Effective Summer 2021 through Spring 2022:
Listed below are updates to the 2021-22 catalog. This includes new courses, course changes, corrections, and curriculum substitutions.
- New courses and course changes are the result of the Exceptions to the Catalog Review Cycle process.
- Corrections have been identified since the publication of the 2021-22 catalog.
- Curriculum substitutions are the result of approved blanket curriculum substitutions.
- For updates to other information in the Catalog, please see the appropriate web sites (e.g., Admissions, Office of the Registrar - Records and Evaluations, Financial Aid, Housing, etc.).
| Item | Change Description | Date of Update or Effective Term |
|---|---|---|
| Aerospace Engineering, BS - Aeronautics Concentration | Add Request for Approved Electives: Add Request for Approved Electives: Added AERO 546 to list of Approved Electives. | 2/2/2022 |
| Aerospace Engineering, BS - Astronautics Concentration | Add Request for Approved Electives: Add Request for Approved Electives: Added AERO 546 to list of Approved Electives. | 2/2/2022 |
| Agricultural and Environmental Plant Sciences, BS | Curriculum substitution: In support courses, change requirement from "AGB 214 or BUS 212" to "AGB 214 or BUS 212 or AGB 212". | 6/8/2021 |
| Agricultural Science, BS | Add Request for Approved Electives: Added AGC 475 to list of courses in Approved Electives in Emphasis Areas, Agribusiness. | 6/22/2021 |
| Agricultural Systems Management, BS | Add Request for Approved Electives: Added BRAE/NR 349 to list of courses in Approved Electives. | 5/6/2021 |
| ANT 201 | Added "Course may be offered in classroom-based, online, or hybrid format" to course description. | Summer 2021 |
| ANT 384 | Added "Course may be offered in classroom-based or online format" to course description. | Summer 2021 |
| ANT 455 | Added "Course may be offered in classroom-based, online, or hybrid format" to course description. | Summer 2021 |
| ART 375 | Added "Course may be offered in classroom-based, online, or hybrid format" to course description. | Summer 2021 |
| BIO 227 | GE recertification of an existing course. | Summer 2021 |
| Biomedical Engineering, BS - General Curriculum | Add Request for Approved Elective: Added BMED 535 to list of Approved Technical Electives. | 6/15/2021 |
| Biomedical Engineering, BS - Mechanical Design Concentration | Curriculum substitution: In required courses, change requirement from "BMED 330" to "BMED 330 or ME 329". | 6/15/2021 |
| BioResource and Agricultural Engineering, BS | Add Request for Approved Electives: Added BRAE/NR 349 to list of courses in Approved Electives. | 5/17/2021 |
| BUS 212 | Added "Course may be offered in classroom-based or online format" to course description. | Summer 2021 |
| BUS 214 | Added "Course may be offered in classroom-based or online format" to course description. | Summer 2021 |
| BUS 215 | Added "Course may be offered in classroom-based or online format" to course description. | Summer 2021 |
| BUS 220 | Added "Course may be offered in classroom-based or online format" to course description. | Summer 2021 |
| BUS 310 | Added "Course may be offered in classroom-based or online format" to course description. | Summer 2021 |
| BUS 320 | Added "Course may be offered in classroom-based or online format" to course description. | Summer 2021 |
| BUS 346 | Added "Course may be offered in classroom-based, online, or hybrid format" to course description. | Summer 2021 |
| BUS 393 | Added "Course may be offered in classroom-based, online, or hybrid format" to course description. | Summer 2021 |
| BUS 412 | Added "Course may be offered in classroom-based or online format" to course description. | Summer 2021 |
| BUS 422 | Added "Course may be offered in classroom-based or online format" to course description. | Summer 2021 |
| BUS 423 | Added "Course may be offered in classroom-based or online format" to course description. | Summer 2021 |
| BUS 436 | Added "Course may be offered in classroom-based or online format" to course description. | Summer 2021 |
| BUS 480 | New course. | Summer 2021 |
| BUS 493 | New course. | Winter 2022 |
| BUS 497 | Added "Course may be offered in classroom-based, online, or hybrid format" to course description. | Summer 2021 |
| Business Administration, BS - Entrepreneurship Concentration | Curriculum substitution: In required courses, change requirement from "BUS 436" to "BUS 436 or BUS 330". | 7/4/2021 |
| Business Administration, BS - Information Systems Concentration | Add Request for Approved Electives: Added BUS 480 to list of courses in Approved Electives. | 3/8/2022 |
| Business Administration, BS - Management and Human Resources Concentration | Add Request for Approved Electives: Added BUS 480 to list of courses in Approved Electives. | 3/8/2022 |
| Business Administration, BS - Marketing Management Concentration | Add Request for Approved Electives: Added BUS 347 to list of Approved Electives (Select from the following). | 4/5/2022 |
| CD 102 | Added "Course may be offered in classroom-based or online format" to course description. | Summer 2021 |
| City and Regional Planning, BS | Curriculum substitution: In support courses, change requirement from "NR 306" to "NR 306 or BIO 263 or LA 220". | 1/20/2022 |
| Communication Studies Minor | Add Request for Approved Electives: Added COMS 201, COMS 208, COMS 213, COMS 217, COMS 218, COMS 226, COMS 301, COMS 308, COMS 312, COMS 315, COMS 316, COMS 317, COMS 319, COMS 330, COMS 331, COMS 332, COMS 384, COMS 385, COMS 386, COMS 390, COMS 395, COMS 413, COMS 418, COMS 420, COMS 421, COMS 422, COMS 428, COMS 435 to list of courses in Approved Electives. | Summer 2021 |
| Communication Studies Minor | Add Request for Approved Electives: Added COMS 400, COMS 450, and COMS 485 to list of courses in Approved Electives. Modified footnote #1 from "Only 4 units of supervised instruction, including COMS 400, COMS 450, and COMS 485, may be counted here" to "No more than 4 units may come from supervised instruction courses: COMS 400, COMS 450, or COMS 485." | 3/14/2022 |
| Comparative Ethnic Studies, BS | Curriculum substitution: In Survey Electives, change requirement from "Select from the following (8 units) ES 330 or ES 335" to "Select from the following (8 units) ES 253, ES 254, ES 255, ES 256, ES 330, or ES 335". | 6/8/2021 |
| Computer Science, BS - Data Engineering Concentration | Add Request for Approved Electives: Added STAT 305 to list of courses in Mathematics/Statistics Elective. | 12/01/2021 |
| Computer Science, BS - Game Development Concentration | Add Request for Approved Electives: Added STAT 305 to list of courses in Mathematics/Statistics Elective. | 11/18/2021 |
| Computer Science, BS - General Curriculum | Add Request for Approved Electives: Added STAT 305 to list of courses in Mathematics/Statistics Elective and to Technical Electives Guidelines, Approved External Electives. | 11/18/2021 |
| Computer Science, BS - Graphics Concentration | Add Request for Approved Electives: Added STAT 305 to list of courses in Mathematics/Statistics Elective and to Technical Electives Guidelines, Approved External Electives. | 12/01/2021 |
| COMS 205 | New course. | Winter 2022 |
| COMS/JOUR 387 | New course. | Winter 2022 |
| Construction Management, BS | Curriculum substitution: In support courses, change requirement from "BUS 214" to "BUS 212 or BUS 214". | 5/18/2021 |
| Construction Management, BS | Add Request for Approved Electives: Added CM 475 to list of courses in Technical Electives. | 6/22/2021 |
| Economics, BS - Information Systems Concentration | Add Request for Approved Electives: Added BUS 480 to list of courses in Approved Electives. | 3/8/2022 |
| Economics, BS - Management and Human Resources Concentration | Add Request for Approved Electives: Added BUS 480 to list of courses in Approved Electives. | 3/8/2022 |
| Economics, BS - Marketing Management Concentration | Add Request for Approved Electives: Added BUS 347 to list of Approved Electives (Select from the following). | 4/5/2022 |
| Environmental Earth and Soil Sciences, BS - Hydrology Concentration | Add Request for Approved Electives: Added NR/RPTA 472 to list of courses in Approved Electives. | 5/28/2021 |
| Environmental Management and Protection, BS | Curriculum substitution: In major coursework, change requirement from "BRAE 348 or ENVE 324" to "BRAE 348 or ENVE 324 or NR 310". | 10/18/2021 |
| Environmental Management and Protection, BS | Curriculum substitution: In major coursework, change requirement from "NR 208 or BIO 162" to "NR 208 or BIO 162 or BIO 222 or BIO 227". | 12/20/2021 |
| Environmental Management and Protection, BS | Add Request for Approved Electives: In Approved Electives, added "POLS" to list of courses in "Any SCM course and any upper-division AEPS, AG, ANT, BIO, BOT, BRAE, CHEM, CM, COMS, CRP, EDES, ERSC, GEOG, GEOL, JOUR, LA, MCRO, MSCI, NR, PHIL, PHYS, POLS, PSY, SS, STAT, or UNIV courses". | 12/01/2021 |
| ES 134 | New course. | Summer 2021 |
| ES/HNRS 252 | New course. | Summer 2021 |
| ES 253 | New course. | Summer 2021 |
| ES 254 | New course. | Summer 2021 |
| ES 255 | New course. | Summer 2021 |
| ES 256 | New course. | Summer 2021 |
| ES 304 | New course. | Summer 2021 |
| ES 312 | New course. | Summer 2021 |
| ES 382 | New course. | Summer 2021 |
| Ethnic Studies Minor | Add Request for Approved Electives: Added ES 252, ES 253, ES 254, ES 255, ES 256 to list of Approved Electives. | Summer 2021 |
| GRC 404 | Added "Course may be offered in classroom-based or online format" to course description. | Summer 2021 |
| GSA 554 | Added "Course may be offered in classroom-based or online format" to course description. | Summer 2021 |
| GSA 555 | Added "Course may be offered in classroom-based or online format" to course description. | Summer 2021 |
| GSB 503 | Added "Course may be offered in classroom-based or online format" to course description. | Summer 2021 |
| GSB 510 | Added "Course may be offered in classroom-based, online, or hybrid format" to course description. | Summer 2021 |
| GSB 512 | Added "Course may be offered in classroom-based, online, or hybrid format" to course description. | Summer 2021 |
| GSB 521 | New course. | Winter 2022 |
| GSB 530 | Added "Course may be offered in classroom-based, online, or hybrid format" to course description. | Summer 2021 |
| GSB 536 | New course. | Winter 2022 |
| GSB 575 | Added "Course may be offered in classroom-based or online format" to course description. | Summer 2021 |
| Indigenous Studies in Natural Resources and the Environment Minor | Add Request for Approved Electives: Added ES 253 and ES 255 to list of courses in Approved Electives in Ethnic Studies. | 6/7/2021 |
| Industrial Technology and Packaging, BS - Packaging Technology Concentration | Add Request for Approved Electives: Added FSN 319 to list of courses in Approved Electives. | 6/29/2021 |
| ISLA 320 | Added "Course may be offered in classroom-based, online, or hybrid format" to course description. | Summer 2021 |
| JOUR 390 | Added "Course may be offered in classroom-based or online format" to course description. | Summer 2021 |
| MATE 245 | New course. | Winter 2022 |
| MATE 390 | New course. | Winter 2022 |
| MSCI 330 | GE recertification of an existing course. | Summer 2021 |
| PSY 102 | Added "Course may be offered in classroom-based or online format" to course description. | Summer 2021 |
| Queer Studies Minor | Curriculum substitution: In Approved Electives, changed selection from "ES 112" to "ES 112 or ES 253 or ES 254 or ES 255 or ES 256". | 6/8/2021 |
| SOC 216 | New course. | Summer 2021 |
| Sociology, BA | Curriculum substitution: In major coursework, change requirement from "SOC 421" to "SOC 421 or SOC 222". | 12/1/2021 |
| Software Engineering, BS | Add Request for Approved Electives: Added STAT 305 to list of courses in Technical Electives Guidelines, Approved External Electives. | 11/18/2021 |
| Water Science Minor | Add Request for Approved Electives: Added BRAE/NR 349 to list of courses in Approved Electives in Irrigation Emphasis and Water Policy Emphasis areas. | 6/15/2021 |
| WGS 340 | Added "Course may be offered in classroom-based, online, or hybrid format" to course description. | Summer 2021 |
| WGS 351 | Added "Course may be offered in classroom-based, online, or hybrid format" to course description. | Summer 2021 |
| WVIT 346 | New course. | Winter 2022 |
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