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2014 / 2015
admission guide
Transfer Students
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A Global Leader in Education & Research
Part of the renowned University of
California system that includes UC
Berkeley and UCLA, UC Santa Cruz
is known for the worldwide impact
of its research and teaching and
its commitment to undergraduate
education.
ACAdemiC OPPOrTUniTieS
•IntensiveProgramsofStudy
•OpportunitiesforUndergraduateResearchinCutting-EdgeFields(ProfessorJacobRosen’sBionicsLabPicturedAbove)ugr.ue.ucsc.edu
•FieldStudyandInternshipsinNearbySiliconValleyandMontereyBayNationalMarineSanctuary
•InternationalandNationalHonorsSocietiesSuchasPhiBetaKappaandtheGoldenKeyInternationalHonourSociety
•First-YearHonorsProgram
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CLASS SizeS
Lectureclassesarebrokenupintosmallerdiscussionsections,withmoreindividualattentionforstudents.Seepage13forspecificinformation.
WOrLdWide reCOgniTiOn
•2ndworldwideforresearchinfluence(2012, Times Higher Education World University Rankings)
•1stworldwideforresearchimpact in molecular biology and genetics (2008, Science Watch)
•1stnationallyfor research impact in physics(2007,Science Watch)
•1stnationallyforpublicationimpactin the computer engineering Ph.d. program(2010,NationalResearchCouncil)
•LeaderinscientificresearchIn2013,PresidentBarackObamapresentedUCSantaCruzastronomerSandraFaberwiththeNationalMedalofScienceforherpioneeringresearchontheformationandevolutionofgalaxies,amongothercontributions(seephotoatright).
ucsc.edu/about/achievements
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Academic Life at UCSCStudents can choose from over 60 majors in the Arts,
Humanities, engineering, Physical and Biological
Sciences, and Social Sciences.
AnthropologyAppliedPhysics**Art**Astrophysics*BiochemistryandMolecularBiology**Biology**BusinessManagementEconomics**
Chemistry Biochemistry EnvironmentalChemistryClassical StudiesCommunity StudiesCognitiveScience**Dance*Earth Sciences EnvironmentalGeology OceanSciences PlanetarySciences ScienceEducationEarth Sciences/AnthropologyEastAsianStudies*EcologyandEvolution**Economics**Economics/Mathematics**ElectronicMusic*Environmental StudiesEnvironmental Studies/
BiologyEnvironmental Studies/Earth
SciencesEnvironmental Studies/
Economics
UndergrAdUATe mAjOrS & minOrS
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Latin American and Latino Studies
Latin American and Latino Studies/Global Economics
Latin American and Latino Studies/Literature
Latin American and Latino Studies/Politics
Latin American and Latino Studies/Sociology
Legal StudiesLinguistics TheoreticalLinguisticsLiterature CreativeWriting** English-languageLiteratures FrenchLiterature GermanLiterature GreekandLatinLiteratures ItalianLiterature ModernLiteraryStudies Pre-andEarlyModernStudies Spanish/LatinAmerican/LatinoLiteratures WorldLiteratureandCulturalStudiesMarineBiology**Mathematics ComputationalMathematics MathematicsEducation PureMathematics
Feminist Studies Culture,Power,andRepresentation Law,Politics,andSocialChange Science,Technology,andMedicine SexualityStudiesFilmandDigitalMedia** CriticalStudies** IntegratedCriticalPractice** Production**German StudiesGlobalEconomics**GlobalInformationandSocialEnterpriseStudies*
History AmericasandAfrica AsiaandtheIslamicWorld EuropeHistory of Art and Visual
Culture ReligionandVisualCultureHumanBiology**Italian StudiesJewish StudiesJazz*Language Studies Chinese French German Italian Japanese Spanish
Molecular,Cell,andDevelopmentalBiology**
MusicNeuroscience**PhilosophyPhysics**Physics(Astrophysics)**PhysicsEducation**PlantSciences**Politics
Psychology**Science,Technology,Engineering,andMathematics(STEM)Education*Sociology**Spanish StudiesTheater Arts DesignandTechnology Drama
jack Baskin School of engineering**
AppliedMathematics*Bioengineering Bioelectronics Biomolecular RehabilitationBioinformaticsComputer Engineering ComputerSystems DigitalHardware Networks RoboticsandControl SystemsProgramming
Computer ScienceComputer Science:
Computer Game DesignElectrical Engineering Communications,Signals,Systems,andControls Electronics/OpticsNetwork and Digital
TechnologyRobotics EngineeringStatistics*Technology and Information
Management
Undergraduate Programs: admissions.ucsc.edu/majors
Graduate Programs: graddiv.ucsc.edu/prospective-students/Programs.html
*Minor
**Requires additional screening.
UndergrAdUATe mAjOrS & minOrS (reLATed ACAdemiC COnCenTrATiOnS LiSTed BeLOW THe mAjOr)
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Student Life at UCSC African/BlackStudentAlliance
AnthropologySocietyAsian/PacificIslanderStudentAllianceEducationforSustainableLivingProgram(ESLP)EnvironmentalMediaProjectGreenCampusProgramInstituteofElectricalandElectronicsEngineers(IEEE)MockTrialModelUnitedNationsatUCSC
Come live and learn
with us in a rigorous,
yet caring academic
environment that
supports your
success!
GetInvoLved!Someofour150+ STUdenT OrgAnizATiOnS
MovimientoEstudiantilChicano/adeAztlan(MEChA)Pre-VeterinaryClubStudentAllianceofNorthAmericanIndians(SANAI)StudentEnvironmentalCenter(SEC)UniversityEconomicsAssociation(UEA)UniversityEntrepreneurshipOrganization
admissions.ucsc.edu/why-ucsc/organizations.html
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TrAnSfer STUdenTS AT UCSC HAVe:
•ThepopularTransferCommunity,alive-incommunityprovidinganacademicallyandsociallysupportiveenvironment
•Aresidential-collegeaffiliationatoneof10UCSCcolleges,providingsmallercommunitiesoflivingandlearning
•Atwo-yearcampushousingguarantee
•Freeaccesstocampusshuttlesandbusestogetaroundcampusandtown
•ServicesforTransferandRe-entryStudents,providingacademicandpersonalsupport
•Servicesandorganizationsformilitaryveteransandformerfosteryouth
•Acommitmenttocampussafety,withpoliceandfirestationsrightoncampus
•TheStudentHealthCenteroncampus,providingmedical,counseling,andpsychologicalservices
•Intercollegiateathleticsandaworld-famousrecreationprogram
•UC’sBlueandGoldOpportunityPlan,whichpaysforeducationalandstudentservicesfeesforCaliforniaresidentstudentswithfamilyincomeslessthan$80,000ayear
“I am the Community Meals Coordinator at the Program In Community and Agroecology (PICA) for the 2012-2013 school year. We are a residential community at The Village that not only lives together, but cooks with one another, participates in weekly workdays at our Sustainable Living Center’s gardens, and encourages an intentional sustainable lifestyle through garden education.
“There is so much support from the transfer community at UCSC. I would recommend any Services for Transfer and Re-entry Students (STARS) program events, especially the two-day-long workshop that is held before the start of the fall quarter. I also participated in a two-unit STARS course that really helped me develop my academic skills as a university student.”
STUdenT PrOfiLe
CHeLSey KLimOWiCz
Major:SociologyHometown:Fullerton,CaliforniaTransferredfrom:FullertonCollege
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UC SAnTA CrUz AdmiSSiOnS infOrmATiOn fOr jUniOr-LeVeL TrAnSfer STUdenTS
Qualifying for the University of California
1.Completeatleast60semesterunitsor90quarterunitsofUC-transferablecollegecreditwitha
TheadmissionandselectionprocessfortransferstoUCSantaCruzreflectstheacademicrigorandpreparationneededforadmissiontoamajorresearchinstitution.
minimumgrade-pointaverage(GPA)of2.40(2.80fornon-residentsofCalifornia).Nomorethan14semester/21quarterunitsmaybetakenonapass/notpassbasis.
2.Completethefollowingcoursepatternrequirements,earningagradeofC(2.00)orbetterineachcourse:
•TwoUC-transferablecollegecourses(3semesteror4–5quarterunitseach)inEnglishcomposition;and
Admission and Selection
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Youcanfindmoredetailedinformationbyvisitingadmission.universityofcalifornia.edu/transfer
Selection by UC Santa Cruz
UC-qualifiedtransferstudentswillbeselectedprimarilyonthebasisofacademicperformanceandpreparation,asassessedbyacomprehensivereviewofthefollowing:
•OneUC-transferablecollegecourse(3semesteror4–5quarterunits)inmathematicalconceptsandquantitativereasoning;and
•FourUC-transferablecollegecourses(3semesteror4–5quarterunitseach)chosenfromatleasttwoofthefollowingsubjectareas:theartsandhumanities,thesocialandbehavioralsciences,andthephysicalandbiologicalsciences.
•GPAinallUC-transferablecourses
•completionofandperformanceinlower-divisionprerequisitecoursesinyourproposedmajor
•completionofaspecifiedpatternofcoursesthatmeetgeneraleducationrequirements
•participationinacademicallyselectivehonorsprogramsandperformanceinhonorscourses
Applying for Admission
ApplytoUCSantaCruzbycompletingtheUCapplication:universityofcalifornia.edu/apply.Theonlineapplicationexplainsthefilingprocessandinstructionsforsubmittingyourapplication.
The application filing period for fall quarter is November 1-30.
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rarelywillyoufindalocationasinspiringas
Santa Cruz, where opportunities and convenience
arecombinedwithmagnificentnaturalbeauty.
A Location Like No Other
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CA
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San FranciscoSanta Cruz
Los Angeles
YOSEMITENATIONAL
PARK
MOJAVEDESERT
REDWOODNATIONAL
PARK
San JoseSILICONVALLEY
Sacramento
Monterey
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•Agorgeouscampusfeaturingredwoodforest,panoramicviewsoftheMontereyBay,andopenmeadow
•ThenearestUCcampustoSiliconValley,aworldwidecenteroftechnologicalinnovation
•NexttotheMontereyBayNationalMarineSanctuary,withuniqueopportunitiestostudymarinelifeindiverseecosystemssuchaskelpforests
•Over300sunnydaysayear
•Outdoorrecreationalopportunities:beaches,stateforests,hikingtrails
•ConvenienttodowntownSantaCruz,withshops,restaurants,andmovietheaters
STUdy On THe BeAUTifUL CenTrAL COAST
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enrOLLmenT fACTSAdmiSSiOn fACTS
2013 admission rate for transfers:54.9%
Fall 2013 transfer admission GPA (mean):3.31
• 2,622transferstudents
• 1,219newtransferstudentsenteredfall2012
• 1,295re-entrystudentsaged25orover(forundergraduates)or29orover(forgraduatestudents)
• Totalenrollmentforfall2012:17,404
15,978undergraduates
1,426graduatestudents
• Undergraduates:53.1%women;46.5%men;0.4%unknown
UC Santa Cruz facts & figures
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new transfer student hometowns,fall2012
LosAngelesArea/SouthCoast 26.3%MontereyBayArea/SantaClaraValley 25.6%SanFranciscoBayArea 25.6%CentralValleyArea 11.8%SanDiegoArea 8.5%OtherNorthernCalifornia 1.7%OutofState 0.4%International 0.1%
ethnic composition of undergraduates
Class Size:63%ofundergraduatecourseshavefewerthan30students;74%havefewerthan50.
Student/faculty ratio: 19to1
Over60%ofundergraduatesconductresearchduringtheirUCSCcareers.
UCSantaCruzseekstoenrollandgraduateastudentbodyofdiversecultural,racial,geographical,andsocioeconomicbackgrounds.Infall2012,theethniccompositionofundergraduateswasAfricanAmerican,3.2%;NativeAmerican,1.3%;AsianAmerican/PacificIslander,25.0%;Chicano/Latino,27.0%;Euro-American,39.5%;international,0.3%;notstated,3.7%.
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Paying for a UCSC Education
finAnCiAL AidIn2012-13,morethan$250million in student aid was distributed to UC Santa Cruz undergraduates.
for more information, please see financialaid.ucsc.edu
Blue and gold Opportunity Plan (see page 7): university ofcalifornia.edu/blueandgold
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underGraduateexpenSeS,2013-2014* On Campus Off Campus
TuitionandFees(estimated)* $13,398 $13,398FoodandHousing 14,409 10,350BooksandSupplies 1,419 1,419Transportation 690 1,380PersonalExpenses 1,539 1,647CampusHealthInsurance** 1,293 1,293Resident Totals $32,748 $29,487
Non-ResidentTuition 22,878 22,878Non-Resident Totals $55,626 $52,365
*Tuitionandfeesaresubjecttochange.Forupdatedinformation,seefinancialaid.ucsc.edu/cost.shtml
**Medical health insurance is mandatory. Students also have the option to purchase dental and vision insurance. The campus medical health insurance charge will be waived for students who provide proof of insurance to the campus Health Center.
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Adam Cline(filmanddigitalmedia,’12),videographerandmusicianwhoseYouTubechannel,AsianGlow,hasover25,000subscribers.
Hannah Perlkin and emily Tucker (marinebiology,’12),winnersofan$85,000NationalScienceFoundationgranttostudyseagrass,nowworkinginabiologylabatUCSC.
Carson Watts (sociology,’12),winnerofUCSC’sGabrielZimmermanMemorialScholarship,workingforagrassrootscampaignthatfundraisesforenvironmentalandsocialjusticeissues.
Kelvin filer(politics,’77),LosAngelesSuperiorCourtJudgeresponsibleforanumberoflandmarkdecisions.
dr. Kathryn Sullivan (EarthsciencesPh.D.,’73),ActingUnderSecretaryofCommerceforOceansandAtmosphereintheObamaAdministration.