Degree programs in the College offer students a variety of intellectual challenges by combining a wide distribution of courses and the opportunity to specialize in one particular field. To this end, students are required to select lower-division courses that furnish general foundations of human knowledge. In upper-division courses, they concentrate on one major field of interest.
As described below, College students must satisfy UC requirements, College requirements, and department requirements for the Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree.
Courses that do not satisfy specific UC, College, or department requirements are referred to as electives and can be used to meet the minimum unit requirement for graduation.
The University of California has two requirements that undergraduate students must satisfy to graduate: Entry-Level Writing or English as a Second Language, and American History and Institutions. Students who do not satisfy the Entry-Level Writing requirement prior to enrollment must pass an approved course or other program prescribed by their UC campus of residence. Only after satisfying the Entry-Level Writing requirement can they take an English composition course for transfer credit after enrolling at UCLA. See degree requirements in Undergraduate Study for details.
