With a handful of reputable campuses to choose from, it shouldn’t be hard for students to figure out what they want to major in and which UC school offers the degree program that’s the perfect fit.
Even though all of the UCs are accepting new students, certain major programs may be restricted/closed to certain applicants. It is important for new students to do research to first find out if the UC school they’re interested in applying for has their particular major open for the upcoming term.
Below is a basic breakdown of which UC campuses have restricted/closed majors for the Fall 2012 term. It is up to each student to review the restricted majors and find out whether or not they meet the requirements to continue the application process for that particular school and/or major.
UC Berkeley:
Haas School of Business
– Closed to all freshmen, sophomore and 2nd Baccalaureate students.
College of Chemistry
– Closed to all sophomore and 2nd Baccalaureate students.
– Chemical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Nuclear Engineering majors are closed to all freshmen.
College of Engineering
– Closed to all sophomore and 2nd Baccalaureate students.
– Engineering is closed to all undeclared students.
– Bioengineering and Materials Science Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences & Materials Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences & Nuclear Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering & Nuclear Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering & Mechanical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering and Nuclear Engineering are closed to all freshmen.
College of Environmental Design
– Closed to all sophomore and 2nd Baccalaureate students.
College of Letters & Science
– Closed to all sophomore and 2nd Baccalaureate students, as well as undeclared juniors and seniors.
College of Natural Resources
– Closed to all sophomore and 2nd Baccalaureate students, as well as undeclared juniors and seniors.
UC Davis:
College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences
– Closed to all undeclared and/or exploratory juniors and seniors.
– Textiles and Clothing is closed to all freshmen.
– Biotechnology and Viticulture and Enology is closed to all sophomores.
– Biotechnology, Landscape Architecture, Pre-Viticulture and Enology are closed to all 2nd Baccalaureates.
College of Biological Sciences
– Closed to all sophomore and 2nd Baccalaureates
– Life Sciences is closed to all undeclared juniors and seniors.
College of Letters & Sciences
– Closed to all sophomores and 2nd Baccalaureate students.
– Closed to undeclared juniors and seniors.
College of Engineering
– Closed to sophomore students.
– Optical Science and Engineering is closed to all freshmen, juniors, seniors and 2nd Baccalaureates.
UC Irvine:
Claire Trevor School of the Arts
– Closed to all new students.
– Arts and Humanities, Music Performance and Music Theatre are closed to all freshmen, sophomore, junior, senior and 2nd Baccalaureates.
School of Biological Sciences
– Closed to 2nd Baccalaureates.
– Biology Education closed to sophomores, juniors and seniors.
– Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Developmental and Cell Biology, Genetics, Microbiology and Immunology, Neurobiology and Plant Biology are closed to new students.
The Henry Samueli School of Engineering
– General Engineering is closed to freshman and sophomores.
The Paul Merage School of Business
– Closed to all sophomore, seniors and 2nd Baccalaureates.
College of Health Sciences
– Nursing Science is closed to sophomores and seniors.
– Pharmaceutical Sciences, Public Health Policy and Public Health Science are closed to 2nd Baccalaureates.
School of Humanities
– Humanities and Arts is closed to freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors,
– Humanities and Arts, Art History, English, Film and Media Studies, Global Cultures, History, Japanese Language and Literature, Korean Literature and Culture, Literary Journalism, Philosophy and Spanish are closed to 2nd Baccalaureates.
Donald Bren School of Information & Computer Sciences
– Biomedical Computing and Computer Game Science are closed to seniors.
– Biomedical Computing, Business Information Management and Computer Game Science are closed to 2nd Baccalaureates.
School of Physical Sciences
– Closed to 2nd Baccalaureates.
School of Social Ecology
– Criminology/Law/Society and Psychology/Social Behavior are closed to 2nd Baccalaureates.
– Undeclared majors are closed to juniors, seniors and 2nd Baccalaureates.
– Engineering/Undeclared, Information and Computer Sciences/Undeclared and Social Sciences/Undeclared are closed to sophomores.
UCLA
College of Letters & Sciences
– Closed to sophomores, seniors and 2nd Baccalaureates.
– General Chemistry and Communication Studies are closed to freshmen.
– General Chemistry, Undeclared (Humanities), Undeclared (Life Science), Undeclared (Physical Science) and Undeclared (Social Science) are closed to juniors.
School of the Arts & Architecture
– Closed to seniors and 2nd Baccalaureates.
– Architectural Studies is closed to freshmen and sophomores.
Henry Samueli School of Engineering & Applied Science
– Closed to sophomores, seniors and 2nd Baccalaureates.
– Undeclared (Engineering) closed to juniors.
School of Nursing
– Closed to sophomores, seniors and 2nd Baccalaureates.
School of Theater, Film & TV
– Closed to sophomores, seniors and 2nd Baccalaureates.
– Film and Television closed to freshmen.
UC Merced
– Undeclared Majors are closed to sophomores, juniors, seniors and 2nd Baccalaureates.
School of Engineering
– Closed to seniors and 2nd Baccalaureates.
– Undeclared closed to sophomores and juniors.
School of Natural Sciences
– Closed to seniors and 2nd Baccalaureates.
– Undeclared closed to sophomores and juniors.
School of Social Sciences, Humanities & Arts
– Closed to seniors and 2nd Baccalaureates.
– History, Literatures and Cultures and Undeclared closed to sophomores and juniors.
UC Riverside
College of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences
– Closed to 2nd Baccalaureates.
– Business and Pre-Business are closed to sophomores, juniors and seniors.
College of Natural & Agricultural Sciences
– Closed to 2nd Baccalaureates.
School of Business Administration
– Closed to freshmen, sophomores and 2nd Baccalaureates.
The Marian & Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering
– Closed to 2nd Baccalaureates.
– Bioengineering, B.S. + M.S., Chemical Engineering, B.S. + M.S., Computer Engineering, B.S. + M.S., Computer Science, B.S. + M.S., Electrical Engineering, B.S. + M.S., Environmental Engineering, B.S. + M.S. and Mechanical Engineering, B.S. + M.S. are closed to sophomores, juniors and seniors.
– Undeclared Majors are closed to sophomores, juniors and seniors.
UC San Diego
– All majors are closed to sophomores, juniors, seniors and 2nd Baccalaureates.
UC Santa Barbara
College of Letters & Sciences
– Closed to sophomores, seniors and 2nd Baccalaureates.
– Undeclared Majors are closed to juniors.
College of Engineering
– Closed to sophomores, 2nd Baccalaureates and international students.
College of Creative Studies
– Closed to sophomores, 2nd Baccalaureates and international students.
UC Santa Cruz
– All colleges closed to sophomores, seniors and 2nd Baccalaureates.
The Jack Baskin School of Engineering
– Closed to sophomores, seniors and 2nd Baccalaureates.
– Undeclared closed to sophomores, juniors, seniors and 2nd Baccalaureates.
