Upper Division Course-Work

Upper-division courses are numbered from 100-199

All CBS students must complete BIS 101, 102, 103 and 104 in addition to other, major specific, upper division course requirements.

• If you have completed your preparatory course requirements, select about 10 units or 2 major courses, from your major's upper-division requirements. Make sure you have already completed the prerequisites for those courses. The remaining units should consist of electives, GE, English, research, or internships and need not be all upper-division. It is better to succeed your first quarter with a balance of science and non-science courses and allow for transition, rather than taking on too challenging a load (all science) and have a rocky start. See Other Courses to Fill Out Your Schedule for more specific suggestions on electives.
  
  
• Some examples, depending on your major, of upper-division courses frequently taken by first quarter transfer students are: Biological Sciences 101 and/or 102; Evolution and Ecology 101; Microbiology 102 and 102L; Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior 101 and/or 100; Plant Biology 105, 111, and/or 117. There are many more major and elective course choices. Please see the UCD General Catalog for your major's requirements and other course choices and their prerequisites, or make an appointment to see an adviser.
  
  
• Important: Because your first opportunity to register (pass 1) comes after our continuing students have registered, be aware some courses or sections may already be full (closed). It is essential that you prepare a list of alternate sections and courses before your pass 1 appointment on SISWEB. The open courses listing is updated daily. On pass 2 a waiting list is generated for most closed courses. At your pass 2 appointment, add yourself to the waiting list for any closed course in which you hope to enroll. Then, for lab courses, visit as many labs on their first day to ask for a permission to add (PTA) number.