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BA College Special Individual Major at University of California, San Diego

University of California, San Diego, United States

Programme overview

Student-designed major for students with a definite academic interest for which UC San Diego offers no suitable major. The programme is planned with a faculty advisor and approved by the college executive committee.

Faculty: Undergraduate Colleges  |  Department: Revelle College (individual major petition)  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: La Jolla, CA, United States

What you will study

The major is a coherent combination of courses comparable in depth and quality to a traditional major, planned quarter by quarter with the faculty advisor; social-science oriented individual majors require one statistics course and at least 75% of upper-division courses must be completed at UC San Diego.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Revelle College requirements: at least three full-time quarters completed at UC San Diego, at least a 3.0 UC GPA, good academic standing and no more than 150 units completed. The faculty advisor must be a regular UC San Diego faculty member of professorial rank, and the petition is submitted by the beginning of the junior year.

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