Recommended Transfer Preparation
Highly Recommended Courses for Each Major
In addition to the general and major-specific requirements, applicants are strongly encouraged to complete all the recommended courses below prior to enrollment. The recommended courses are not required for Transfer Admission.
Completing this coursework prior to enrollment at UCR is critical to maintaining satisfactory progress in the upper-division engineering curriculum and to finishing all degree requirements within two years of enrollment at UC Riverside, provided a full-time course load is maintained at UCR.
The most competitive applicants will have completed most of the recommended major-specific courses. For a complete description of each course listed below, please refer to the General Catalog. Please see the reference notes following the table for a key to correctly interpreting the courses listed below.
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Please note: all requirements are subject to change.
Major |
Recommended Courses |
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Math & Science |
Engineering |
Other |
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Bioengineering |
BIOL 5B |
CS 10 |
One Humanities/Social Sciences course |
Business Informatics |
MATH 10A |
CS 12 |
ECON 2 |
Chemical Engineering |
BIOL 5A/LA [1] |
CS 10 |
3 Humanities/Social Sciences courses |
Computer Engineering |
MATH 10A |
CS 14 |
4 Humanities/Social Sciences courses |
Computer Science |
MATH 10A |
CS 14 CS 61 CS 11† |
3 Humanities/Social Sciences courses |
Electrical Engineering |
CHEM 1A/LA |
CS 12 |
2 Humanities/Social Sciences courses |
Environmental Engineering |
BIOL 5A/LA |
CS 10 |
4 Humanities/Social Sciences courses |
Materials Science & Engineering |
CHEM 112A |
CS 10 |
One Humanities/Social Sciences course |
Mechanical Engineering |
BIOL 5A/LA |
ME 1C* |
2 Humanities/Social Sciences courses |
[2] Biology 5B, 5C is required for only the Bioengineering concentration within the Chemical Engineering major.
[3] Students can choose to take Biology 2, 3, or 5A/LA to satisfy the biology elective requirement for majors in the Bourns College of Engineering.
Notes:
* Courses marked with an asterisk (*) are typically NOT offered at community colleges, but can be taken at UCR during the summer session prior to enrollment.
** Prior to enrollment at UCR, a student can take the indicated number of courses in the Humanities and Social Science areas to fulfill breadth requirements for the Bourns College of Engineering. Students can visit http://cmsstudent.engr.ucr.edu/ breadth.html for an explanation of breadth course requirements and for a complete list of approved breadth courses for the Bourns College of Engineering.
† Computer Science 11 is equivalent to Math 11.