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Class of 2016 APPLICATION
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for
HUMAN BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY, B.S.
due by 5:00pm, Friday, October 17, 2014
DIRECTIONS: Only Class of 2016 may apply at this time. You need not be a premajor to apply. NOTE: there may
be very little, if any, space available in this major program in Fall 2014. An admissions committee of ISG faculty will
review and decide your application and inform you of the result about WEEK 5 of the quarter. All decisions are final.
If you previously applied and were denied, you may not re-apply. ISG faculty will obtain and see your entire
transcript; you need not supply a copy. 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.
Email your completed application to: RMOUSHEG@socgen.ucla.edu
Rich Moushegian, Student Affairs Officer. Confirmation email will be sent to you in reply.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Will you have completed SOCIETY AND GENETICS 5 by end of Fall 2014?
NOTE: TRANSFER STUDENTS MUST COMPLETE THIS COURSE IN FALL
2014, OR CHECK “NO”.
Will you have completed at least 13 of your HBS BS premajor courses by the
end of Fall 2014?
Have you achieved a combined 2.50 GPA or better for your HBS B.S.
premajor courses? (find your premajor GPA on your DARS transcript in the
section detailing your premajor courses; ask our Student Affairs Officer for
help if you can’t locate it.)
NOTE: TRANSFER STUDENTS ARE NOT HELD TO THIS GPA
REQUIREMENT AND SHOULD CHECK “YES”.
If you answered “NO” to any of the above criteria, you must additionally complete
PART 6. All others should NOT complete PART 6.
PART 1. PERSONAL INFORMATION
Your Name:
Email:
University ID#:
Expected Quarter of Graduation:
Your overall GPA:
Your premajor GPA:
Click and choose from list
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PART 2. PREMAJOR COURSEWORK
Indicate when each premajor course will be done:
Currently
done
Will be
done by
end of
Fall 2014
Will be
done
Winter
2014 or
later
Indicate grade.
SOCIETY AND
GENETICS 5
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2
ANTHROPOLOGY 7
Click and select here
3
Social theory course #1*
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4
Social theory course #2*
Click and select here
5
STATISTICS 10 or 13 (or
PSYCH 100A or BIOSTAT
100A)
Click and select here
6
MATH 3A or 31A
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7
MATH 3B or 31B
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8
MATH 3C or 32A
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9
LIFE SCIENCE 1
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10
LIFE SCIENCE 2
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11
LIFE SCIENCE 3
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12
LIFE SCIENCE 23L
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13
LIFE SCIENCE 4
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14
CHEMISTRY 14A or 20A
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15
CHEMISTRY 14B or 20B
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16
CHEMISTRY 14BL or 20L
Click and select here
17
CHEMISTRY 14C or 30A
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18
CHEMISTRY 14CL or
30AL
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19
CHEMISTRY 14D or 30B
Click and select here
--
(if 20/30 series)
CHEM 30BL
Click and select here
20
PHYSICS 6A (or 1A)
Click and select here
--
(if 1/4 series)
PHYSICS 4AL
Click and select here
21
PHYSICS 6B (or 1B)
Click and select here
--
(if 1/4 series)
PHYSICS 4BL
Click and select here
22
PHYSICS 6C (or 1C)
Click and select here
1
Indicate social
theory courses
taken.
* 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,
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.
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What, if any, upper division courses have you taken (or in progress)?
Course #
Title
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
If anything in Part 2 needs further explanation, please briefly comment here:
PART 3. 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 4. SHORT ANSWERS
If you are not admitted to this major, what other major will you pursue?
Answer:
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What is your career direction, at this time?
Answer:
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
Answer:
ACTIVITIES/AWARDS: Indicate any honors, awards, recognitions, groups/clubs, 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.
List (up to 15)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
Description, if needed
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PART 5. PERSONAL STATEMENT
Please address one or both of the following questions (A and/or B) using a combined total of 300
words or less. (There is no “correct” way to split the difference between A and B. If what you want to
say about yourself is best delivered in 300 words responding to B alone, then terrific! Also fine is A=250
and B=50; or A=150 and B=150, etc.)
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=300 words/2000 characters):
B. In what ways do you feel that your voice will contribute to and enhance the conversation in the
Human Biology and Society major? How does your life experience, including challenges you’ve
faced in your life, impact your interest in the intersections of human biology and society?
Examples might include extraordinary or defining experiences, or challenges in your family or
community that may have placed barriers in your path to college, economic hardships, or
disabilities, differences, or discrimination you’ve had to overcome.
Response to B (textbox limit=300 words/2000 characters):
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IF YOU HAVE MET THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS LISTED ON PAGE ONE, THEN DO NOT
COMPLETE PART 6.
PART 6. PETITION FOR EXCEPTION TO MINIMUM
REQUIREMENTS
Any applicant who has not met the minimum requirements (see page 1) must succinctly explain the
exceptional circumstance(s) which have kept him/her from meeting them. Our admissions committee will
consider your explanation, and if they find merit, they will then decide your application.
Please checkmark all that are true of your situation:
You won’t be done SOCIETY AND GENETICS 5 by end of Fall 2014.
You won’t be done with at least 13 premajor courses for HBS BS by end of Spring 2014.
Your cumulative HBS BS premajor GPA is less than 2.50. (Transfer students: ignore
this requirement.)
EXPLANATION OF EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCE(S)
Respond here (textbox limit=150 words/1000 characters):