Departmental Requirements — UC Irvine

SCHOOL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Transfer applicants to Biological Sciences and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology must complete one year of general chemistry with a minimum GPA of 3.0 each semester and have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0. All other upper division majors require continuing students to obtain department preapproval.

CONTACT: Academic Counselor, School of Biological Sciences, 231 Steinhaus Hall, (949) 824-5318.

THE HENRY SAMUELI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

Transfer applicants are screened for the following (unless otherwise listed below): one year of approved calculus, one year of calculus-based physics with laboratory (mechanics, electricity, magnetism), completion of lower division writing and additional coursework as specified by major and listed in the UCI General Catalogue.

Applicants to majors in Aerospace Engineering and Mechanical Engineering are required to take one year of approved calculus, one year of calculus-based physics, one course in general chemistry with laboratory and two additional approved courses for the major.

Applicants to Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering: Premed and Chemical Engineering are required to take one year of approved calculus, one year of calculus-based physics, one year of chemistry with laboratory and one additional approved course for the respective major.

Applicants to Civil Engineering are required to take one year of approved calculus, one year of calculus-based physics and one course in chemistry with laboratory, or one year of chemistry with laboratory and one course in calculus-based physics with lab and three additional approved courses for the major.

Applicants to the Computer Science and Engineering major (offered jointly with the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences) are required to take one year of approved calculus, one year of calculus-based physics with laboratory, one year of Java programming and one additional approved course for the major.

Applicants to Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Engineering are required to complete one year of approved calculus, one year of calculus-based physics, one course in computational methods (e.g., C, C++) and two additional approved courses for the respective major.

CONTACT: Academic Counselor, The Henry Samueli School of Engineering, 305 Rockwell Engineering Center, 101 Engineering and Computing Trailer, (949) 824-4334.

CLAIRE TREVOR SCHOOL OF THE ARTS

Arts and Humanities

New applicants are not admitted directly to the Arts and Humanities major. The major in Arts and Humanities is an individualized program. Transfer applicants should apply for the Arts major in which they intend to focus.

Dance

Prospective Dance majors must demonstrate technical ability or potential in dance. Applicants must audition in ballet, modern and jazz. Applicants should follow the regular admission process.

Music

Prospective Music majors must demonstrate technical ability in music. Applicants must audition with an instrument or in voice for the B.Mus. program. Students with advanced performance backgrounds are encouraged to audition for the B.Mus. program. Levels of preparation necessary for both degrees are discussed in the UCI General Catalogue. Applicants should follow the regular admission process.

Music Theatere

Transfer Applicants: Prospective Musical Theatre majors in the Drama department
may audition as early as their second quarter of residence and must have a 3.0 GPA
in musical theater and acting courses.

CONTACT: Academic Counselor, Claire Trevor School of the Arts, 101 Mesa Arts Building, (949) 824-6646.

DONALD BREN SCHOOL OF INFORMATION AND COMPUTER SCIENCES

Transfer applicants to the major in Computer Science and Engineering (offered jointly with The Henry Samueli School of Engineering) are screened based on completion of and grades earned in the following courses: coursework equivalent to one year of calculus, one year of calculus-based physics with laboratory, one year of Java programming and one additional approved course for the major.

Applicants to either the Information and Computer Science major or the Computer Science major are screened based on completion of and grades earned in the following courses: coursework equivalent to one year of approved college mathematics consisting of one year of discrete mathematics if available or, if unavailable, first-year calculus; and one year of transferable computer science courses, involving concepts similar to those covered in C++, Java, Eiffel or another object-oriented high-level programming language. Programming-only courses are not acceptable.

Applicants to the major in Informatics are screened based on completion of and grades earned in the following courses: one year of approved college mathematics; courses equivalent to discrete mathematics, statistics or symbolic logic are strongly preferred (note: a semester each of precalculus and calculus is not sufficient to satisfy this requirement); one year of college-level English composition, academic, research or technical writing; and one year of transferable computer science courses involving concepts similar to those covered in C++, Java, Eiffel or another object-oriented high-level programming language. Programming-only courses are not acceptable.

Note: Since Java is used extensively in the curriculum, ICS, CS or Informatics students who come in without the ability to program in Java should plan to learn it, by studying on their own or by taking a Java programming course, prior to taking courses that assume knowledge of Java. Transfer students should also be aware that if they cannot obtain a Java course prior to their first quarter at UCI, they may be required to complete a Java-related course during their first quarter at UCI.

CONTACT: Academic Counselor, Bren School of ics Student Affairs, Information and Computer
Science, Suite 352, (949) 824-5156.

SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES

Humanities, Humanities and Arts

New applicants are not admitted directly to either the major in Humanities or the major in Humanities and Arts. Both majors are individualized programs. Freshman and sophomore applicants should select Humanities/Undeclared, while junior and senior transfer applicants should select a major in the School of Humanities.

CONTACT: Academic Counselor, School of Humanities, 143 Humanities Instructional Building, (949) 824-5132.

SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES

Transfer applicants are screened for completion of and grades earned in one year of approved calculus. In addition, Chemistry majors must complete one year of general chemistry with laboratory; Earth and Environmental Sciences majors must complete either one year of chemistry with laboratory or calculus-based physics with laboratory; Physics majors must complete one year of calculus-based physics with laboratory.

CONTACT: Academic Counselor, School of Physical Sciences, 180 Rowland Hall, (949) 824-6507.

COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES

Nursing Science

Transfer applicants to Nursing Science must complete a year of general chemistry with laboratory and a year of biological sciences equivalent to UCI’s Biological Sciences 93 and 97 with grades of B or better and have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0. Applicants also must submit a supplemental application with a personal statement, a résumé detailing experiences in health care and a letter of recommendation. A proctored essay and personal interview may also
be required.

CONTRACT: Academic Counselor, Program, in Nursing Science, Irvine Hall 244A, (949) 824-1514.

Public Health Policy and Public Health Sciences

Applicants to Public Health Policy must maintain a minimum overall GPA of 3.0 and must complete one year of courses in anthropology, economics, sociology and/or psychology. Applicants to Public Health Sciences must complete one year of general biology and one year of general chemistry with laboratory and maintain an overall GPA of 3.0 for admission consideration.

CONTACT: Academic Counselor, School of Social Ecology, 102 Social Ecology I, (949) 824-6861.

SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

Economics

Transfer applicants are screened for completion of the following courses: one year of micro- and macroeconomic theory, and one semester or two quarters of approved calculus.

CONTACT: Academic Counselor, School of Social Sciences, 370D Social Science Tower, (949) 824-6803.