Minimum Grade Requirement for Biology Majors
The Division of Biological Sciences has received approval for minimum grade requirements for all Biology majors.
The minimum grade requirements for all Biology majors, effective Fall 2008, are:
- All courses required and used toward any Biology major requirements must be passed with a grade of “C-“ or better.
- The minimum grade requirement applies to all lower-division, upper-division, required courses taken in other departments, as well as courses transferred and used toward major requirements.
- Exceptions will be made only for those required courses that have a P/NP only grading option (i.e., BISP 199).
- The minimum major GPA requirement remains 2.0.
- Students graduating at the end of Fall 2008 will be “grandfathered” and not held to this requirement; students graduating after Fall 2008 will be held to the new policy.
You should pay particular attention to this change if you are graduating after Fall 2008. If you need to retake any courses, you should enroll in these courses for Winter 2009 quarter or after.
Please Note: DARS may not automatically reject D grades for the major. If your DARS audit appears blue and you have a D in a required course for the major, please speak with a Biology advisor.
If you have any questions regarding this procedure, please contact Biological Sciences Student & Instructional Services at (858) 534-0557 or at bioadvising@ucsd.edu.
