General Education Requirements

Students are required to complete a three-quarter core sequence entitled Dimensions of Culture: Diversity, Justice, and Imagination. This three-course core sequence must be taken for a letter grade.

As a three-course sequence, DOC 1: Reading Diversity, DOC 2: Arguing Justice, and DOC 3: Imagination offer intensive instruction in university-level expository writing. Students entering as first-years are expected to fulfill this writing requirement within the first two years of residency and must complete the DOC sequence at UCSD (no exceptions).

All students must satisfy the UC Entry Level Writing Requirement (ELWR) before enrolling in DOC 2 and DOC 3. First-year students who do not take DOC 1 in fall quarter are advised to complete DOC 1, 2, and 3 in their second year.

Students are required to complete a total of three (3) Natural Science courses: one in Biology, one in Chemistry, and one in Physics.

*Students are encouraged to select Natural Science courses that can overlap with sciences courses in their major.

Students are required to complete two (2) courses for Mathematics, Statistics and Logic. Students have three options to complete this requirement from the approved list of courses:

Option C: Complete one course in the Introductory Statistics category and one course in the Computer Programming & Logic category.

*Students are encouraged to select Mathematics, Statistics, and Logic courses that can overlap with mathematics, statistics, and logic courses in their major.

Students are required to complete one Fine Arts course among the list of approved courses in Music, Theatre & Dance, or Visual Arts.

Students are required to complete four 4-unit Disciplinary Breadth courses outside the major field of study.

• Two courses must be upper division, one of which must include significant writing.
• Students with a major in the INTERDEPARTMENTAL/INTERDISCIPLINARY column may take courses the department/program or major would NOT accept as long as the courses are outside the primary focus of the major but should first verify the application of coursework with an Academic Counselor.
• Courses used for Disciplinary Breadth cannot overlap with courses for major.
• Please contact Academic Advising prior to enrollment in courses from academic departments/programs not listed.
• Transfer students with IGETC or UC Reciprocity only need to complete two upper division courses, one of which must include significant writing.
• Transfer students without an articulation agreement, please see an Academic Counselor.

Public Service Options for Academic Credit

Marshall College invests heavily in the role we play off campus. Involvement in public service enables students to make a significant difference in our community. There are very exciting connections between formal education and life beyond the classroom. Students who participate in one of these opportunities may satisfy one upper division disciplinary breadth requirement regardless of major discipline.