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- Determine your major’s requirements. For more information about the major and various programs affiliated with it, see “List of Requirements by Major” below. Also, Most of you are probably in the [College</a> of Letters and Sciences](<a href=“http://www.college.ucla.edu%5DCollege”>http://www.college.ucla.edu). Look specifically at the lower-division requirements.</p>
<li><p>[Determine</a> whether or not you have passed out of any introductory classes through AP or IB exams.](<a href=“http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/Prospect/APCredit.htm]Determine”>http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/Prospect/APCredit.htm)</p></li>
<li><p>[Check</a> out UCLA’s degree requirements.](<a href=“http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/catalog/catalog08-09-22.htm#131385592_pgfId-7864]Check”>http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/catalog/catalog08-09-22.htm#131385592_pgfId-7864)</p></li>
<li><p>University Requirements</p></li>
<li><p>College Requirements (CL&S, HSSEAS, SAA, TFT, Nursing, …)</p></li>
<li><p>Department Requirements (This is essentially your major’s requirements - lower and upper division. Plus, there are other options involving specialized concentrations within the major or Honors related programs involving your area of study - departmental honors, for example or some research initiatives.)</p></li>
<li><p>Check out the GE requirements for your individual school (see links below) Become familiar with the notation and the foundation areas and sub-foundation requirements.</p></li>
<li><p>For a consolidated understanding of everything you need for completing your degree, go to URSA and click on “Degree Progress Report.”</p></li>
<li><p>If you’re in the honors program, you’ll also need to be aware of those requirements as well. See “College Honors Program” below. If you’re in the engineering school, you can’t graduate with CHP honors. </p></li>
<li><p>Essentially, for most majors, your Orientation Counselor is going to recommend that you take 2 of your major requirements (lower-division) with a GE class. OK, so you know what you need to take for lower-division - how do you find your GE classes? [Click</a> here.](<a href=“http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/schedule/gesearch.aspx]Click”>http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/schedule/gesearch.aspx)</p></li>
<li><p>Go to MyUCLA and select “Class Planner” on the left-hand side. Go ahead and select the GE/Major Classes/Foreign Language/English Comp. 3 classes and find the best possible schedule.</p></li>
<li><p>Remember to take into consideration your professors for the classes - multiple professors frequently teach the same class within a quarter especially if it’s a huge lecture introductory class. For this you can consult BruinWalk to get an idea of what they’re like. See links below. </p></li>
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<p>Here are the links cited above:
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[li][Registrar</a> Schedule of Classes](<a href=“http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/schedule/schedulehome.aspx]Registrar”>http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/schedule/schedulehome.aspx)[/li] [li][List</a> of GE Requirements by School](<a href=“http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/ge/]List”>http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/ge/) [/li] [li][List of Requirements by Major](<a href=“http://cis.ucla.edu/studyarea/”>http://cis.ucla.edu/studyarea/</a>)[/li]–> @8:49am [07/11/08] It’s having “technical difficulties.” But it’ll clear up… eventually. At any rate, in that case, go to the Registrar and find your department and go to their website to determine their individual major requirements.
[li][Degree</a> Requirements](<a href=“http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/catalog/catalog08-09-22.htm#131385592_pgfId-7864]Degree”>http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/catalog/catalog08-09-22.htm#131385592_pgfId-7864) [/li] [li][Information About Being Pre-Med and Pre-Law](<a href=“http://www.career.ucla.edu/”>http://www.career.ucla.edu/</a>) [/li] [li][BruinWalk[/url</a>][/li]–> Take some of their opinions with a grain of salt… usually, if there are enough reviews and ratings, I consider that ones with the most extreme lows/highs to be generally accurate… usually though, I’d sit in on classes to determine for myself if I’m OK with that professor/course.
[li][url=<a href=“http://www.ursa.ucla.edu%5DURSA%5B/url”>http://www.ursa.ucla.edu]URSA[/url</a>][/li] [li][url=<a href=“http://www.orientation.ucla.edu/]Orientation[/url”>http://www.orientation.ucla.edu/]Orientation[/url</a>][/li][li] [url=<a href=“http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/schedule/dept.aspx]Department”>http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/schedule/dept.aspx]Department</a> Links[/li][li] [url=<a href=“http://www.ugeducation.ucla.edu/honors/]College”>http://www.ugeducation.ucla.edu/honors/]College</a> Honors Program[/li][li] [url=<a href=“http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/schedule/gesearch.aspx]Search”>http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/schedule/gesearch.aspx]Search</a> Option for GE Courses](<a href=“http://www.bruinwalk.com/portal/index.asp]BruinWalk[/url”>http://www.bruinwalk.com/portal/index.asp) [/li]
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<p>Post any questions regarding the above and about how to form your schedule or for insights about course load combination. There are people on the board who are doing CHP, plenty of engineers, pre-meds, pre-laws, and a good number of CL&S students of course. I don’t think there are TFT/SAA students here really… at least, they’re in the vast minority. </p>
<p>Addendum: For those interested in double-majoring, you’ll need to check out the individual requirements for the majors, see if there are overlaps, and then, plan your overall schedules accordingly… while considering whether you want to graduate in 3 or 4 or even 5 years with possible consideration of taking summer sessions to fulfill those requirements… this generally applies to taking on minors as well. Also, there are majors that are “impacted” which means that it’s competitive to get into those programs. Some examples include: Business-Economics/Accounting, Communications, Film, etc.</p>