Selective Major Requirements

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.

TIP: Learn more about Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) credit and how the ASSIST website can help you.

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.

• College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences:
  • Biotechnology
  • Managerial Economics
  • Viticulture and Enology
• College of Biological Sciences, all majors
• College of Engineering, all majors
• College of Letters and Science:
  • Applied Physics, Physics
  • Computer Science
  • Economics
  • Mathematics
  • Pharmaceutical Chemistry
  • Psychology
  • Applied Mathematics (Effective Fall 2022)
  • Mathematical Analytical & Operations Research (Effective Fall 2022)
  • Mathematics & Scientific Computation (Effective Fall 2022)

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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