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Science Academic Programs and Plans

General Science

General Science

Advisors: See Faculty of Science academic advisors.

Three-Year General Science is only available in the regular system of study.

This plan allows students to pursue a broad range of Science subjects or focus, to a limited extent, in a particular Science subject area. Students graduate with a Bachelor of Science, Three-Year General program degree. Minors can be attached to this degree where permitted.

Continuing in Three-Year General Science requires a minimum cumulative overall average of 55% and a minimum cumulative Science average of 55%. Science labs taken beyond 1.0 unit will not count toward unit requirements, but will be included in both cumulative averages.

Successful completion requires:

15.0 total units, distributed as follows:

Additional conditions:
  1. A maximum of 3.0 SCI course units count towards the Science units.
  2. 100-level BIOL units not required towards Year One Science lecture units count as 200-level units.

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