Transfer Preparation Requirements — Human Biology and Society (B.A.)*

Major Preparation Requirements

Required courses – at least five of the following

  • One course in human evolution
  • One year of biology with lab for the major (evolution, cellular)
  • One course in statistics
  • One semester of general chemistry

Two or more courses from:

  • Philosophy (contemporary moral issues, political philosophy, philosophy of science, or ethical theory)
  • Introduction to gender studies
  • Sociocultural anthropology
  • Cultural geography
  • Introduction to sociology
  • Introduction to Chicana/Chicano studies (social structure & contemporary conditions)

 

See life sciences majors section for requirements for the B.S. degree in this subject.

* This major is highly selective. Demand for this major significantly exceeds space available.

* Students are classified as Pre-Human Biology and Society until lower-division preparation courses are completed at UCLA.

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