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 Policy Major
  ESP 123 (field course requirement)
  A biome-level course (e.g. ESM/PLS 144 or equivalent)
  An organismal biology course and lab (e.g. WFC 110 and lab)
• 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, Human, or GIScience (4 units)
  Area E Integrative ad 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