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UCSC General Catalog

Fields of Study



Revised chart shows changes for 2005-06. Changes are reflected in green.


Programs and concentrations.

 c = concentration
 i = individual major


  Undergraduate Education Graduate Education
B.A. B.S. Minor Certificate M.A. M.S. Ph.D.
American literature: see Literature
American studies
Anthropology 
  Archaeology
c
c
Cultural anthropology
c
c
Physical anthropology
c
c
Applied physics 
Arabic language 
Art 
Art history: see History of art and visual
culture
Asian studies: see East Asian studiesSouth
and Southeast Asian studies
Astronomy and astrophysics
  Astrophysics (see also Physics 
[Astrophysics])
Bilingual-multicultural education: see Education
Biochemistry and molecular biology
Bioinformatics
Biology
  Ecology and evolution
Ecology and evolutionary biology
Health sciences
Marine biology
Molecular, cell, and developmental biology
Neuroscience and behavior
Plant sciences
Business management economics (1)
Chemistry
  Biochemistry
c
Environmental chemistry
c
Chinese language
Classical studies (see also Literature)
Communication and rhetoric (suspended)
Community studies
Computer engineering (2)
  Computer systems
c
Digital hardware
c
Multimedia systems
c
Networks
c
Systems programming
c
Computer science
Computer technology    
       
Creative writing: see Literature
Dance: see Theater arts
Digital arts and new media (3)
Drama: see Theater arts
Dramatic literature: see Theater arts
Earth sciences
  Environmental geology
c
Geochemistry
c
Geology
c
Geophysics
c
Ocean sciences
c
Planetary sciences
c
c
c
East Asian studies
i
Ecology and evolution
Ecology and evolutionary biology
Economics (1) (see also Business management economics; Global economics)
  Applied economics and finance
International economics
Education (4)
  Bilingual-multicultural education
c
Multiple subjects credential (elementary)
c
Single subjects credential (secondary)
c
Electrical engineering
Engineering (freshmen only: dual-degree program offered in conjunction with UC Berkeley)(see also Computer engineeringElectrical engineering)

 

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  Undergraduate Education Graduate Education
B.A. B.S. Minor Certificate M.A. M.S. Ph.D.
English literature: see Literature
Environmental studies
Environmental toxicology
Ethnic studies
Feminist studies
           
  Movements, institutions, policy, and legal studies
c
Nations and cultures
c
Race, class, and ethnicity
c
Representations
c
Theory
c
Film and digital media
  Critical studies
c
           
  Production
c
French language
French literature: see Literature
Geology: see Earth sciences
German language
German literature: see Literature
German studies
Global economics (1)
Greek language: see Greek and Literature
Greek literature: see Literature
Health sciences
Hebrew language
Hindi language
History (5)
  Asia and the Islamic world
c
Colonialism, race, and transnational migrations
c
Europe
c
History of gender
c
Americas and Africa
c
History of art and visual culture
  Religion and visual culture
c
History of consciousness
Information systems management
Italian language
Italian literature: see Literature
Italian studies
Japanese language
Jewish studies
Journalism (suspended)
Language studies
  Chinese
c
c
French
c
c
German
c
c
Italian
c
c
Japanese
c
c
Modern Hebrew
c
c
Russian
c
c
Spanish
c
c
Latin American and Latino studies (5)
Latin language: see Latin and Literature
Latin literature: see Literature
Legal studies
Linguistics (see also Language studies)
  Applied linguistics
c
Computational linguistics
c
Psycholinguistics
c
Theoretical linguistics
c
c
c
Literature (5)
  Creative writing
c
English-language literatures
c