Departmental Undergraduate Majors

Introduction

Departmental Undergraduate Majors

ANTHROPOLOGY

Anthropological (Archaeology) B.A.
Anthropology B.A.
Anthropology (Biological
Anthropology) B.A.

BIOENGINEERING (BE)

Bioengineering B.S.
Bioengineering: Premedical B.S.
Bioengineering: Biotechnology B.S.
Bioengineering: Bioinformatics B.S.

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, DIVISION OF

General Biology B.S.
Biology with a Specialization
in Bioinformatics B.S.
Animal Physiology and
Neuroscience B.S.
Biochemistry and Cell Biology B.S.
Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution B.S.
Human Biology B.S.
Microbiology B.S.
Molecular Biology B.S.

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING PROGRAM

Chemical Engineering B.S.

CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Chemistry B.S.
Biochemistry/Chemistry B.S.
Chemical Education B.S.
Chemical Physics B.S.
Chemistry/Earth Sciences B.S.
Environmental Chemistry B.A./B.S.
Molecular Synthesis B.S.
Pharmacological Chemistry B.S.
Bioinformatics from the Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry B.S.

COGNITIVE SCIENCE

Cognitive Science B.A./B.S.
Cognitive Science/Clinical Aspects
of Cognition B.S.
Cognitive Science/Computation B.S.
Cognitive Science/Human Cognition B.S.
Cognitive Science/Human Computer
Interaction B.S.
Cognitive Science/Neuroscience B.S.

COMMUNICATION

Communication B.A.

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (CSE)

Computer Science B.A./B.S.
Computer Engineering B.S.
Computer Science with Specialization
in Bioinformatics B.S.

ECONOMICS

Economics B.A.
Management Science B.S.
Economics–Mathematics B.A.

EDUCATION (see Footnote 1)

ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER
ENGINEERING (ECE)

Computer Engineering B.S.
Electrical Engineering B.S.
Engineering Physics B.S.

ENGINEERING (see BE, CSE, ECE, MAE, and SE)

ENGLISH (see Literature)

ETHNIC STUDIES

Ethnic Studies B.A.

HISTORY

History B.A.

LINGUISTICS

Cognition and Language B.A.
Language and Society B.A.
Language Studies B.A.
Linguistics B.A.

LITERATURE

Literatures in English B.A.
French Literature B.A.
German Literature B.A.
Italian Literature B.A.
Russian Literature B.A.
Spanish Literature B.A.
Literature/Composite B.A.
Literature/Writing B.A.
Literatures of the World B.A.

MATHEMATICS

Mathematics B.A.
Applied Mathematics B.A.
Mathematics–Computer Science B.A.
Mathematics–Applied Science B.A.
Mathematics–Economics B.A.
Mathematics-Scientific Computation B.S.
Mathematics–Secondary Education B.A.

MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE
ENGINEERING (MAE)

Aerospace Engineering B.S.
Engineering Sciences B.S.
Mechanical Engineering B.S.
Environmental Engineering B.S.

MUSIC

Computing and the Arts B.A.
Music B.A.
Music/Humanities B.A.

PHILOSOPHY

Philosophy B.A.

PHYSICS

General Physics B.A.
General Physics/Secondary Education B.A.
Physics B.S.
Physics/Biophysics B.S.
Physics with Specialization in Computational Physics B.S.
Physics with Specialization in Earth Sciences B.S.
Physics with Specialization in Materials Physics B.S.
Physics with Specialization in Astrophysics B.S.

POLITICAL SCIENCE

Political Science B.A.

PRELAW (see Footnote 2)

PREMEDICAL (see Footnote 3)

PSYCHOLOGY

Psychology B.A./B.S.

SOCIOLOGY

Sociology B.A.
Structural Engineering
Engineering Sciences B.S.
Structural Engineering B.S.

TEACHER EDUCATION (see Footnote 1)

THEATRE

Dance B.A.
Theatre B.A.
Theatre and Dance B.A.

VISUAL ARTS

Art History/Criticism B.A.
Art History/Criticism and Computing
and the Arts B.A.
Art History/Criticism and Media B.A.
Art History/Criticism and Studio B.A.
Computing and the Arts B.A.
Media B.A.
Studio B.A.

INTERDISCIPLINARY MAJORS

Chinese Studies B.A.
Classical Studies B.A.
College Special Individual
Majors B.A.
Critical Gender Studies B.A.
Earth Sciences B.S.
Environmental Systems—Earth Sciences B.S.
Environmental Systems—Ecology,
Behavior and Evolution B.S.
Environmental Systems—Environmental
Chemistry B.S.
Environmental Systems—Environmental
Policy B.A.
German Studies B.A.
Human Development B.A.
International Studies B.A.
Anthropology
Economics
History
Linguistics
Literature
Political Science
Sociology
Italian Studies B.A.
Japanese Studies B.A.
Judaic Studies B.A.
Latin American Studies B.A.
Religion, Studies in B.A.
Russian and Soviet Studies B.A.
Third World Studies B.A.
Urban Studies and Planning B.A.

Footnote 1: The teaching credential in California requires an academic major, plus professional preparation courses in education, an approved program of practice teaching or an internship, and a full year of college work beyond the baccalaureate. The UCSD Teacher Education Program (TEP) leads to a single subject (secondary) or multiple-subjects (elementary) credential.

Footnote 2: Law schools do not require any particular major, but they do require evidence of good scholarship in demanding subjects. Almost any undergraduate major can qualify a student for consideration by a law school. The UCSD career services staff includes professional prelaw advisers.

Footnote 3: Like law schools, medical schools do not generally demand a particular major but ask for a solid background in the sciences upon which medicine is built. Most premed students major in biology, chemistry, physics, or bioengineering, but a substantial number major in the humanities and social sciences. The UCSD career services staff includes professional premedical advisers.