Fall 2025
UCSC will be screening for completion of major preparation courses in the majors listed below. To access the criteria, please click on the link, which will take you to the screening criteria in the General Catalog.
For majors without screening criteria for transfer students, please see our Non-Screening Majors page.
- Agroecology
- Applied Mathematics
- Applied Physics
- Art and Design: Games and Playable Media
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Biology, B.A.
- Biology, B.S.
- Biomolecular Engineering and Bioinformatics
- Biotechnology
- Business Management Economics
- Chemistry, B.A.
- Chemistry, B.S.
- Cognitive Science
- Computer Engineering
- Computer Science, B.A.
- Computer Science, B.S.
- Computer Science: Computer Game Design
- Earth Sciences (will become a screening major in fall 2026)
- Ecology and Evolution
- Economics
- Economics/Mathematics Combined Major
- Electrical Engineering
- Environmental Sciences
- Environmental Studies
- Environmental Studies/Biology Combined Major
- Environmental Studies/Economics Combined Major
- Global and Community Health, B.S.
- Global Economics
- Marine Biology
- Mathematics, B.A.
- Mathematics, B.S.
- Mathematics Education
- Mathematics Theory and Computation
- Microbiology
- Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
- Network and Digital Technology
- Neuroscience
- Physics
- Physics (Astrophysics)
- Plant Sciences
- Psychology
- Robotics Engineering
- Science Education
- Sociology
- Technology and Information Management