Minimum GPA Requirements

Fall 2026 Cumulative Major GPA Requirements

Admission consideration to the upper-division major requires a minimum cumulative GPA at the indicated level. This list is subject to change. Due to limited spaces in all majors and programs, upper-division transfer applicants exceeding the minimum GPA requirements will receive admission priority for available spaces.

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Majors beginning with the letter A.
Major Degree GPA Required
Aerospace Engineering BS 2.70
Africana Studies BA 2.00
American Indian Studies BA 2.00
Anthropology BA 2.00
Art (Applied Design) BA 2.20
Art (Art History) BA 2.20
Art (Graphic Design) BA 2.50
Art (Interior Architecture) BA 2.20
Art (Multimedia) BA 2.20
Art (Painting and Printmaking) BA 2.20
Art (Sculpture) BA 2.20
Art (Single Subject Teaching) BA 2.20
Art (Studio Arts) BA 2.20
Asian American Studies BA 2.00
Asian Studies BA 2.00
Astronomy BA/BS 2.00

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Majors beginning with the letter B.
Major Degree GPA Required
Biology BA/BS 2.80
Biology (Cellular and Molecular Biology) BS 2.80
Biology (Ecology) BS 2.80
Biology (Evolutionary Biology) BS 2.80
Biology (Marine Biology) BS 2.80
Biology (Zoology) BS 2.80
Brazilian Studies BA 2.00
Business Administration (Accounting) BS 2.90
Business Administration (Finance) BS 2.90
Business Administration (Financial Services) BS 2.90
Business Administration (General) BS 2.90
Business Administration (Information Systems) BS 2.90
Business Administration (Management) BS 2.90
Business Administration (Management: Entrepreneurship) BS 2.90
Business Administration (Management: Human Resource Management) BS 2.90
Business Administration (Marketing) BS 2.90
Business Administration (Real Estate) BS 2.90

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Majors beginning with the letter C.
Major Degree GPA Required
Chemistry BA 2.00
Chemistry (ACS Certificate) BA/BS 2.00
Chemistry (Biochemistry) BS 2.00
Chemistry (Single Subject Teaching) BA 2.00
Chicana and Chicano Studies BA 2.00
Child Development BS 2.40
Child Development (Early Childhood Special Education Integrated Teacher Education Program) BS 2.70
Civil Engineering BS 2.70
Communication BA 2.75
Comparative International Studies BA 2.00
Computer Engineering BS 2.70
Computer Science BS 2.00
Construction Engineering BS 2.70
Construction Management BS 2.50
Criminal Justice BS 2.80

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Majors beginning with the letter D.
Major Degree GPA Required
Dance BA 2.00
Majors beginning with the letter E.
Major Degree GPA Required
Economics BA 2.40
Economics (International Economics) BA 2.40
Economics (Public Policy) BA 2.40
Economics (Quantitative Analysis) BA 2.40
Electrical Engineering BS 2.70
English and Comparative Literature BA 2.40
English and Comparative Literature (Single Subject Teaching) BA 2.40
Environmental Engineering BS 2.70
Environmental Sciences BS 2.00

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Majors beginning with the letter F.
Major Degree GPA Required
Foods and Nutrition BS 2.90
Majors beginning with the letter G.
Major Degree GPA Required
Geography (Environment, Sustainability, and Policy) BA 2.00
Geography (General Geography) BA 2.00
Geography (Geographic Information Science and Technology) BA 2.00
Geography (Geographic Information Science and Technology) BS 2.00
Geography (Human Geography and Global Studies) BA 2.00
Geography (Water, Climate, and Ecosystems) BS 2.00
Geological Sciences (Environmental Geosciences) BS 2.00
Geological Sciences (General) BA/BS 2.00
Geological Sciences (Geophysics) BS 2.00
Gerontology BA 2.00

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Majors beginning with the letter H.
Major Degree GPA Required
Health Communication BS 2.75
History BA 2.40
Hospitality and Tourism Management (Hotel Operations and Management) BS 2.70
Hospitality and Tourism Management (Meetings and Events Operations and Management) BS 2.70
Hospitality and Tourism Management (Restaurant Operations and Management) BS 2.70
Hospitality and Tourism Management (Tribal Gaming Operations and Management) BS 2.70
Humanties, Global Humanties Program BA 2.00
Majors beginning with the letter I.
Major Degree GPA Required
International Business (Arabic/Middle East and North Africa) BA 2.90
International Business (Asian Languages/Singapore) BA 2.90
International Business (Chinese/Asia) BA 2.90
International Business (English/North America) BA 2.90
International Business (European Languages/North Atlantic) BA 2.90
International Business (French/North America) BA 2.90
International Business (French/Western Europe) BA 2.90
International Business (German/Western Europe) BA 2.90
International Business (Italian/Western Europe) BA 2.90
International Business (Japanese/Asia) BA 2.90
International Business (Korean/Asia) BA 2.90
International Business (Portuguese/Latin America) BA 2.90
International Business (Portuguese/Western Europe) BA 2.90
International Business (Russian/Central Europe) BA 2.90
International Business (Spanish/Latin America) BA 2.90
International Business (Spanish/Western Europe) BA 2.90
International Security and Conflict Resolution (Conflict in the Global System) BA 2.00
International Security and Conflict Resolution (Environment in the Global System) BA 2.00
International Security and Conflict Resolution (Justice in the Global System) BA 2.00
Islamic and Arabic Studies BA 2.00

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Majors beginning with the letter J.
Major Degree GPA Required
Japanese BA 2.00
Journalism BA 3.00
Journalism (Advertising) BA 3.00
Journalism (Media Studies) BA 3.00
Journalism (Public Relations) BA 3.00
Majors beginning with the letter K.
Major Degree GPA Required
Kinesiology (Exercise Science Generalist) (only open to AA-T/AS-T degree applicants) BS 2.90
Kinesiology (Fitness Specialist) BS 2.90
Kinesiology (Prephysical Therapy) BS 2.90

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Majors beginning with the letter L.
Major Degree GPA Required
Language, Culture, and Society BA 2.00
Latin American Studies BA 2.00
Leadership Studies BS 2.00
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Plus Studies BA 2.00
Liberal Studies (Education-Generalist) (only open to AA-T/AS-T degree applicants) BA 2.70
Liberal Studies (Elementary Education) BA 2.70
Linguistics BA 2.00

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Majors beginning with the letter M.
Major Degree GPA Required
Mathematics BA 2.00
Mathematics (Applied) BS 2.00
Mathematics (Computational Science) BS 2.00
Mathematics (Mathematics Education Program) BS 2.00
Mathematics (Science) BS 2.00
Mathematics (Single Subject Teaching) BA 2.00
Mechanical Engineering BS 2.70
Mechanical Engineering (Bioengineering) BS 2.70
Microbiology BS 2.80
Microbiology (Clinical Laboratory Science) BS 2.80
Modern Jewish Studies BA 2.00
Music BA 2.00
Music (Global Composition Specialization) BM 2.00
Music (Jazz Studies Specialization) BM 2.00
Music (Music Education Specialization) BM 2.00
Music (Performance Specialization) BM 2.00
Music (Entrepreneurship and Business Track) BM 2.90
Music (General Track) BM 2.00
Music (Music Recording Technology and Audio Design Track) BM 2.00

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Majors beginning with the letter N.
Major Degree GPA Required
Nursing BS 3.20
Majors beginning with the letter P.
Major Degree GPA Required
Philosophy BA 2.00
Physics BA/BS 2.00
Physics (Modern Optics) BS 2.00
Political Science BA 2.40
Psychology BA 2.50
Psychology (Industrial and Organizational Psychology) BA 2.50
Psychology (Neuroscience) BA 3.00
Public Administration BA 2.40
Public Administration (City Planning) BA 2.40
Public Health BS 2.90
Public Health (Environmental Health) BS 2.90

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Majors beginning with the letter R.
Major Degree GPA Required
Recreation Administration (Outdoor Resource Management) BS 2.30
Recreation Administration (Recreation Systems Management) BS 2.30
Recreation Administration (Sustainable Tourism Management) BS 2.30
Religious Studies BA 2.00
Rhetoric and Writing Studies BA 2.00

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Majors beginning with the letter S.
Major Degree GPA Required
Social Science BA 2.00
Social Science (Single Subject Teaching) BA 2.50
Social Work BA 2.70
Sociology BA 2.50
Spanish BA 2.30
Spanish (Single Subject Teaching) BA 2.30
Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences BA 2.75
Statistics BS 2.00
Statistics (Actuarial Science) BS 2.00
Statistics (Data Science) BS 2.00
Sustainability BA 2.00

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Majors beginning with the letter T.
Major Degree GPA Required
Television, Film and New Media (Critical Studies) BS 3.00
Television, Film and New Media (Production) BS 3.00
Theatre Arts (General) BA 2.40
Theatre Arts (Design and Technology) BA 2.40
Theatre Arts (Musical Theatre) BA 2.40
Theatre Arts (Performance) BA 2.40
Theatre Arts (Youth Theatre) BA 2.40
Majors beginning with the letter U.
Major Degree GPA Required
Urban Studies (Urban Cultures & Societies) BA 2.00
Urban Studies (Urban Planning, Design and Management) BA 2.00
Urban Studies (Urban Political Economy and Public Policy) BA 2.00
Urban Studies (Urban Sustainability) BA 2.00
Majors beginning with the letter W.
Major Degree GPA Required
Women's and Gender Studies BA 2.00

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