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Welcome to UCSD! The following information
about the Division of Biological Sciences is intended for freshmen at
UCSD. Biology Majors If you indicated that you wished to major in Biology on your SIR at the time of admission to UCSD, you were placed directly into the major of your choice. You should consult the catalog, your College Advisors, and the Biological Sciences Student Affairs advisors to plan a schedule that will allow you to complete your degree in a timely manner. Print your major requirements here!
Required Review of Student Progress NO LONGER ENFORCED Continuing as a Biology major will be contingent upon the following: 1. Students must complete eight of the following courses during their first five quarters. ·
BILD 1, BILD 2, BILD3 · 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 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. As a freshman,
you must complete these requirements by the end of your fifth quarter
ar UCSD with a GPA of at least 2.5. 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. Lab Requirement The Division of Biological Sciences will require students in all biology majors, with the exception of bioinformatics, to take one biology lab before the end of the sophomore year. Residency Requirement To receive a bachelor of science degree in biology from UCSD, all biology majors, including transfer students, must complete at least forty-eight or more units of upper-division course work. To receive a bachelor of science degree in biology from UCSD, all students must complete at least nine upper-division biology courses (each course must be at least four units) in the Division of Biological Sciences while officially enrolled at UCSD. (Students participating in the Education Abroad Program (EAP), and courses at other UC campuses, may petition up to three of these courses to count toward their residency minima.) Biology courses completed through the UC Extension program (concurrent enrollment) will not be counted toward this residency requirement. Changing Your Major If you enter UCSD under another major or are undeclared, you may change to the Biology major of your choice. Declaration of major forms are available on-line, at the Registrar's office, or at the Biology Student Affairs Office. Students changing to Biology will be subject to the same requirements in order to remain in the major as detailed in the previous section. All Change of Major forms will be reviewed and approved/denied by the Division of Biological Sciences. If your change of major form is approved, it will be forwarded to the UCSD Registrar's Office for final processing. No formal notification will be issued by either office. Students should check their TritonLink account to verfiy approval. AP Biology Credit Students who received a 4 or 5 on the Biology AP exam, will be exempt from BILD 1 and 2. Satisfactory Progress Your GPA in Biology coursework cannot fall
below 2.0 (a "C" average). If it does, you will be placed on academic
probation by the Division of Biological Sciences, and allowed one quarter
in which to raise your GPA. If you do not do so, you may be dropped
from the major. For More Information There are many sources of information and counseling available to you-your College Advisors, the Advisors in the Biology Student Affairs Office, and the UCSD Course Catalog. |
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