University of California

Berkeley and Merced campuses

Semester 1 (Fall): August till December

Semester 2 (Spring): February till May

All other campuses

Fall Quarter: September till December

Winter Quarter: January till March

Spring Quarter: April till June

14-17 units per term.

Please note: UC major courses are intense.  Most UC students enroll in 14-17 units per term, a combination of major and general education course units.  Therefore plan to take no more than two courses in your major.

(One unit represents three hours of work per week by the student, including both class attendance and preparation.)

Course Catalogue

Course Availability by Campus

Lower Division Courses (1st or 2nd year) = 1-99
Uppder Division Courses (3rd or 4th year) = 100-199
Upper Division Courses 198-199 are usually for thesis or research exchange students.

Extremely Restricted Courses
Postgraduate studies is unavailable.
Law is unavailable.

Undergraduate Estimated Living Expenses - Please see the UC Exchange Student
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UC Exchange Student Guide
**This includes academic, housing insurance and welfare information**

Students must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 5.0

Regarding assessment methods, usually a final exam grade alone does not determine the overall grade for the class. Class attendance and participation in class discussion are obligatory. Cooperative learning activities and group projects (sometimes after class hours) may be evaluated and represent a significant part of the grade. Grading in most UC courses is cumulative and requires that students perform well in all work assigned over the course of the term to receive a high grade. Course instructors at UC may expect that students complete daily or weekly graded assignments.

Students wishing to study Business/Commerce at UC must have successfully completed either Maths B and Maths C in their final year of highschool, or MATH1040 and MATH1050 at UQ, or equivalent.

Insurance: Students who have been accepted into UC are automatically enrolled in and billed for mandatory UC health insurance.  For campus-specific information, read your host UC campus pre-arrival instructions page under the 'Health Insurance' section for information. 
Students may submit an exception request by the campus's deadline, but there is no guarantee this will be granted.

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 FUN FACTS:
- UC Berkeley is internationally recognised for academics and sports, and is located next to the San Francisco Bay.
- UC Santa Cruz is one of UC's most beautiful campuses it has the advantages of a small college setting with the resources of a major research university.
- There is nothing like the skiing available at Lake Tahoe and UC Davis is just a short drive away from it.  It's also located near the San Francisco Bay and the beatuiful Napa Valley wine country.  UC Davis also features the largest undergrad engineering program in the UC system, with 17 different fields of engineering!