Regulations

Degrees
Thurgood Marshall College will recommend candidates for the degrees of Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science, with designation as to major.

• 1)
  Dimensions of Culture:  Diversity, Justice and Imagination:  A three-course sequence (16 units), the six-unit courses in Justice and Imagination offer intensive instruction in university-level expository writing.  The sequence should be completed by the end of the first year in residence. 5/19/20 Am
• 2)
  Humanities and Cultural Studies:  Two courses (8 units) -- to be chosen from an approved list of courses in domestic and global cultures. Am 6/6/17, Am 5/19/20
• 3)
  Natural Science:  Three courses (12 units) ‑‑ one course each in Biology, Chemistry, and Physics. Am 5/19/20
• 4)
  Mathematics, Statistics, and Logic:  Two courses (8 units) ‑‑ to be fulfilled by option a, b, or c below: Am 6/6/17, Am 5/19/20

  • a)
    Two courses in Mathematics/Advanced Statistics
  • b)
    One course in Mathematics/Advanced Statistics and one course in either Introductory Statistics or Computer Programming and Logic
  • c)
    One course in Introductory Statistics and one course in Computer Programming and Logic
• 5)
  Fine Arts:  One course (4 units) in Music, Theatre, or Visual Arts. Am 5/19/20
• 6)
  Disciplinary Breadth:  Four courses (16 units) -- to be chosen from disciplinary areas noncontiguous to the student's major.  Two of the courses must be upper-division; at least one course must include significant writing.  The disciplinary areas include:  Humanities/Fine Arts; Foreign Languages; Social Sciences; Natural Science; Mathematics and Engineering and Interdepartmental/Interdisciplinary.  Students may substitute fulfillment of the public service course option for one course in disciplinary breadth. Am 4/29/03, Am 6/6/17, Am 5/19/20

Transfer Students  
All transfer students admitted to Marshall College must complete one 4-unit upper-division, college-approved, writing course and one 4-unit upper-division disciplinary breadth course noncontiguous to the student’s major discipline.
For transfer students who have completed their lower-division General Education requirements at an accredited four-year institution and for students who have completed a systemwide or campuswide approved core curriculum in
a California community college prior to entering UCSD, lower-division general education requirements, as in (B), are considered complete upon submission of approved documentation. For all other transfer students, Marshall College
Academic Advising will work with incoming transfers to evaluate their courses on a case-by-case basis to determine applicability of prior coursework towards the lower-division general education requirements, as in (B).

• 1)

  Satisfaction of the University of California requirements in American History and Institutions, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and UC Entry Level Writing Requirement.

  En 11/18/25
• 2)
  Completion of a minimum forty‑five (45) courses or the equivalent of one-hundred eighty (180) total units, with a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 (C) or higher. Ec 6/6/17, Am 11/18/25
• 3)
  A minimum of sixty (60) units of the one-hundred eighty (180) units must be upper division courses. Am 11/27/90, 4/29/03
• 4)
  Thirty-five (35) of the last forty-five (45) units must be completed as a Marshall College student. Am 11/18/25
• 5)
  A departmental or interdisciplinary major must be completed.
• 6)
  The general education requirements shall be fulfilled.