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Undergraduate Degrees Offered, 2024–25

ANTHROPOLOGY

  • Anthropological (Archaeology) BA
  • Anthropology (Biological Anthropology) BA
  • Anthropology (Climate Change and Human Solutions) BA
  • Anthropology (Sociocultural Anthropology) BA
  • Biological Anthropology BS

BIOENGINEERING (BE)

  • Bioengineering BS
  • Bioengineering: Biotechnology BS
  • Bioengineering: Bioinformatics BS
  • Bioengineering: BioSystems BS

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, SCHOOL OF

  • General Biology BS
  • Biology with a Specialization in Bioinformatics BS
  • Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution BS
  • Human Biology BS
  • Microbiology BS
  • Molecular and Cell Biology BS
  • Neurobiology BS

CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

  • Chemistry BS
  • Chemistry with Specialization in Earth Sciences BS
  • Biochemistry BS
  • Environmental Chemistry BS
  • Molecular Synthesis BS
  • Pharmacological Chemistry BS
  • Bioinformatics BS

COGNITIVE SCIENCE

  • Cognitive Science BA/BS
  • Cognitive Science with Specialization in Clinical Aspects of Cognition BS
  • Cognitive Science with Specialization in Design and Interaction BS
  • Cognitive Science with Specialization in Machine Learning and Neural Computation BS
  • Cognitive Science with Specialization in Neuroscience BS
  • Cognitive Science with Specialization in Language and Culture BS
  • Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience BS

COMMUNICATION

  • Communication BA

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (CSE)

  • Computer Science BS
  • Computer Engineering BS
  • Computer Science with Specialization in Bioinformatics BS

ECONOMICS

  • Business Economics BS (with the Rady School of Management)
  • Economics BA
  • Economics–Public Policy BA/MPP only
  • Joint Economics-Mathematics BS

EDUCATION

(see Footnote 1)

EDUCATION STUDIES

  • Education Sciences BS

(see Footnote 1)

ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING (ECE)

  • Computer Engineering BS
  • Electrical Engineering BS
  • Electrical Engineering and Society BA
  • Engineering Physics BS

ENGINEERING

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

ENGLISH

(see Literature)

ETHNIC STUDIES

  • Ethnic Studies BA

HALICIOĞLU DATA SCIENCE INSTITUTE

  • Data Science BS

HISTORY

  • History BA

LINGUISTICS

  • Linguistics (Cognition and Language) BA
  • Linguistics (Language and Society) BA
  • Linguistics (Speech and Language Sciences) BA
  • Language Studies BA
  • Linguistics BA

LITERATURE

  • Literatures in English BA
  • Literatures in Spanish BA
  • Literature/Writing BA
  • World Literature and Culture BA

MATHEMATICS

  • Mathematics BS
  • Mathematics (Applied) BS
  • Mathematics—Computer Science BS
  • Mathematics—Applied Science BS
  • Joint Mathematics-Economics BS
  • Mathematics—Secondary Education BA
  • Probability and Statistics BS

MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING (MAE)

  • Aerospace Engineering BS
  • Mechanical Engineering BS
  • Mechanical Engineering with a Specialization in Controls and Robotics BS
  • Mechanical Engineering with a Specialization in Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Systems BS
  • Mechanical Engineering with a Specialization in Materials Science and Engineering BS
  • Mechanical Engineering with a Specialization in Mechanics of Materials BS
  • Mechanical Engineering with a Specialization in Renewable Energy and Environmental Flows BS

MUSIC

  • Interdisciplinary Computing and the Arts BA
  • Music BA
  • Music/Humanities BA

NANOENGINEERING (NE)

  • Chemical Engineering BS
  • Nanoengineering BS

PHILOSOPHY

  • Philosophy BA

PHYSICS

  • General Physics BA
  • General Physics/Secondary Education BA
  • Physics BS
  • Physics/Biophysics BS
  • Physics with Specialization in Computational Physics BS
  • Physics with Specialization in Earth Sciences BS
  • Physics with Specialization in Materials Physics BS
  • Physics with Specialization in Astrophysics BS

POLITICAL SCIENCE

  • Political Science BA
  • Political Science (American Politics) BA
  • Political Science (Comparative Politics) BA
  • Political Science (International Relations) BA
  • Political Science (International Affairs) BA/MIA only
  • Political Science (Political Theory) BA
  • Political Science (Public Law) BA
  • Political Science (Public Policy) BA
  • Political Science (Race, Ethnicity, and Politics) BA

PRELAW

(see Footnote 2)

PREMEDICAL

(see Footnote 3)

PSYCHOLOGY

  • Business Psychology BS
  • Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience Bachelor of Science BS
  • Psychology BA
  • Psychology BS
  • Psychology Bachelor of Science with a Specialization in Clinical Psychology BS
  • Psychology Bachelor of Science with a Specialization in Cognitive Psychology BS
  • Psychology Bachelor of Science with a Specialization in Developmental Psychology BS
  • Psychology Bachelor of Science with a Specialization in Human Health BS
  • Psychology Bachelor of Science with a Specialization in Sensation and Perception BS
  • Psychology Bachelor of Science with a Specialization in Social Psychology BS

PUBLIC HEALTH

  • Public Health BS
  • Public Health with Concentration in Biostatistics BS
  • Public Health with Concentration in Climate and Environmental Sciences BS
  • Public Health with Concentration in Community Health Sciences BS
  • Public Health with Concentration in Epidemiology BS
  • Public Health with Concentration in Health Policy and Management Sciences BS
  • Public Health with Concentration in Medicine Sciences BS

SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY

  • Geosciences BS
  • Marine Biology BS
  • Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences BS

SOCIOLOGY

  • Sociology BA
  • Sociology—International Studies BA
  • Sociology—American Studies BA
  • Sociology—Science and Medicine BA
  • Sociology—Economy and Society BA
  • Sociology—Culture and Communication BA
  • Sociology—Social Inequity BA
  • Sociology—Law and Society BA

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING (SE)

  • Structural Engineering BS

THEATRE

  • Dance BA
  • Theatre BA

URBAN STUDIES AND PLANNING

  • Urban Studies and Planning BA

VISUAL ARTS

  • Visual Arts (Art History/Criticism) BA
  • Visual Arts (Media) BA
  • Visual Arts (Studio) BA
  • Interdisciplinary Computing and the Arts BA
  • Speculative Design BA

INTERDISCIPLINARY MAJORS

  • Black Diaspora and African American Studies BA (effective fall 2022)
  • Chinese Studies BA
  • Classical Studies BA
  • College Special Individual Majors BA
  • Critical Gender Studies BA
  • Environmental Systems—Earth Sciences BS
  • Environmental Systems—Ecology, Behavior and Evolution BS
  • Environmental Systems—Environmental Chemistry BS
  • Environmental Systems—Environmental Policy BA
  • German Studies BA
  • Global Health BA
  • Global Health BS
  • Global South Studies BA
  • Human Developmental Sciences BA
  • Human Developmental Sciences BS
  • Human Developmental Sciences with a Specialization in Equity and Diversity BS
  • Human Developmental Sciences with a Specialization in Healthy Aging BS
  • International Studies—Anthropology BA
  • International Studies—Economics BA
  • International Studies—History BA
  • International Studies—International Business BA
  • International Studies—Linguistics BA
  • International Studies—Literature BA
  • International Studies—Philosophy BA
  • International Studies—Political Science BA
  • International Studies—Sociology BA
  • 5-year International Studies—Economics BA/MIA
  • 5-year International Studies—International Business BA/MIA
  • 5-year International Studies—Political Science BA/MIA
  • Italian Studies BA
  • Japanese Studies BA
  • Jewish Studies BA
  • Latin American Studies BA
  • Latin American Studies with a Concentration in Mexico BA
  • Latin American Studies with a Concentration in Migration and Border Studies BA
  • Real Estate and Development BS
  • Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies BA
  • Study of Religion BA

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. Education Studies at UC San Diego 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 UC San Diego Career Services Center 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 UC San Diego Career Services Center staff includes professional premedical advisers.