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The following information about the Division of Biological Sciences is intended to provide some basic information to transfer students.
New Transfer Information
You may print your major requirements from here. Select the quarter you entered UCSD and the major you wish to follow. Click on the link for the major you are interested in, and you will find a degree check and sample plan that you may print out.
Be sure to check www.assist.org, the official source for articulation and student transfer information. You will find how your lower division courses transfer. Please be aware that just because courses transfered from your community college DOES NOT mean that they are equivalent. If you took a course that does not appear on assist.org and you think it is equivalent, you must file an undergraduate student petition with Biology Student Affairs.
Residency Requirement
To receive a bachelor of science degree in biology from UCSD, all students must complete at least nine upper-division biology courses (each course must be at least four units) in the Division of Biological Sciences while officially enrolled at UCSD.
Note: Students with transfer course work need to fulfill the UCSD upper-division major requirement which consists of twelve or more upper-division courses (forty-eight or more units).
Changing Your Major to Biology
Please see our impacted major information here: http://biology.ucsd.edu/undergrad/enrollmentmanagement.html.
AP Biology Credit
Students admitted to UCSD fall 2008 and after who received a 4 or 5 on the Biology AP exam:
You will be exempt from BILD 1, BILD 2 and BILD 3. You will receive credit for these courses. If taken again, no credit will be given.
Students admitted to UCSD prior to fall 2008 and who received a 4 or 5 on the Biology AP exam:
You will be exempt from BILD 1 and BILD 2. You will receive credit for these courses. If taken again, no credit will be given.
Any student with a score of 3 on the Biology AP exam will give credit for BILD 10 regardless of when the student began at UCSD.
Satisfactory Progress
Your GPA in Biology coursework cannot fall below 2.0 (a "C" average). If it does, you will be placed on academic probation by the Division of Biological Sciences, and allowed one quarter in which to raise your GPA. If you do not do so, you may be dropped from the major.
For More Information
There are many sources of information and counseling available to you-your College Advisors, the Advisors in the Biological Sciences Student & Instructional Services Office, and the Biology Course Catalog.
