BS Sustainability Studies at University of California, Riverside

Programme overview

The Sustainability Studies BS is housed in the Department of Gender and Sexuality Studies and takes a social justice approach, defining sustainability as the pursuit of a livable world for all life at present and in the future.

Faculty: College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences | Department: Gender and Sexuality Studies | Study mode: full-time | Location: Riverside, CA, United States

What you will study

Lower division: 4 courses (14-16 units) including GSST 001 and 021, two natural/earth/environmental science courses and one quantitative methods course. Upper division: 9 courses (36 units) including GSST 100, two GSST courses (one on gender and sustainability), four electives in areas such as environmental policy and politics, health and medicine, and science and technology, and the senior capstone GSST 191A and 191C.

Career pathways

Health care, public service, policy advocacy, education and social activism, plus government, industry, education and nonprofit roles, or graduate study.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Admission is to the University (and its college), not to the major unless stated. First-year applicants need a minimum 3.0 GPA (3.4 for non-California residents) in UC-approved A-G courses from grades 10-11, with required years in history/social science (2), English (4), mathematics (3), science (2), language other than English (2), visual and performing arts (1) and a college-preparatory elective (1); four of eight personal insight questions are answered; SAT/ACT scores are not considered. Applicants educated in a non-English-instruction system show English proficiency (for example TOEFL iBT or Duolingo 115 as listed on the admissions site). Source: admissions.ucr.edu/freshman (applies to the University, not specifically to this major). The catalog notes that new student registration in this program is not open at present.

Fall quarter entry (September); the first-year UC application is accessed from Aug. 1 and submitted Oct. 1-Nov. 30. Transfer admission is also for fall quarter. UCR operates on a quarter system.

UC Riverside operates a quarter system. Summer begins mid-June, Fall late September, Winter early January and Spring late March/early April. Most graduate programmes admit and begin in the Fall quarter only.

First-year applicants: the UC application opens Aug. 1 and is submitted Oct. 1-Nov. 30; admission notifications begin in March; the Statement of Intent to Register is due May 1; FAFSA/CA Dream Act priority deadline is March 2. UCR does not consider SAT or ACT scores in admission decisions or scholarships.

Transfer applicants: TAG applications are submitted Sept. 1-30; UC applications Oct. 1-Nov. 30; admission notifications begin in April; the Statement of Intent to Register is due June 1.

The UC application fee is $80 for each UC campus, with a fee waiver available through the application. Applications are made through the UC application.

Apply through the official page: https://admissions.ucr.edu/apply

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