Major requirements for the College of Letters and Science

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Students applying for transfer admission to selective majors must meet additional course and GPA requirements. All courses must be taken for a letter grade with no grade less than C. All major preparatory course requirements must be completed by the end of spring term before fall enrollment.

Some majors in the College of Letters and Science have additional transfer requirements:

Students are expected to take courses comparable to the UC Davis course requirements as long as they are offered at the California community college (CCC) they attend. When the ASSIST website indicates “no comparable course” or “not articulated,” the selective major course requirement will be waived for UC Davis admission/TAG, but must be completed after enrolling at UC Davis. You can find CCC courses that are comparable to UC Davis courses using the ASSIST website.

To be well prepared, it is strongly recommended that students complete all lower-division coursework requirements for their major, as shown on the ASSIST website.


Preparation for specific majors

Applied Mathematics

Requirements in addition to general admission requirements and TAG requirements:

  • Complete the following courses and maintain a 3.00 GPA in the entire group of courses:
    • Mathematics 21A/B/C/D
    • Mathematics 22A OR Mathematics 67
    • Mathematics 22B

Applied Physics

Requirements in addition to general admission requirements and TAG requirements:

  • Complete the following courses and maintain a 3.00 GPA in the entire group of courses:   
    • Physics 9A/B/C/D OR Physics 9HA/HB/HC/HD/HE
    • Mathematics 21A/B/C/D
    • Mathematics 22A/B

Computer Science

Effective for Fall 2024: Computer Science is moving to the College of Engineering. Computer Science is closed to TAG. All students interested in applying to the Computer Science major may still submit the transfer UC application in November.


Data Science (beginning fall 2024)

Requirements in addition to general admission requirements:

  • Complete the following courses and maintain a 3.20 GPA in the entire group of courses:
    • Engineering Computer Science 032A, 032B
    • Mathematics 021A, 021B, 021C
    • Mathematics 022A
    • Statistics 013 or 035A

Data Science in the College of Letters and Science is closed to TAG. All students interested in applying to the Data Science major may still submit the transfer UC application in November.


Economics

Requirements in addition to general admission requirements and TAG requirements:

  • Complete the following courses and maintain a 2.50 GPA in the entire group of courses:
    • Mathematics 16A/B OR Mathematics 17A/B OR Mathematics 21A/B
    • Economics 1A/B

Additional Recommendations:

  • Statistics 13 

Mathematics

Requirements in addition to general admission requirements and TAG requirements:

  • Complete the following courses and maintain a 3.00 GPA in the entire group of courses:
    • Mathematics 21A/B/C/D
    • Mathematics 22A OR Mathematics 67
    • Mathematics 22B

Mathematical Analytics and Operations Research

Requirements in addition to general admission requirements and TAG requirements:

  • Complete the following courses and maintain a 3.00 GPA in the entire group of courses:
    • Mathematics 21A/B/C/D
    • Mathematics 22A OR Mathematics 67
    • Mathematics 22B

Mathematical and Scientific Computation

Requirements in addition to general admission requirements and TAG requirements:

  • Complete the following courses and maintain a 3.00 GPA in the entire group of courses:
    • Mathematics 21A/B/C/D
    • Mathematics 22A OR Mathematics 67
    • Mathematics 22B

Physics

Requirements in addition to general admission requirements and TAG requirements:

  • Complete the following courses and maintain a 3.00 GPA in the entire group of courses:   
    • Physics 9A/B/C/D OR Physics 9HA/HB/HC/HD/HE
    • Mathematics 21A/B/C/D
    • Mathematics 22A/B

Psychology

Requirements in addition to general admission requirements and TAG requirements:

  • Complete the following courses and maintain a 2.90 GPA in the entire group of courses:
    • Psychology 1
    • Statistics 13
    • Biological Science 2A
      OR
    • Biological Science 10
      AND one of the following courses:
      • Anthropology 1
      • Molecular and Cellular Biology 10
      • Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior 10

Additional tips

Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate credit

Visit our AP or IB exam articulation charts to find out whether your scores:

  • Earn UC transferable course credit.
  • Satisfy one UC-E (English), one UC-M (math) or another requirement of the UC 7-course pattern.
  • Meet selective major requirements specific to UC.
ASSIST

Visit the ASSIST website to identify which courses at your CCC:

  • Earn UC transferable course credit.
  • Satisfy the UC-E (English), UC-M (math) and other requirements of the UC 7-course pattern.
  • Meet selective major requirements specific to UC Davis.

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