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Credit Allocations

Students from quarter campuses will receive 19 quarter units. For fall and spring classes, students from semester campuses will enroll in an extra class and receive 15 semester units toward graduation. For summer classes, students from semester campuses will not need to enroll in the extra class and will receive 12.7 units toward graduation. Academic departments on each UC campus determine how credits from California Ecology and Conservation fulfill major, minor, and/or GE requirements. Below is the most current information we have about how the course credits map toward degree requirements. For departments not listed, students have the option to petition for application of credits toward major requirements. Students may also contact their academic advisor to discuss how course credits apply toward their personal course of study.


UC Berkeley

  • Integrative Biology Major
    Fulfills Group B and Lab OR Group B and Field Lab
  • Environmental Sciences Major (ESPM)
    4 units applied toward biological science elective units
    Students may petition to have additional units count toward one additional requirement area within the major
  • Molecular Environmental Biology Major (ESPM)
    Fulfills one lab requirement
    4 units applied to the area of concentration requirement
    Students may petition to have additional units count toward one additional requirement area within the major

UC Davis

  • Environmental Science and Management Major
    ESP 123 (fulfills field requirement)
    Fulfills biome-level course and lab
    Fulfills community ecology requirement
  • Evolution, Ecology & Biodiversity Major (A.B. and B.S.)
    Units approved as upper division electives toward major
    4 units could be used as one course for the Advanced Evolution & Ecology requirement
    4 units could be used as one course for the Biodiversity requirement
    Fulfills the lab/fieldwork requirement
  • Marine and Coastal Sciences Major
    Fulfills field requirement
    Fulfills research requirement
    Fulfills one focus or breadth class in Oceans and the Earth System
  • Wildlife, Fish, & Conservation Biology Major
    WFC 100/100L or WFC 101/101L or WFC 102/102L (3-7 units)
    WFC 10 or WFC 50 (3-4 units) or 1-2 courses in the Area of Specialization (3-10 units), by petition to the WFC Master Advisor

UC Irvine

  • Biological  Science Major
    Fulfills E166L Field Methods and two upper division biology electives
  • Earth System Science Major
    Fulfills EarthSS 114 Field Methods and two upper division electives (in HTE specialization if needed)
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Major
    Fulfills E166L Field Methods and two upper division biology electives
  • Environmental Science and Policy Major
    Under section C, fulfills one upper-division ESS elective and two of the three upper-division electives for the major. Students would still need to complete one ESS course, two UPPP courses, and one additional elective under section C.

UC Los Angeles

  • Ecology, Behavior and Evolution Major
    Field Biology Quarter (FBQ) equivalent. Fulfills the field quarter requirement.

UC Merced

Fall and Spring
  • Biological Sciences Major
    BIO 133/ESS 133 Flora of California (5 units)
    BIO 148/ESS 148 Ecology (4 units)
    BIO 149 & BIO 149F Conservation Biology (5 units)
    Upper division BIO elective (1 unit)
  • Earth Systems Science Major
    ESS 133/BIO 133 Flora of California (5 units)
    ESS 180 Field Methods in Earth Systems (4 units)
    ESS 149/BIO 149 Conservation Biology (4 units)
    Upper division Earth Systems Science elective (2 units)
Summer
  • Biological Sciences Major
    BIO 133/ESS 133 Flora of California (5 units)
    BIO 149 & BIO 149F Conservation Biology (5 units)
    Upper division BIO elective (2.7 units)
  • Earth Systems Science Major
    ESS 133/BIO 133 Flora of California (5 units)
    ESS 149/BIO 149 Conservation Biology (4 units)
    Upper division Earth Systems Science elective (3.7 units)

UC Riverside

  • Biology
    15 of the 19 units count toward upper division units, either for general credit or students can petition to have them substitute for particular classes; the remaining 4 units count as lower division general electives
  • Entomology
    8 of the 19 units count toward the major (two class equivalents decided on an individual basis); the remaining 11 units come out of the unrestricted life science credits (upper division)
  • Microbiology
    4 units of MCBL 190 or 197
    15 units of general electives
  • Plant Biology (Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics Concentration/Specialization only)
    7 units of upper division course work toward the “Additional Specialization Units” in the Ecology, Evolution, & Systematics Concentration Requirements
    2 units of BPSC 197 required for the PLBL major
    10 units of general electives

UC San Diego

  • Division of Biological Sciences majors:
    Credits may count toward two lab requirements and one elective. Please contact a Biology Advisor to determine the applicability of the course credits to your specific major.
  • Environmental Systems Major with Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution concentration (Physical Sciences):
    Three upper division electives in the major, one of which could count as the upper division lab requirement

UC Santa Barbara

  • Biological Sciences B.A. and B.S.
    (Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology)
    8 units of upper division biology electives

    Aquatic Biology Major
    Fulfills Subject Area E (8 units elective)

    Ecology and Evolution Major
    Fulfills Subject Area B1 (1 course—Area of Concentration Ecology)
    Fulfills Subject Area D (1 laboratory course)
    Fulfills Subject Area E (8 units elective)

    Physiology Major
    Fulfills Subject Area E (8 units elective)

    Zoology Major
    Fulfills Subject Area E (1 course—Ecology and Evolution Enrichment)
    Fulfills Subject Area G (1 laboratory course)
    Fulfills Subject Area E (8 units elective)

  • Biology Major (College of Creative Studies)
    Units count toward 48 upper division unit requirement
  • Environmental Studies Major
    Satisfies the outside concentration requirement. Students must follow the petition process for official approval.
  • Geography Department
    Geography BA
    Area 1. Physical Geography (4 units)
    Area A3. Additional units from Physical or Human (4 units)
    Area C. Integrative and Regional Geography (4 units)
    Non-major requirements upper division coursework (7 units)

     

    Geography BS
    Area 1. Physical Geography (4 units)
    Area C. Specialized Physical Geography (4 units)
    Area E. Integrative and Regional Geography (4 units)
    Non-major requirements upper division coursework (7 units)


    Geography BA-GIS
    Area B. Physical Geography (4 units)
    Area D. Additional units from Physical or Human (4 units)
    Area E Integrative and Regional Geography (4 units)
    Non-major requirements upper division coursework (7 units)


UC Santa Cruz

  • Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Department Majors
    (includes Ecology & Evolution, Marine Biology, and Plant Sciences majors)
    Three upper division electives, either topical or general EEB electives depending on major
    Senior exit requirement
  • Environmental Studies Major
    Three upper division courses

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