Required Review of Student Progress

Transfer students who have not met the following requirements prior to transfer will be allowed a maximum of three quarters at UCSD to satisfy any unmet requirements.

Continuing as a Biology major will be contingent upon the following:

1. Students must complete eight of the following courses or equivalent.

· BILD 1, BILD 2, BILD3
· Chemistry 6A, Chemistry 6B, Chemistry 6C
· Math 10A/20A, Math10B/20B, Math 10C/11+11L/20C
(Molecular Biology majors MUST take Math 20 series)

· Physics 1A+1AL/2A, Physics1B+1BL/2B, Physics 1C+1CL/2C

· Chemistry 140A, Chemistry 140B

· BIBC 103

· BICD 100

2. A student's highest six grades from the minimum eight courses (or equivalent) listed above will be used to calculate a GPA which must be at least a 2.5.  Instructions on how to calculate a specific GPA.

3. Students who do not meet these requirements will be dropped from the biology major and changed to undeclared.


Again, Transfer students who have not met the above requirements prior to transfer will be allowed a maximum of three quarters to satisfy any unmet requirements.

NOTE: These requirements are only part of the Divisional requirements for Biology majors. You are still required to complete the full, three-quarter series of Math, Chemistry and Physics, including appropriate lab courses.