs@nature.berkeley.edu

Genetics and Plant Biology, Microbial Biology: Kyle Dukart, (510) 642-5167, or Marjorie Ensor, (510) 642-1986, PMBadvisor@nature.berkeley.edu

Molecular Toxicology/Nutritional Science: Tammy Soulsby, (510) 642-2879, tsoulsby@berkeley.edu

Nutrition: Susan Cass, (510) 642-2879, susanc@nature.berkeley.edu