Engineering College of Engineering

Each candidate must complete a program of study under an approved curriculum in Engineering, totaling at least 180 units.

Residence

College of Engineering students must meet the university residence requirement. There are no additional college residence requirements.

• Limitation on Credit for UC Davis Extension Courses. Students may apply a maximum of 16 units of credit for courses taken in the Open Campus Program through UC Davis Extension towards the unit requirement of their major. Courses may be taken only when written approval has been obtained from the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies. The grade points earned when enrolled in Open Campus courses will count toward the calculation of the student's UC GPA upon your admission or readmission to regular student status at UC Davis. Students registered at UC Davis may not enroll in Open Campus courses.

Scholarship

In addition to meeting the university scholarship requirement, College of Engineering students are required to maintain at least a 2.000 grade point average for all undergraduate course work within the College of Engineering at UC Davis.

English Composition

All students admitted to the University must complete the Entry Level Writing Requirement before credit for any composition course or general education writing experience course will be granted.

Once the Entry Level Writing Requirement has been satisfied, there are two distinct composition requirements for engineering students:

• Lower division composition. This requirement can be satisfied by completion of an
  • Advanced Placement English exam with a score of 4 or 5;
  • International Baccalaureate credit for English 3; or
  • completion of certain coursework with a grade of C- or better.

  Degree Requirement Changes; Catalog Rights

  In order to ensure that students graduate with the most current engineering knowledge, College of Engineering students must complete the major requirements in effect in the academic year of graduation or in the immediately preceding academic year.

  

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