Humanities: 12 units Courses used to fulfill the Humanities requirements must be selected from an approved list available in the Office of Student Academic Affairs.
- World History (1 course)
- Fine Arts, Literature, Philosophy, or Religious Studies (1 course)
- Human Perspective on Science and Technology (1 course)
No course used to satisfy the English Composition requirement can be applied toward Humanities credit. A list of approved courses is available in the Office of Student Academic Affairs.
Social Sciences: 12 units Courses used to fulfill the Social Sciences requirements must be selected from an approved list available in the Office of Student Academic Affairs.
- Economics or Political Science (1 course)
- Anthropology, Psychology, or Sociology (1 course)
- An additional social science course (1 course): From general social sciences or one of the disciplines in 1. or 2. above (1 course).
Upper Division Depth: At least two of the humanities and/or social science courses must be upper-division. The list of approved courses is available in the Office of Student Academic Affairs.
Ethnicity: 1 four-unit course. The course can double or triple count towards satisfying other breadth requirements listed above.
Natural Sciences and Mathematics: 20 units Courses used to fulfill the Natural Sciences and Mathematics requirements must be selected from an approved list available in the Office of Student Academic Affairs.
- Biological Sciences (1 course)
- Physical Sciences. No course in cultural geography may be used (1 course)
- Mathematics or Computer Science or Statistics
- Two additional courses in the Biological or Physical Sciences
Courses must carry 4 quarter units (or more) to satisfy the breadth requirements. Honors sections of all approved courses are also eligible.
While the College may revise the list of breadth requirements on an annual basis, students are allowed to satisfy the requirement criteria with any courses that were on the approved list at the time they were taken, or were subsequently added to the list.
Search Breadth Courses
- Visit the Schedule of Classes ( https://classes.ucr.edu )
- Select a term
3. Go to the ‘Brdth-CommEngmt-Sustainability’ field, type EN- and select the breadth requirement you wish to fulfill
EN stands for Engineering - Bourns College of Engineering.
The other two letter designations are for approved courses for other colleges on campus.
| BCOE Breadth Requirement | General Education Requirement |
|---|---|
| HUM-A | EN-Hum - World History |
| HUM-B | EN-Hum · FA/Lit/Phil/Rel |
| HUM-C | EN-Hum - Addl Humanities |
| SS-A | EN-Soc Sci - Economics/Pol Sci |
| SS-B | EN-Soc Sci - Anth/Psyc/Soc |
| SS-C | EN-Soc Sci - Addl Social Sci |
| Ethnicity | EN-Ethnicity |
| Upper Division Breadth Courses | EN-ABET Depth |
NOTES:
- If you would like a course in the HUM (BC) or SS (ABC) category to also fulfill your ABET Depth course you would need to select a course numbered 100+ in order for it to fulfill both.
- All BCOE students are required to meet any pre-requisites that a lower division or upper division course has.
- The breadth courses do not need to be taken in any particular order.
- Courses numbered 99 and lower are considered lower division courses.
- Courses numbered 100 and higher are considered upper division courses.
- Your degree audit refers to your ABET Depth as Depth in that section but the literature in the General Catalog and the suggested course plans refers to this requirement as Upper Division.
- ENGL 001C alternatives that will be offered are listed here:
http://uwp.ucr.edu/wac.html