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UC SAN DIEGO COLLEGES

FIRST-YEAR GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

REVELLE

MUIR

MARSHALL

WARREN

ROOSEVELT

SIXTH

Est. 2019 | seventh.ucsd.edu

Est. 2022 | eighth.ucsd.edu

Where the sciences, arts, and humanities join to educate and inspire multidisciplinary scholars.

Celebrating the Independent Spirit.

Preparing Students to be Scholars and Citizens.

Toward a life in balance.

Developing world citizens through scholarship, leadership and service.

Innovative - Interconnected Aware: Cultivating curious minds to tackle the complex challenges of our time.

Interdisciplinary explorations of our changing planet.

Engagement and community.

QUARTER COURSES

Humanities 5-course sequence includes intensive university-level writing.

2 Muir College Writing Program 2-course sequence, MCWP 40 & 50.

3 Dimensions of Culture Diversity, Justice and Imagination, includes intensive university-level writing.

Mathematics 3 courses in mathematics to include one course in calculus and two courses chosen from an approved list.

Est. 1964 | revelle.ucsd.edu

Natural Science 5 courses to include 1 course in each Biology, Chemistry, Physics and 2 additional natural science courses from an approved list. Separate sequences available for science and non science majors.

Social Science

Fine Arts Selected from Music, Theatre & Dance or Visual Arts.

0-4 Language other than English Can be met by proficiency or coursework.

Est. 1967 | muir.ucsd.edu

3 Social Sciences 3 Social Science. 3 Mathematics or Natural Sciences A 3-course sequence. Options are available for non-science majors. 6 Fine Arts, Language other than English or Humanities Two 3-course sequences from two of these areas. "Sequences must come from a defined set of courses, typically in one department or area of study.

Est. 1970 | marshall.ucsd.edu

2 Mathematics, Statistics and Logic 2 courses chosen from an approved list. Choices available for non-science majors. 3 Natural Science 1 course each in Biology, Chemistry and Physics; choices available for nonscience majors. 2 Humanities and Cultural Studies 2 courses in specified domestic and selective global cultures. 1 Fine Arts 1 appreciation-based course in Music, Theatre & Dance or Visual Arts. 4 Disciplinary Breadth 4 courses outside of your major; 2 must be upperdivision; 1 must be writing intensive. Public Service option may fulfill one upperdivision disciplinary breadth requirement.

Est. 1974 | warren.ucsd.edu

Warren College Writing Program 2-course sequence of intensive instruction in university-level argumentative writing.

Ethics and Society

Formal Skills Calculus, Symbolic Logic, Computer Programming and/or Statistics.

12 Programs of Concentration (PofCs) for B.A./B.S. degrees (except engineering) 2 PofCs, not related to each other and outside the major discipline. Each PofC contains 6 courses. 6

Area Studies for B.S. degrees in engineering 2 Area Studies, 1 in the Humanities/Fine Arts and 1 in the Social Sciences. Each containing 3 courses. – Optional, a minor may be used in lieu of a PofC or Area Study if outside the major discipline and unrelated to the discipline of the other PofC or Area Study.

Est. 1988 | roosevelt.ucsd.edu

Est. 2001 | sixth.ucsd.edu

SEVENTH

Making of the Modern World 5-course sequence includes 2 quarters of intensive instruction in university-level writing.

3 Culture, Art and Technology Includes 1 quarter of critical reading and 2 quarters of intensive instruction in university-level writing and digital literacy.

3 Synthesis Courses • 2 lower-division courses of intensive instruction in university-level writing.

Quantitative and Formal Skills Choices available for science majors and non-science majors.

11 Breadth Requirement 1 Informatioin Technology Fluency (2 social science courses)

10 "Alternatives" Courses 2 from each of the following: • Arts

Natural Sciences Choices available for science majors and non-science majors.

0-4 Language other than English Can be met by proficiency or coursework. 1

Fine Arts

Regional Specialization Courses must be from one geographic region and at least 2 courses must be upper-division.

1 Social Analysis (2 social science courses) 2 Narrative, Aesthetic and Historical Reasoning (2 humanities courses) 2 Analytical and Scientific Methods (2 science courses) 1 Exploring Data (1 statistics course) 1 Structured Reasoning (1 math/logic course)

EIGHTH

4 Critical Community Engagement Courses • 2 writing-intensive courses

• 1 upper-division projectbased course.

• Humanities

• 1 community-engaged work course • 1 upper-division projectbased capstone course 10 Breadth Requirement Courses

• Social Sciences • Natural Science & Engineering • Quantitative Reasoning 1 High Impact Course (such as a departmental capstone, internship, practicum, mentored research, or study abroad)

Select two courses of interest from each of the following five areas: • Arts • Humanities • Natural Sciences • Quantitative Methods & Engineering • Social Sciences

2 Art Making 2 Upper-division Requirements Experiential learning course or project (can overlap with your major requirements). CAT 125: Public Rhetoric and Practical Communication.

First-Year applicants completing California Community College coursework, please note: Neither IGETC certification nor partial-IGETC completion may apply toward the fulfillment of UC San Diego college general education requirements for incoming first-year students. But transfer courses may still apply toward individual college General Education requirements.

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