UC Davis General Catalog, 2006-2008 - General Catalog - UC Davis

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ticular set of required courses with a specified grade point average
(usually well above a C average), may be introduced as conditions
for acceptance into any major at any time.
If your performance is unsatisfactory after you have declared a
major program, you may be required by the dean to withdraw
from that major, upon written recommendation from the chair of
the department or the curriculum committee that administers the
major.
Change of Major Within a College
To change from one major to another within a college, you need
the consent of the department or committee in charge of your proposed
new major. Admission into a major program may be denied
by the program or by the dean if your grade point average (GPA)
in courses required for the selected major is less than 2.000.
Procedures for change of major within a college are the same as for
declaration of major and the same conditions apply. If you wish to
change to a major that has admission restrictions, you must comply
with the special procedures and requirements for that major.
Except under unusual circumstances, no change of major will be
permitted after you attain senior standing (135 units). It is not
possible to change or declare a major in the quarter in which you
file to graduate.
College of Biological Sciences. Students who wish to change
their major after completing 135 units should include a quarterby-quarter
graduation plan with the change of major petition.
Changes of major will not be permitted by the Dean after the
beginning of the quarter of the student's graduation.
College of Engineering. The above provisions may not apply
to students in the College of Engineering, whose freedom to
change majors is limited. Requirements for changing to a College
of Engineering major vary by major and can be found at
http://engineering.ucdavis.edu or by contacting the Undergraduate
Advising Office (530) 752-1979.
Change of Major Accompanied by Change of
College
A change petition, available at the dean's office and Office of the
University Registrar, must be endorsed by a faculty adviser of the
new major you are selecting and signed by the dean of the college
from which you wish to transfer. In addition, admission to the new
college will require that dean's approval. To obtain that approval,
you must be in good academic standing, meet all minimum GPA
criteria, including those for the major, and satisfy any other admission
requirements established by the new college.
College of Biological Sciences. Students who wish to change
their major and college after completing 135 units should include
a quarter-by-quarter graduation plan with the change of major
petition. Changes of major will not be permitted by the Dean after
the beginning of the quarter of the student's graduation.
College of Engineering. Requirements for changing to a
College of Engineering major vary by major and can be found at
http://engineering.ucdavis.edu or by contacting the Undergraduate
Advising Office (530) 752-1979.
Multiple Majors
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. A student
choosing to major in multiple majors must petition the departments/programs/divisions
responsible for the major(s) and the
dean of the college. The dean’s approval of declaration for multiple
majors is subject to the following:
1. Eighty percent of the upper division units offered in satisfaction
of course and unit requirements of each major must be unique;
that is, they may not be offered in satisfaction toward the upper
division unit requirements of any of the other selected majors.
Courses with substantial overlap in content will not count as
part of the 80 percent. Departmental advisers may approve only
one course for substitution when considering the 80 percent in
upper division courses and units required for each major.
2. When unit requirements of the majors included in a request differ,
the major with the smaller number of upper division units
required should be used to compute the minimal unit difference
that must be met.
3. A student in good academic standing and with a minimum of a
C average in the upper division courses taken toward the major
may elect to declare simultaneously more than one major within
the college or a combination of majors offered by the college
and other undergraduate colleges on campus.
4. Combinations of majors offered by a single department/program/division
are not allowed. Multiple majors will not be
approved for the following majors: biochemistry and molecular
biology; biological sciences; cell biology; evolution and ecology;
genetics; microbiology; neurobiology, physiology, and behavior;
plant biology.
College of Biological Sciences. Admission into multiple majors is
subject to the approval of offices in charge of the majors involved
and the dean of the college. Departments, sections, curriculum
committees and other teaching units, singly or collectively, as well
as faculty advisers have the right to disapprove a student's request
for a multiple major.
Approval of a request to declare more than one major is subject to
the following:
1. Eighty percent of the upper division units used to satisfy
requirements in each major must be unique; that is, they may
not be offered in satisfaction of requirements of any of the other
majors involved.
2. If the major programs differ in the number of upper division
units required, the major program requiring the smaller number
of upper division units will be used to compute the minimum
number of units that must be unique.
3. In determining that the 80 percent requirements have been satisfied,
advisers and the Dean must count both specific courses
and courses with substantial overlap of content as common to
the majors involved.
4. Students must complete all majors within the 225-unit limit.
5. Students may only petition for a multiple major after completing
two Depth Subject Matter courses in each major.
A student who completes all requirements for approved multiple
majors in which one major normally leads to an B.A. degree and
another normally leads to a B.S. degree, will receive a B.A.S.
degree. A single degree is granted to students who graduate with
multiple majors.
College of Engineering. Engineering has several established combined
majors. In addition to the combined majors, students may
choose to complete multiple engineering majors. Enrollment in an