UC Davis 2011-12 Update on Majors and Curriculum Report
January 2012
UC DAVIS 2011-12
UPDATE ON MAJORS AND CURRICULUM REPORT
UC Davis course and major agreements have been published for the 2011-12 academic year,
with the exception of College of Engineering majors for five community colleges awaiting
finalization. Significant changes are summarized below. Please check ASSIST for full details.
UC DAVIS MAJORS
New Majors:
Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems
Students will focus on the social, economic and environmental aspects of agriculture and develop
a thorough understanding of our food cycle from farm to table and beyond. Subjects from eight
academic departments will give students a broad understanding of the many aspects of modern
agriculture and food systems, and combine with real-world experiences to develop the skills
needed to be a successful agriculturalist, entrepreneur and researcher. Please see ASSIST for
lower-division preparatory subject matter.
Changed Majors:
None
Suspended / Canceled Majors:
Avian Sciences is discontinued fall 2011 for continuing students and for new applicants
effective the 2012-13 application cycle. Applicants interested in avian or poultry sciences are
directed to the animal sciences major, which offers these areas of specialization.
Computational Applied Science and Engineering is discontinued fall
2011 for continuing students and for new applicants effective the 2012-13
application cycle. Applicants interested in alternative studies in engineering
are encouraged to call the College of Engineering at (530) 752-1979.
Nature and Culture will no longer accept new undergraduate applicants. The major is
discontinued effective June 30, 2011.
Optical Science and Engineering has been suspended, effective for fall 2012 applicants.
Contact the UC Davis College of Engineering Undergraduate Office at (530) 752-1979, or
consult http://engineering.ucdavis.edu for questions.
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Majors with Curricular Changes on ASSIST:
Electrical Engineering
• ECS 40 no longer required
Electronic Materials Engineering
• ECM 6 now required for graduation
Materials Science and Engineering
• CHEM 2C now required
• ECM 6 now required for graduation
Nutrition Science
• curriculum restructured
Statistics A.B
• Math 16A/B/C or 17A/B/C added as an option to 21A/B/C
• Math 22B no longer required
UC DAVIS DEPARMENTS
Cinema and Technocultural Studies is a new department housing the former departments Film
Studies and Technocultural Studies. Note that Film Studies and Technocultural Studies continue
as campus majors.
UC DAVIS COURSES
Courses Added:
CLASSIC 25
ENGIN 1
EVOL&EC 10
HISTORY 11
N A STD 12
PHYSICS 12
REL STD 1H
REL STD 67
The Classical Heritage in America
Introduction to Engineering
Evolution for Non-Biologists
History of the Jewish People from Biblical Times
Native American/Indigenous Film
Visualization in Science
Religion and Law
Modern Hinduism
Courses Terminated:
ENTOM 50
ESP 030G
MEDV-ST 20C
N A STD 55
NAT&CUL 1
Insects in the Environment
The Global Ecosystem: Laboratory/Discussion (winter 2012)
The Late Medieval and Early Modern Period
Americanisms: Native Amer. Contributions to World Civilization
Intersections of Nature and Culture
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Courses Changed:
General Education (GE):
Numerous course changes were made due to implementation of the new UC Davis GE pattern,
effective fall 2011. View the “For General Education/Breadth” section of ASSIST and use the
pull-down menu to view requirements as well as topical breadth and core literacy areas. Search
for all UC Davis courses with GE credit at the Office of the University Registrar web page
https://registrar4.ucdavis.edu/courses/GE_courses/; Click “show all courses with GE credit” to
receive information for all courses, not just those offered in a specific term.
Course title changes:
ABIOSYT 15*
• From: Wood Properties and Coopering
• To:
Wood Properties and Fabrication
*ABIOSYT 15, not previously published to ASSIST, was added for its new designation of GE credit.
Course unit changes:
ARTHI 1DV
• From: 4 units
• To:
5 units
Course Department Changes:
None
Course Prefix Changes to ASSIST:
Former prefix:
New prefix:
ENVRSCI Environmental and Resource Sciences
ENV S&M Environmental Science and Management
New: ENV S&M 6
New: ENV S&M 8
New: ENV S&M 30
Formerly: ENVRSCI 6**
Formerly: ENVRSCI 8
Formerly: ENVRSCI 30
**ENVRSCI 6, not previously published to ASSIST, has been added for its new designation of GE credit.
UC DAVIS MINORS
New Minors:
Energy Efficiency (Biological and Agricultural Engineering)
Human Rights (Interdisciplinary; sponsoring unit: Religious Studies Program)
Sustainability in the Built Environment (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
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Canceled Minors:
None
IMPORTANT UPDATES, HELPFUL TIPS AND REMINDERS
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, non-selective majors requiring
chemistry and/or organic chemistry
As a reminder, the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences strongly encourages
students to complete the chemistry and/or organic chemistry series prior to enrolling at UC Davis
as it will help decrease time to degree for majors with these graduation requirements. See
ASSIST for details regarding these non-selective majors in the College of Agricultural and
Environmental Sciences, especially Animal Science, Animal Science and Management, Clinical
Nutrition and Nutrition.
English Major; English 10A/B/C, requests for course-to-course articulation
We encourage you to submit requests for articulation with the UC Davis English 10A/B/C series,
providing course outlines that currently articulate with our English 46A/B/C and English 30A/B
series, along with other courses you feel may be comparable with the English 10A/B/C series.
Please submit outlines to Cindy Bevc in PDF, WORD or Web format.
History, requests for course-to-course articulation
When requesting articulation to UC Davis history courses, please include information regarding
the required writing assignments for your course; our faculty wants to know particularly the
assignment type (formal essay, in-class response, research paper) and the number of words
required. Our History Department requests documentation substantiating the need for one outof-class essay with a 600-word minimum. Submission of syllabi and/or class assignment sheets
in addition to course outlines is highly encouraged. Please submit outlines to Cindy Bevc in
PDF, WORD or Web format.
Mathematics syllabi
Syllabi for UC Davis Mathematics courses are available online at
http://www.math.ucdavis.edu/courses/syllabi. We encourage you to reference posted syllabi for
more detail regarding our courses.
Mathematics 16A/B/C vs. 17A/B/C (Calculus), change in the College of Biological Sciences
Beginning fall 2013, the College of Biological Sciences will no longer accept Mathematics
16A/B/C to fulfill the calculus requirement for its majors. Students will be instructed to
complete Mathematics 17A/B/C or Mathematics 21A/B. The primary differences between
Mathematics 17 and Mathematics 16 are that (1) the applications/examples presented in
Mathematics 17 are more focused on biological issues, and (2) a wider variety of topics is
covered in the Mathematics 17 series. Besides reviewing pre-calculus and covering differential
and integral calculus, Mathematics 17 covers linear algebra and analytical geometry, as well as
systems of differential equations. Furthermore, Mathematics 17 covers discrete probability more
thoroughly than Mathematics 16. Because of this extra material, Mathematics 17 proceeds at a
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faster pace than Mathematics 16, and therefore there is a need for a discussion section. You are
encouraged to view course syllabi available at http://www.math.ucdavis.edu/courses/syllabi.
Mathematics 22A (Linear Algebra) vs. Mathematics 67 (Advanced Linear Algebra)
For more information on the differences between UC Davis Mathematics 22A and 67, please
reference http://www.math.ucdavis.edu/courses/syllabi to view posted syllabi for each course.
Statistics 13; 13V
UC Davis faculty reviews a variety of elements to determine comparability of community
college courses with our statistics courses and some among them follow. If your course outline
of record does not address these elements, additional documentation may be requested.
• basic statistical concepts, including population, sample, variability and sources,
parameter, experiment, replication and statistical reasoning
• descriptive statistics including numerical and graphical methods
• basic probability concepts, including sample space, event, probability, addition and
multiplication rules, and counting methods
• probability models, including distributions, expectation and variance, and interpretations
• sampling and sampling distributions
• introduction to statistical inference for large/small samples, including point and interval
estimation for means and proportions, significance testing, regression and correlation
New online system for reporting California Community College course reductions affecting
fall 2012 selective major applicants to UC Davis
If your campus must drop or cancel courses during winter or spring terms that are comparable to
UC Davis courses required for selective majors, please use our new online system at
http://admissions.ucdavis.edu/tag/ccCourseReductions/ to notify us of these changes. Please
work with your colleagues to have one person submit course availability information for your
campus. Please submit any changes by January 27, 2012 so that we can take these into
consideration before making admission decisions for fall 2012.
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