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APPLICATION for
HUMAN BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY, B.S.
due by 3:00pm, Friday, April 8, 2016
Only Class of 2018 may apply in Spring 2016
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Non-premajors may apply and will be considered on an equal basis with premajors.
No rolling admissions. All applicants will be reviewed by our Admissions Committee after the deadline, and decisions will
be made and sent by email mid-late Spring quarter.
Our Admissions Committee consists of ISG faculty.
All admissions decisions are final with no appeal process. There will not be another time to re-apply.
Apply for either HBS B.A. or HBS B.S., but not both. Applicants for HBS B.A. may not subsequently switch to HBS B.S., or
vice versa after acceptance.
AP credit for MATH 31A, 31B and Spring 2016 in-progress courses count toward the minimum 13 premajor courses
needed
To submit your application, please EMAIL the following two items to our Student Affairs Officer, Cyndi Tando
(ctando@socgen.ucla.edu), who will confirm that your application is received and complete.
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This application form.
Your UCLA DEGREE AUDIT REPORT showing HBS B.S. Use degree audit report system (DARS), click on
“download PDF audit”. If necessary, run a model degree audit report for HBS B.S.
PART 1. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
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Will you have completed SOCIETY AND GENETICS 5/GE CLUSTER
M71A/GE CLUSTER M72A requirement by end of Spring 2016?
Will you have completed at least 13 of your HBS BS premajor courses by the
end of Spring 2016?
Is your GPA for premajor courses equal to 2.50 or better? (Find your premajor
GPA on your DARS transcript in the section detailing pre-HBS courses.)
If you answered “NO” to any of the above criteria, you must additionally complete
PART 7. All others should NOT complete PART 7.
PART 2. PERSONAL INFORMATION
Your Name:
Email:
University ID#:
Expected Quarter of Graduation:
Your overall GPA:
Your premajor GPA:
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PART 3. PREMAJOR COURSEWORK
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progress
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SOCIETY AND
GENETICS 5 or GE
CLUSTER M71A or GE
CLUSTER M72A
ANTHROPOLOGY 7
Social theory course #1*
Social theory course #2*
STATISTICS 10 or 13
(or PSYCH 100A or
BIOSTAT 100A)
MATH 3A or 31A or
LIFE SCI 30A
MATH 3B or 31B or
LIFE SCI 30B
MATH 3C or 32A
(LS30AB – leave empty)
LIFE SCIENCE 1
LIFE SCIENCE 2
LIFE SCIENCE 3
LIFE SCIENCE 23L
LIFE SCIENCE 4
CHEMISTRY 14A or 20A
CHEMISTRY 14B or 20B
CHEMISTRY 14BL or
20L
CHEMISTRY 14C or
30A
(if 20/30 series)
CHEM 30AL
CHEMISTRY 14D or
30B
PHYSICS 6A (or 1A)
(if 1/4 series)
PHYSICS 4AL
PHYSICS 6B (or 1B)
(if 1/4 series)
PHYSICS 4BL
PHYSICS 6C (or 1C)
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NOT currently
done or in
progress
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Indicate social
theory courses
taken.
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* Starting Fall 2014, we no longer distinguish between ‘normative’ and ‘empirical’ social theory categories. Complete any two
courses from our combined and expanded list of social theory courses for HBS B.S.: American Indian Studies M10, Anthropology 9,
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Asian American Studies 20, Gender Studies 10, General Education Clusters M1A through 80CW, Geography 3, History 3C,
Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology 40, 50, 60, Philosophy 4, 6, 8, 22, Public Policy 10A, Sociology 1, M5.
What other UCLA College courses (if any) have you taken for letter grade?
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If anything in Part 3 needs further explanation, please comment very briefly here (most students won’t
need to say anything here):
PART 4. MAJOR ELECTIVE SPECIALIZATION
Check ONE elective concentration. You may change your concentration in future, if you wish, by
contacting our Student Affairs Officer.
Bioethics and Public Science Policy
Evolutionary Biology, Culture and Behavior
Historical and Social Studies of Science
Medicine and Public Health
Population Genetics and History
PART 5. SHORT ANSWERS
If you are not admitted to this major, what other major will you pursue?
Answer:
What is your career direction, at this time?
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Do you have any experience working with faculty on project-based research at UCLA (e.g., SRP 99 or
other)? NOTE: such experience is not required for admission to this major.
You can read about undergraduate research opportunities here,
http://www.ucla.edu/research/undergraduate-research
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COLLEGE ACTIVITIES/AWARDS/ACHIEVEMENTS: Indicate any honors, awards, recognitions,
group/club involvements, publications, community service, campus jobs, affiliations with any other
academic programs (such as Study Abroad, Honors Program, PEERS, Academic Advancement Program
(AAP) or other), athletics, etc. -- anything that helps us understand you better.
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PART 6. PERSONAL STATEMENT
Please answer BOTH prompt A and prompt B, using up to 200 words for each response (i.e., 200 max
+ 200 max = 400 words total for both responses).
Note: the quality of your essay has a substantial impact on your chances of admission. The best essays
will reveal something specific and unique about who you are as a scholar and a person and why you are
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passionate about this major. Less successful essays tend to simply list interesting topics from past
classes, say that interdisciplinarity is interesting, or paraphrase the mission statements of the ISG or the
major. Essays like this reveal nothing of the applicant’s distinctive thinking and harm their chances for
admission.
At ISG and in the HBS major, we are strong advocates of diversity and inclusion, and we believe that
expanding the range of voices within the major will enhance student learning and productivity. For the
second prompt, we want to know your unique beliefs or experiences that will enhance the diversity of
knowledge and views in the major. For example, this might include experiences working with
underrepresented or underserved communities, or traveling abroad or within the US to experience
different ways of life, or overcoming challenges personally or in your community because of disabilities,
differences, discrimination or economic challenges.
A. Help our faculty know you better and understand why you are drawn to this major. What themes
are you interested in exploring further in Human Biology and Society? How did your education,
training, or work experience lead you to this major?
Response to A (textbox limit=200 words / 1500 characters):
B. How will your voice contribute to and enhance the conversation in the Human Biology and
Society major? How do your personal beliefs or life experience (including challenges you’ve faced
in your life) impact your interest in the intersections of human biology and society? Examples
might include ethical commitments; extraordinary experiences; disabilities, differences, or
discrimination; economic hardships; or any other challenges in your family or community that
have impacted your path to college.
Response to B (textbox limit=200 words / 1500 characters):
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PART 7. PETITION FOR EXCEPTION TO MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
If you have met the minimum requirements in PART 1, then do NOT complete
PART 7.
If you answered “NO” to any question in PART 1, then very briefly explain your
exceptional circumstance(s) in the textbox below. Our admissions committee will consider
your explanation, and if they find merit, they will then consider your application.
EXPLANATION OF EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCE(S)
Respond here (textbox limit=150 words/1100 characters):