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Grading Policies

All courses taken for a letter grade must be completed with a minimum of C- grade.

  • All courses must be taken for a letter grade for the Core, Statistics and Depth requirements.

  • Courses may be taken for non letter grade options in Breadth.

  • One Upper Division course may be taken for a Cr/NC; all other Upper Division courses must be taken for a letter grade.

  • An exception request can be made via MAP for one Depth course instead of an Upper Division course to be taken Cr/NC. If exception is granted, all Upper Division courses must be taken for a letter grade.

External Credit Policies

Unless otherwise specified, all coursework requires a syllabus and transcript to be submitted to HumBio’s student services for review here opens in a new tab.

  • Core Program Requirements

    • HumBio Core: this requirement is generally not transferable

    • Statistics: parallel courses to the HumBio-approved statistics courses are allowed

    • Upper Division: transfer units are not allowed

  • Breadth: no more than four courses, up to 15 units of transferable quarter units are allowed (syllabus not required)

  • Depth: one to two courses, up to six transferable quarter units are allowed

  • Capstone: transfer units are not allowed