Regulations of the
Academic Senate
University of California
400. Medical and Physical Examinations (Rp 30 May 73)
Chapter 1. Publication of Admission Requirements
410.
Chapter 2. Admission to Freshman Standing
418. {SR 418 as set forth below, is to be valid for freshmen entering the University through spring 2006}
Each applicant for admission must submit scores either in the SAT I: Reasoning Test or the American College Test. The applicant must also submit scores in three tests of the SAT II: Subject Test of the College Board. The SAT II tests must include English Composition (i.e., Writing Test), Mathematics, and one from the following areas: English Literature, Foreign Language, Science, or Social Studies. (Am 4 May 95: Am 28 May 2003)
The minimum scores acceptable shall be determined by the Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools, and may vary depending upon the overall grade-point record of the applicant.
418. {SR 418 as set forth below, is to be valid for freshmen entering the University as of fall 2006}
Each Applicant for admission must submit scores on an approved core test of Mathematics, Language Arts, and Writing. The applicant must also submit scores on approved supplementary subject matter tests to be taken in two different "a-f" subject areas: History/Social Science, English, Mathematics, Laboratory Science, Language other than English, or Visual and/or Performing Arts. (Am 4 May 95; Am 28 May 2003)
Approval of tests shall be determined by the Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools, with the concurrence of Academic Council and the Assembly of the Academic Senate. The minimum scores acceptable shall be determined by the Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools, and may vary depending upon the overall grade-point record of the applicant. (Am 28 May 2003)
Article 2. Admission of Graduates of Secondary Schools in California
An applicant whose test scores required by Regulation 418 meet the specified minimums, and who is a graduate of a secondary school in California which satisfies the conditions of Bylaw 145.B.5, will be admitted on the presentation of a transcript of record, signed by the principal of the school, showing the completion, with a satisfactory scholarship record, of the preparatory subjects (amounting to at least 16 standard entrance units) required for admission to the University. [See SR 424.] The form of certificate employed shall be determined by the University of California. Subject to limitations imposed by enrollment ceilings, students so admitted may enroll in any University curriculum. (Am 19 May 69, CC 2 May 77; Am 26 May 82)
Each college retains the right to recommend to the Academic Senate its specific requirements for the Bachelor's degree in the various curricula of the college. Each college is to announce these specific requirements and to advise prospective students that failure wisely to select prerequisite high school and lower division courses may prevent graduation in four years. [See SR 412.]
Candidates applying for admission on the basis of a transcript of record from a secondary school in California must satisfy the requirements specified in this regulation. (Am 2 Jun 77; Am 26 May 82; Am 3 May 90; Am 24 May 00)
A minimum of 16 high school units must be completed during grades 9-12. At least 15 units must be academic or college preparatory units of courses in English, mathematics, laboratory science, foreign language, history, social science and visual and performing arts; however, courses in mathematics (algebra and geometry) and foreign languages taken in grades 7 and 8 may be included in the required 15 units if these courses are accepted by the high school as equivalent to high school courses. At least 7 of the 15 academic or college preparatory units must be completed during the candidate's last two years in high school. (Rev 4 May 1995)
The following subject requirements must be satisfied through the completion of approved courses of study as provided in Bylaw 145.B.5.
[SR 424 (A)(2)(f), as set forth below, is effective for all students entering the University prior to fall 2003. Students entering the University in fall 2003 or later will be governed by 424(A)(2)(f)-(g) as set forth immediately below this regulation subsection]
[SR 424(A)(2)(f-g) as set forth below is effective for all students entering the University in fall 2003 or later. SR 424(A)(2)(f) as set forth above governs students entering the University prior to fall 2003.]
When applying for admission to the University of California on the basis of a transcript of record, a graduate of a secondary school in California, which satisfies the conditions of Bylaw 145.B.5, shall present a properly certified high school record showing the completion of the specific subject requirements (A)(2)(a)-(f), the year each course was taken, and the grade obtained in each course. [See SR 420.]
Deficiencies either in the subject or grade requirements of SR 424 may be removed:
Students applying for admission to regular standing in the University from other collegiate institutions may use courses taken in residence at such institutions to remove deficiencies either in the subject or grade requirements of SR 424.
A graduate of a secondary school in California which does not satisfy the conditions of Bylaw 145 will be admitted to the University only by achieving satisfactory scores in such examinations given by the College Board as may be prescribed for each applicant by the Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools. (Am 4 May 95)
Article 3. Admission of Candidates Other than Graduates of Secondary Schools in California
Graduates of high schools or other secondary schools outside of California will be admitted by examination in accordance with the provisions of SR 440. However, a graduate of an accredited high school or other secondary school outside of California may be admitted to the University, without examination, provided that the applicant has been graduated from a four-year course of not less than 15 standard secondary units; and has met the subject and grade requirements specified in SRs 424 and 428.
Candidates who are not graduates of a high school or other secondary school will be admitted according to the provisions of SR 440.
To all applicants for admission whose vernacular is other than English, unless they come with satisfactory credentials from an institution in which the language of instruction is English, the Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools gives an examination in English, both written and oral, to determine whether the applicant is able to follow lectures and to profit by class exercises. No credit is assigned on the basis of this examination. Applicants who do not pass this examination will not be admitted to the University.
The Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools
regards the native language of a person educated in a language other than
English as taking the place of the English of the American student, and
looks upon the English acquired by such student as a foreign language of
the student. The amount of credit which a student receives for that native
language, when it takes the place of English, depends upon the character
of the school at which the student received secondary training. For a twelve-year
course, in an acceptable school, a person educated in a language other than
English normally receives four units of matriculation credit in English.
This is the maximum amount of matriculation credit allowed such a student
for the student's native language. [See SR 480.] (Am 26 May 82)
Graduates of approved schools and colleges in
China and Japan are allowed to substitute a satisfactory course in the history
of their own country for United States history, and also to substitute satisfactory
courses in Asian law, language, and literature for the matriculation requirements
in English. Such concessions will be granted only to those who furnish properly
endorsed official records of their work in China and Japan, and whose work
in other departments of study satisfies the requirements for admission. (Repealed 20 Feb 2008)
Special students who wish to transfer to regular status may receive matriculation credit on the basis of advanced continuation courses completed in the University with a grade of not lower than "C." Credit is allowed for high school science courses only when such courses are a printed prerequisite to the college course completed by the applicant.
Chapter 3. Admission to Advanced Standing
Admission of students to advanced standing in the academic colleges is under the jurisdiction of the Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools.
Application for examination for advanced standing on the basis of work done before entrance to the University should be made to the appropriate Admissions Officer upon entrance to the University.
Applicants may be given advanced standing in the University on the basis of certificates from other colleges and universities, upon the approval of the certificates by the Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools. The Board is empowered to adopt with regard to other collegiate institutions such working rules as may seem proper, to reject the certificates, in whole or in part, to defer the final granting of credit in advanced standing pending the completion, by the applicant, of satisfactory work in residence at the University, and to require examinations in any or all of the subjects offered. Applications for supplementary credit on the basis of work done before entering the University should be filed with the appropriate Admissions Officer at the time of application for admission.
Applicants for admission to the University by transfer from other collegiate institutions must meet one of the following four requirements. (Am 4 May 95)
An applicant who met the requirements for Admission to Freshman Standing specified in Chapter 2 of this Title may be admitted to the University provided the applicant has maintained a grade-point average of at least 2.0 in all transferable college course work.
An applicant who met the requirements for Admission to Freshman Standing specified in Chapter 2 of this Title with the exception of the tests specified in SR 418 and/or the Specific Requirements specified in SR 424 (A) (2) may be admitted to the University provided the applicant has maintained a grade-point average of at least 2.0 in all transferable college course work and has remedied the deficiencies by
completing with a grade of C or higher one transferable college course (3 semester or 4-5 quarter units) for each missing high school subject specified in SR 424 (A) (2) and
completing with a grade of C or higher 12 semester (18 quarter) units of transferable college course work in case not all tests specified in SR 418 have been taken.
An applicant who did not meet the requirements specified in (A) or (B) may be admitted to the University provided the applicant has completed 60 semester (90 quarter) units of transferable college course work, has maintained a grade-point average of at least 2.4 in transferable college course work, and has completed all of the following with a grade of C or higher:
Two transferable college courses (3 semester or 4-5 quarter units each) in English Composition. One of the English Composition courses is to be equivalent in level to the transferable course which would satisfy (on some campuses only in part) the English Composition requirement at the University. The second course can be (but is not required to be) the 'English Composition/ Critical Thinking' course used to satisfy part of the English Communication requirement of the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum specified in SR 478. Courses designed exclusively for the satisfaction of remedial composition requirements as defined in SR 761 cannot be used to satisfy this requirement.
One transferable college course (3 semester or 4-5 quarter units) in Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning.
Four additional transferable college courses (3 semester or 4-5 quarter units each) chosen from at least two of the following subject areas: the Arts and Humanities; the Social and Behavioral Sciences; and the Physical and Biological Sciences.
Applicants who at the time of graduation from high school do not meet the criteria of Regulations 418 and 424, but who stand in the upper 12.5 percent of their graduating classes, as determined by criteria established by BOARS, and who have achieved a GPA of at least 2.8 in such of the courses prescribed by Regulation 424 as they have completed, may apply simultaneously for admission to a California Community College and for conditional admission to a campus of the University, subject to the satisfaction at the Community College of the provisions of Regulation 476 B and C.
The courses acceptable under (B) and (C) will be determined by the Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools. The Board may waive requirements (C) (1), (C) (2), and (C) (3) upon the presentation of appropriate test scores.
When four or more UC Senate Divisions agree to accept a course from a given California Community College as transferable for preparation for a specific major, the course will be deemed as transferable for the same major at all UC Senate Divisions one year after notification of the divisions. Similarly, if four or more Senate Divisions agree to accept a set of courses as adequate for lower-division major-preparation for a UC upper-division major discipline, that set of courses will be deemed as accepted for lower-division preparation in the same major at all the UC Senate Divisions one year after notification of the Senate Divisions. During the year following initial notification, individual Senate Divisions may decline to participate in the agreement. Additionally, all Senate Divisions will be given an annual opportunity to opt out of any previous obligation resulting from this regulation. The Academic Council or the senate agency it so designates shall advise the President on the implementation of this regulation so as to ensure that there is adequate notice for all Senate Divisions, that Senate Divisions have an annual opportunity to opt out of this obligations, and that community college students who intend to transfer to UC are minimally affected by a Senate Division's decision to no longer accept a course or set of courses.
Applicants for admission to the University by transfer can fulfill the lower division Breadth and General Education (B/GE) requirements by completion of the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum. (En 5 May 88) (Am 3 May 90)
The Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum and the guidelines and specifications that apply to its fulfillment are provided in the following table:
Systemwide Lower Division Breadth
and General Education Requirements
for Students who Transfer to the University of California
|
|
Univ. of California Minimum Requirement |
Transfer Minimum Requirement |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1) | Foreign Language | Proficiency | Proficiency |
| 2) | English Composition | 2 semesters or | 6 semester |
| 3 quarters | units | ||
| 3) | Mathematics/ | 1 semester or | 3 semester |
| Quantitative Reasoning | 2 quarters | units | |
| 4) | Arts and Humanities | 3 semesters or | 9 semester |
| 4 quarters | units | ||
| 5) | Social and Behavioral | 3 semesters or | 9 semester |
| Sciences | 4 quarters | units | |
| 6) | Physical and/or | 2 semesters or | 6 semester |
| Biological Sciences | 3 quarters | units | |
| Totals | 11 semesters or | 34 semester | |
| 16 quarters | units |
Foreign Language. This requirement may be fulfilled by completion of two years of a foreign language in high school with a grade of C or better, or equivalent proficiency demonstrated by college courses, or by such performance on tests as a minimum score of 550 in an appropriate College Board Achievement Test for a foreign language.
English Composition. The English Composition requirement is fulfilled by completion of one-year of lower division English Composition. However, courses in "Critical Thinking" which provide instruction in composition of substantial essays as a major component and require students to write a sequence of such essays, may be used to fulfill the second semester of this requirement. These courses must have English 1A or its equivalent as a prerequisite. Courses designed exclusively for the satisfaction of remedial composition cannot be counted toward fulfillment of the English Composition requirement. (Am 3 May 90)
Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning. One-semester or two-quarter courses in mathematics or mathematical statistics. This requirement may be fulfilled by attainment of a minimum score of 600 in the Mathematics Section of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), or 550 in the College Board Achievement Test in Mathematics (Level I or Level II). Courses on the application of statistics to particular disciplines may not be used to fulfill this requirement.
Courses taken to fulfill the B/GE requirements in the subject areas that follow, Arts and Humanities, Social and Behavioral Sciences, and Physical and Biological Sciences, should provide a broad foundation for understanding and learning to think critically, write, and speak about the biological and physical world, and the most important features and accomplishments of civilization. In addition to knowledge and appreciation, courses should stress principles and concepts that unify knowledge as well as the methods of investigation that characterize specific disciplines. The brief descriptions in subparagraphs 4), 5) and 6) are provided only as examples of the types of courses that could be used to meet these requirements. (Am 3 May 90)
Arts and Humanities. Courses that can be used to fulfill this requirement include courses in drama, music, dance or the visual arts, history, literature, classical studies, religion, and philosophy. At least one course shall be taken in the Arts and one in the Humanities. Courses in the Arts may include performance or studio components; however, courses that are primarily performance or studio art courses cannot be used to satisfy this requirement.
Social and Behavioral Sciences. Courses in anthropology, economics, ethnic studies, political sciences, psychology, sociology, or from an interdisciplinary social science sequence. The courses must be selected so that they are from at least two different disciplines. (Am 3 May 90)
Physical and Biological Sciences. Courses in biology, chemistry, physics, or physical sciences with the exception of courses in mathematics. One course must be in a physical science, the other in a biological science, and at least one must include a laboratory. (Am 3 May 90)
University Policy for the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (Am 3 May 90)
The University's policy for the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum is as follows:
To fulfill the lower division B/GE requirements prior to transferring to the University of California, a student has the option of fulfilling the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum or fulfilling the specific requirements of the school or college of the campus to which the student will transfer.
If the lower division B/GE requirements are not satisfied prior to transfer, the student will be subject to the regulations regarding B/GE lower division requirements of the school or college of the campus to which the student transfers, with the following exception. A student may fulfill the lower division B/GE requirements by fulfilling the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) after the transfer, provided all four of the following conditions are met. (Am 25 Feb 99)
A student may complete a maximum of two courses of the IGETC after transfer.
Either (1) The last-attended community college must certify the IGETC area(s) and the one or two courses yet to be completed, and that the lack of these courses was for good cause such as illness or class cancellation, OR (2) for students intending to major in the physical and biological sciences, the last-attended community college must certify that the student has substantially completed the articulated lower division courses for the major and that the student has completed the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum except for (i) one course in Arts and Humanities and (ii) one course in Social and Behavioral Sciences; students in this category may satisfy the IGETC requirement in Physical and Biological sciences with a year-long sequence in a single laboratory science. (Am 11 May 2005)
A student who has been approved to complete one or two IGETC courses after transfer may take a certified IGETC course in the area remaining to be completed at any California community college subject to the UC campus rules regarding concurrent enrollment or, at the option of the UC campus, may take approved substitute courses at that UC campus.
The IGETC must be completed within one academic year (two semesters or three quarters plus any summer that might intervene) of the student's transfer to UC.
Article 2. Language Credit for Foreigners
480.A student whose native language is not English and who has completed at least nine years of education conducted in that native language may receive credit for language courses in it only if the courses are advanced courses at the upper division level. College credit for literature in the native language is allowed only for courses taken in native institutions of college grade, or for upper division and graduate courses actually taken at the University of California or at another English-speaking institution of approved standing. (See SR 456.) (Am 26 May 82)
Chapter 4. Admission to Special Status and to Limited Status
490.The Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools, or its designated agents, shall ascertain the qualifications of applicants for special status under policies laid down by the Board. The admission of such students requires the approval of the dean of the college or school in which they seek to enroll. Applicants must be at least twenty-one years old, and no applicant will be admitted directly from high school.
Applicants for admission to limited status may be admitted by the Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools, or its designated agents. The program of courses to be pursued by each such applicant must have been approved, either (A) in the case of an applicant who seeks eventual admission to regular status in a professional school, by the dean of that school, who shall certify that completion of the proposed program, with such grades as may have been specified, will qualify the applicant to be considered for admission to regular status in the school, or (B) in the case of an applicant who desires to satisfy some other definite need or interest, by the dean of the college or school in which the student will enroll. In each case, the applicant's proposed program of courses and the specified period of time for which the applicant is to be admitted must have been finally approved by the dean of the appropriate college or school. An applicant will not be admitted to limited status for the sole purpose of raising a low scholarship average. [See SR 314.]
Chapter 5. Transfer of Students
500.Any student may be transferred from one college or school of the University to another upon the approval of the dean or other responsible officer or committee of the college or school to which admission is sought. A form of petition for such transfer is supplied by the Registrar. The dean or other responsible officer or committee of the college or school to which the student is transferred shall determine the extent to which courses completed prior to the transfer may be accepted in satisfaction of the degree requirements of that college or school.
Transfer of Breadth/GE Requirements (En 7 May 87)
Chapter 1. General Requirements for Admission
510.Persons holding the degree of Bachelor of Arts, Letters, Philosophy, or Science, from a reputable institution authorized by law to confer those degrees, and maintaining standards for those degrees accepted by the Graduate Council concerned as equivalent to those of the University of California, or holding any other degree or certificate which the Graduate Council concerned may accept as equivalent, may be admitted as graduate students in the University of California, provided that the official credentials presented show that the scholarship requirements imposed by the Council of the Graduate Division concerned are satisfied. Applicants whose purpose is to become candidates for a second Bachelor's degree will, however, not be admitted as graduate students. [See SRs 300, 650.] (EC 3 Nov 69)
Chapter 2. Examination of English for Foreign Students
520.Entering foreign graduate students are required to pass the regular examination in English required of entering foreign undergraduate students. [See SR 454.]
Credit toward a University degree may be earned only for work or examinations for which a student has registered. Such registration requires prior approval by the Faculty concerned, but the appropriate Graduate Council may grant exceptions to persons seeking higher degrees. With the approval of the appropriate Faculty, under written petition a student in good standing who is enrolled in a limited amount of regular class work may undertake certain matriculation or University examinations for advanced standing.
No student may enter upon any organized instructional activity until registered and enrolled with the approval of the appropriate study list authority. No student may begin or continue a course if the officer of instruction in charge considers the student unqualified by lack of preparation. Late registration may not be used to justify inadequate performance in a course.
544. (Rescinded 13 May 97; En 27 May 99; Am 28 Feb 01)
Registration in special studies courses for undergraduates must be approved by the chair (or equivalent) of each department concerned. This approval must be based upon a written proposal submitted to the chair. (En 19 May 69)